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Tanuki

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59. It's supposed to be 71 degrees on Saturday here in Nashville, so my best friend since college and I
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 10:35 PM
Nov 2020

are planning to pick up curbside takeout from a restaurant we both like (driving in separate cars), eat outside, and call it Thanksgiving 2020. We can't really count on much more outside weather this time of year and didn't want to risk having it turn out to be chilly or rainy on the actual holiday, so we are just doing our best to find a safe and workable alternative. We will be just as thankful on Saturday. Even though I am not making or attending a traditional Thanksgiving dinner this year, I saw that frozen turkeys are just 49 cents a pound at Kroger if you buy $25 of other stuff. I am thinking about buying a big one one and thawing it out at a later date when I have time.

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Hey Barb! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #1
you too Craig! barbtries Nov 2020 #9
Can you eat outside? If so, that would be so much better. apcalc Nov 2020 #26
it's pretty sure to be too cold, barbtries Nov 2020 #29
We will celebrate with two friends.. luvs2sing Nov 2020 #2
Don't do it (please). One Thanksgiving/Christmas is not worth the risk. flibbitygiblets Nov 2020 #3
None. I'm staying home by myself, with my cat. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #4
Good advice, TVO PJMcK Nov 2020 #8
i get it. i've mulled it a lot. barbtries Nov 2020 #15
+1000. n/t totodeinhere Nov 2020 #146
same. Still making a turkey though...a small one. nt Baltimike Nov 2020 #211
I hope the cat gets some turkey. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #215
Oh, he will for sure get some turkeeez and so will his siblings Baltimike Nov 2020 #217
Dinner for 1. Lisa0825 Nov 2020 #5
Make so calls judeling Nov 2020 #13
Will do :-) Lisa0825 Nov 2020 #49
Same here. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #82
I'm making two or three each of the deserts I normally bring. dflprincess Nov 2020 #6
that's a great plan. barbtries Nov 2020 #17
Watch in horror as my spouse proceeds with Voltaire2 Nov 2020 #7
oh boy. barbtries Nov 2020 #19
If you are concerned wear a mask except marlakay Nov 2020 #10
Glad it worked out! barbtries Nov 2020 #24
Yes wouldn't have gone if it wasn't marlakay Nov 2020 #115
if you have Amazon barbtries Nov 2020 #126
We are celebrating separated judeling Nov 2020 #11
how wonderful barbtries Nov 2020 #25
A friend who normally cooks is making to go dinners for the usual attendees. MLAA Nov 2020 #12
I'll go to the grocery store and buy two Hungry Man turkey dinners. Jeebo Nov 2020 #14
well if you live in Durham NC, barbtries Nov 2020 #27
Thanks very much for the offer, I'd take you up on it, but ... Jeebo Nov 2020 #32
yeah, the same state barbtries Nov 2020 #60
Depends Dem2 Nov 2020 #16
oh boy. barbtries Nov 2020 #31
Sooner the better Dem2 Nov 2020 #34
One of my sisters and I live in the same city TlalocW Nov 2020 #18
sounds like a plan. barbtries Nov 2020 #148
Here's a risk assessment planning tool that estimates by county the chance that The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #20
thank you! barbtries Nov 2020 #37
I'll be alone with my rotisserie chicken and Stovetop Stuffing. cry baby Nov 2020 #21
I'm remaining in self-isolation and will be moonscape Nov 2020 #22
you got that right. barbtries Nov 2020 #39
I live alone and I'm eating alone. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #23
no, I've been saying that all year. barbtries Nov 2020 #42
BBQ ribs for two, baked potato w/butter and a veggie KewlKat Nov 2020 #28
We will eat home alone, but taking some dinner each to a friend and my sister. apcalc Nov 2020 #30
Stay home & stay safe. KWR65 Nov 2020 #33
Turkey dinner for 2 mindfulNJ Nov 2020 #35
you did the right thing. barbtries Nov 2020 #43
Cooking traditional dinner for my man and myself MissMillie Nov 2020 #36
Cancelled our usual get together, we've been doing it for 30 years or so captain queeg Nov 2020 #38
maybe you can ZOOM barbtries Nov 2020 #46
What? It's November already? Generic Brad Nov 2020 #40
This. MissB Nov 2020 #45
yes. barbtries Nov 2020 #51
Going to Mom and Dad's happybird Nov 2020 #41
Maybe you can set up barbtries Nov 2020 #61
Just Dh and I MissB Nov 2020 #44
you can have a nice happy thanksgiving barbtries Nov 2020 #57
What I would do in your situation - if I wasn't quarantined - Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #47
Im having my mom and sister over. herding cats Nov 2020 #48
oh wow, fire? barbtries Nov 2020 #54
They lost everything they owned. There was literally nothing but ash left behind. herding cats Nov 2020 #63
I'm so sorry to hear it. barbtries Nov 2020 #70
We're just focusing on all the reasons we have to be thankful. herding cats Nov 2020 #81
