What is YOUR Thanksgiving Tradition(s)?

First, let me say it's my very favorite holiday, even though it wears me out but here's how my day starts. I live in the mid-west so it will most likely be cold. I'll get up about 5:00 a.m. and make some coffee. While the house is dark and others are sleeping, I will get my turkey into the oven. I will have made all of my desserts the day before. After I put the turkey in, I'll find something on tv, build a fire in the fireplace and have a cup of coffee. When the parades come on, I'll watch them or find a holiday show cause there are a lot on beginning Thanksgiving. Later, when everyone is up, I'll be working in the kitchen preparing all of the side dishes and there will be football on tv and hopefully all of our family guests have arrived. It'll be a little chaotic but that's what it's all about. I hope we can eat around 1:00 and later in the evening, have leftovers, if we're hungry. My Christmas tree will already be up for the family to get into the holiday spirit and after we eat, the ladies and girls all gather around the kitchen table and go through the black friday ads to see where we want to shop. That evening, after everyone has gone home, I'll crash in front of the tv and watch a holiday movie. Happy Holidays to you and yours!