# Your Advice For a First-Time Thanksgiving Host

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-advice-for-a-first-time-thanksgiving-host/518848>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-advice-for-a-first-time-thanksgiving-host/518848 "2009-11-25T00:24:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-advice-for-a-first-time-thanksgiving-host/518848/41 "2009-11-28T03:00:16Z")

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W00t! Congrats, **olives**! **Mama Zappa** and I have been doing the same sort of thing since our early married days, when I was in grad school. It’s really nice to stay home and have friends and family over. And enough leftovers to feed an army. 😃

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-advice-for-a-first-time-thanksgiving-host/518848/42 "2009-11-28T03:12:22Z")

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I’m so glad to hear everything went well! And believe it or not, the hubby dropping the cherry pie face-down on the floor will make the day even more memorable! 😉

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