you have a really great attitude. barbtries Nov 2020 #83
I'm trying. herding cats Nov 2020 #89
I'm so sorry to hear about the fire. Lost mine mnhtnbb Nov 2020 #96
Myself and mom leighbythesea2 Nov 2020 #50
thank you barbtries Nov 2020 #52
I live with my 97-year-old mother. Staph Nov 2020 #53
Sounds good. barbtries Nov 2020 #56
Thanksgiving leftovers are my favorites! Staph Nov 2020 #66
you sound like my brother barbtries Nov 2020 #68
None marie999 Nov 2020 #55
Just my husband and I. mentalsolstice Nov 2020 #58
I think it was Trevor Noah barbtries Nov 2020 #65
It's supposed to be 71 degrees on Saturday here in Nashville, so my best friend since college and I Tanuki Nov 2020 #59
Just me - making a jiggly cake and looking at gf recipes alittlelark Nov 2020 #62
it does. barbtries Nov 2020 #75
Eating good. Iggo Nov 2020 #64
Just me and the cat. marybourg Nov 2020 #67
do you plan to cook, barbtries Nov 2020 #78
I'll prepare a meal, just like I do every day of the year. marybourg Nov 2020 #88
Just 6 of us - outside northoftheborder Nov 2020 #69
6 is a crowd these days. barbtries Nov 2020 #72
I am eating with my parents. Who I see every day at work SoonerPride Nov 2020 #71
Agree. barbtries Nov 2020 #73
We work in an office with no outside people coming in. SoonerPride Nov 2020 #76
oh yeah, barbtries Nov 2020 #79
I can see in your post you are not comfortable-scared. And you should be. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #74
go ahead. barbtries Nov 2020 #77
I'm glad, because I know we all want to live to see DT out! 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #92
Likely a quiet one with my mom mvd Nov 2020 #80
Actually me too. barbtries Nov 2020 #84
I live alone, and I will be having dinner by myself. Dem2theMax Nov 2020 #85
i hear you. barbtries Nov 2020 #86
Have Thanksgiving at home. Just us. No friends or out of town family. Vivienne235729 Nov 2020 #87
The three of us are staying home.... Tikki Nov 2020 #90
i'm glad your husband is doing well. barbtries Nov 2020 #150
He will. My daughter-in-law is a nurse. The whole family is being cautious and safe. Tikki Nov 2020 #161
it's so scary. barbtries Nov 2020 #177
just me, my dogs and cats Chili Nov 2020 #91
dang. i almost feel barbtries Nov 2020 #121
My husband and I + our dog will be eating alone peggysue2 Nov 2020 #93
Just the two of us and a very small turkey Retrograde Nov 2020 #94
I will be eating alone as I normally do mnhtnbb Nov 2020 #95
I will be marching in the war against Thanksgiving, since some RWNJ revealed our secret. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #97
K&R. Thanks for lightening up our day. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #98
Beware of moles in turkey suits Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #117
who is charlie kirk barbtries Nov 2020 #105
I didn't make it all the way through, either. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #116
One blessing about being alone ChazII Nov 2020 #99
I am so fortunate barbtries Nov 2020 #109
And it's a blessing not having to worry about other housemates contracting the virus out of the totodeinhere Nov 2020 #155
The wife and I plus the one friend in our Covid bubble are going out. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #100
stay safe! barbtries Nov 2020 #101
Nothing, we only celebrated it the two years I lived in the US as an adult. I'm the only US Celerity Nov 2020 #102
you're in Stockholm. barbtries Nov 2020 #107
we are now in our hardest lockdown yet Celerity Nov 2020 #114
thank you! barbtries Nov 2020 #118
yw, and I have done OP's before, it would just be re-treading old ground tbh Celerity Nov 2020 #133
remember when you could barbtries Nov 2020 #134
I have only been here on DU since summer 2018, so perhaps that was before my time? Celerity Nov 2020 #136
yeah, it was barbtries Nov 2020 #140
Thank you, this was very interesting. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #157
I think we allowed the craziest of the crazies here (Sweden, Norway, Demark) to wander off to Celerity Nov 2020 #162
Feeling Thankful to be alive and celebrating JCMach1 Nov 2020 #103
i'm thankful you're alive too barbtries Nov 2020 #104
My grandmother's baby sister died in the 1918 pandemic JCMach1 Nov 2020 #112
My plans are to be discharged from the hospital. *fingers crossed* Nexus2 Nov 2020 #106
ooh i hope so! barbtries Nov 2020 #108
I am doing the usual dinner with all the fixings boston bean Nov 2020 #110
I know people who think it's a sacred tradition worth dying over. Alex4Martinez Nov 2020 #111
most of them are people who don't believe it could possibly result in death. barbtries Nov 2020 #184
Meeting outside on Sunday cally Nov 2020 #113
Don't know yet DFW Nov 2020 #119
hopefully your friends's swearing in barbtries Nov 2020 #129
I think it is too late to change the outcome DFW Nov 2020 #165
