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[How-doFolks]

Saw this on 1Branson.com, thought it would make a good topic.
Any comments? Any bad stories? Here was my post.
   
I'll be blunt & honest..
Maybe this year if 1 of my brothers X-wifes comes up with her 2 over 25 year old grown up kids, & their 5-6 kids. It would add about 15 people to the dinner. I really doubt they make it because they will have to drive up from Florida, & take time off work. I dont see that happening.
Plus, our 2 daughters are not living "the greatest lives" right now. So it always consist of phone calls while we are eating. We remind them that is very rude & not to accept phone calls for a while, but that never happens.
My biggest complaint is everyone wants to leave an hour or so after dessert is served. I like to sit around & enjoy being with my family, my parents are 71 now, time to sit back & relax with them.
When i was doing hard drugs back in the 90s, eating was not easy.

All in all though, we usually have a good time. My dad dont mess around.

[biscuitcreek]

Back in the days when my mother-in-law and father-in-law were alive, Thanksgivinging dinners were always interesting. We didn't go every year due to work and/or distance. My husband's older sister is a drama queen. During most of those years she lived in Australia or California. She would not tell people ahead of time if she was coming for Thanksgiving. She wanted her arrival to be a major surprise so she could be the center of attention. Of course, she was not pleased on the years when she made a surprise appearance and the whole family was not present to witness the grand entrance. More than once she called us up to complain that we were not there to welcome her and celebrate the day.

[Swoosh]

Probably be easier to list the Thanksgivings that I actually looked forward too.
Both sides of my family (my Dad and Mom's) puts the FUN in dysfunctional. 

[sanddunerider]

Have to agree with Swoosh on this one.................

It really shouldn't be that hard to do a family function..........

[KBCraig]

All my adult (post-college) life, I've never had holidays off unless they just happened to fall on my regularly scheduled days off.

Military, then retail, then food service, and then for the past 22 years a 24/7/365 job field.

I do fondly remember the day after Thanksgiving 2001 (since I had to work the actual holiday). We (my girlfriend and I) had a great celebration with my family. We spent the night in separate rooms in my mother's house, and the next morning I took her on a tour up Rich Mountain, to Queen Wilhelmina State Park outside Mena, Arkiesaw. 

We stopped at the various overlooks, and at Eagleton there was a chilly breeze. I wrapped my arms around her from behind, and somewhat clumsily asked, "Do you want to marry me?"

She said yes. So I clarified: "Will you marry me?" She said yes again. 

I was completely unprepared for the moment (having caught both of us by surprise), but when we drove on up to the lodge, the gift shop had a jar full of big gaudy lucite rings, two for 49 cents. We picked out one with a big smiley face, and she rocked that ring like I'd given her the Hope Diamond, showing it off at every opportunity.

We married 2/14/2002, and even though we didn't plan to have any more children, little mister mid-life surprise was born nine months and one day later. 

So: yes, Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays.

So is Christmas, since our daughter was born 12/25/89. Yes, that's long before I met her mother, but she's my baby girl (we have four sons, just the one daughter). And on 11/14/2013, that almost-24 girl had her last name legally changed to mine, and I can't begin to tell you how proud and happy that makes me!

[qwed94]

Well I have looked forward to Thanksgiving every year since 1988. Kathy & I married in March of 1987. Starting Thanksgiving of 1988-we have spent every Thanksgiving in Branson. This year--it looks like we will spend Thanksgiving day with my Uncle/Aunt (who has been Dad/Mom to me since my parents deceased), and their kids (my cousins and spouses). One of my cousins moved to Denver, but I think they will be here for Thanksgiving this year.

No its not Branson, but it will be nice to see Mark again (if he can make it). AND, it looks like we will be Branson bound on Friday afterwards, so YES, I think Thanksgiving will be good.

[okiebluegrass]

I always look forward to Thanksgiving, as my birthday is always sometime that week.