Home with hubby. Will Zoom dinner with his brother. As for Christmas,... LAS14 Nov 2020 #120
i have had 2 visitors from the west coast since the pandemic began. barbtries Nov 2020 #123
Outdoor celebration with family WestLosAngelesGal Nov 2020 #122
West LA eh? barbtries Nov 2020 #124
Staying home. My niece is having 13 people over here house, beyond insanity. sarcasmo Nov 2020 #125
wow. barbtries Nov 2020 #127
"Wanting" to be with her children and grandchildren is no excuse for taking such as risk. totodeinhere Nov 2020 #144
i blame her daughter more than her. barbtries Nov 2020 #169
It was 17 then 4 wisely backed out. sarcasmo Nov 2020 #167
I will most likely be on the road hauling WalMart trailers, dware Nov 2020 #128
aww barbtries Nov 2020 #131
Depends on the truck stop, dware Nov 2020 #137
i imagine barbtries Nov 2020 #143
And you would be correct, dware Nov 2020 #149
i used to write bumperstickers barbtries Nov 2020 #153
I would put that bumpersticker on my truck right under my USDOT number on my sleeper. dware Nov 2020 #156
DH and I and our kids Bettie Nov 2020 #130
i think of our plans barbtries Nov 2020 #132
My big ones are done with their first semester of college on the day Bettie Nov 2020 #135
no time for quarantine barbtries Nov 2020 #138
I live with my husband and our son Danmel Nov 2020 #139
that's dicey barbtries Nov 2020 #145
They are Danmel Nov 2020 #158
They are Danmel Nov 2020 #159
Mother will come down for early dinner with the two of us... brooklynite Nov 2020 #141
Because of our age and underlying conditions, my wife and I will have Thanksgiving dinner alone totodeinhere Nov 2020 #142
true. barbtries Nov 2020 #152
Plans are still in flux, but the original plan Politicub Nov 2020 #147
depending on where you live, barbtries Nov 2020 #151
Changing plans because of this thread. Politicub Nov 2020 #164
that's true. barbtries Nov 2020 #170
I would be very careful with anyone on kidney dialysis. totodeinhere Nov 2020 #154
Everyone is making good points. Glad for this thread. Politicub Nov 2020 #163
Just me and my 77 y/o sis. I will make us a traditional dinner... MerryBlooms Nov 2020 #160
ah yes, barbtries Nov 2020 #171
Me and my pooch this year. blaze Nov 2020 #166
sounds good. barbtries Nov 2020 #174
About a week ago it was 73 F outside. Niagara Nov 2020 #168
We are in the Keys, 80 degrees guaranteed, outdoor dinner, tavernier Nov 2020 #172
i would probably decline, barbtries Nov 2020 #178
Not to be rude but we don't know you tavernier Nov 2020 #180
well, I think you said you're in FL barbtries Nov 2020 #183
Florida Keys. tavernier Nov 2020 #188
i would love it. barbtries Nov 2020 #189
Well, my husband and I just bought a thanksgiving dinner for four from our Co-op...... a kennedy Nov 2020 #173
Happy Thanksgiving! barbtries Nov 2020 #175
I live with my parents Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #176
enjoy. barbtries Nov 2020 #179
Interesting. H2O Man Nov 2020 #181
I like preparing the big meal too. barbtries Nov 2020 #182
Normally spend it with my Mom of 83 years, but I'll be alone this year. We both decided that bullwinkle428 Nov 2020 #185
i have never heard of that dish. barbtries Nov 2020 #186
Home lucca18 Nov 2020 #187
or ever again after January. barbtries Nov 2020 #190
We are so conflicted and trying to stay safe but... mainer Nov 2020 #191
aw barbtries Nov 2020 #193
Testing negative yourself will not stop you from contacting the virus at any time. totodeinhere Nov 2020 #197
Yeah, um, we got here 13 days ago. mainer Nov 2020 #205
My wife is a front line health care worker. She is mostly working with covid patients now. hunter Nov 2020 #192
i hope you do the cooking anyway barbtries Nov 2020 #194
I'm a surgical nurse Texasgal Nov 2020 #195
that's a good plan. barbtries Nov 2020 #196
Doing a Zoom thanksgiving Raftergirl Nov 2020 #198
Happy Thanksgiving! barbtries Nov 2020 #199
Dinner for 1... But what kind of dinner depends on... electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #200
ah, decisions, decisions! barbtries Nov 2020 #201
I'm not in either store's delivery range... electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #207
My SO and I have politely declined all invitations and are staying in. LanternWaste Nov 2020 #202
yes. barbtries Nov 2020 #203
I'll be making dinner for my husband and myself csziggy Nov 2020 #204
sounds special. barbtries Nov 2020 #206
Hoppin' John is a Southern tradition csziggy Nov 2020 #208
My wife and I will probably go for a hike and then have Thanksgiving dinner when we get back mtnsnake Nov 2020 #209
sounds like what my brother and his wife might do. barbtries Nov 2020 #213
thanks mtnsnake Nov 2020 #216
one of my bf's lioves alone, so I might invite him over. I am leaving treats on my mother's porch Baltimike Nov 2020 #210
there's really no doubt. barbtries Nov 2020 #214
Just at home Meowmee Nov 2020 #212
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