Let's start with the ever-popular Thanksgiving turkey. If you have a frozen turkey, it will take at least two days to thaw it properly for cooking. Every frozen bird comes with directions for thawing. The usual instructions are to place the bird in the bottom of the refrigerator for at ...
Items we used: linen table cloth, cloth napkins, wine glasses, dinner plates, silverware Example Thanksgiving timeline Here’s one of my Thanksgiving timelines for the big day! It’s exactly what I wrote out and used. This was SO helpful for the big day and I highly recommend making a ...
Prepare a list of activities to occupy the kids on Thanksgiving Day – coloring pages, games, brown paper ‘tablecloth’ on the kids table with pencils or crayons. What To Do 3 Days Before Thanksgiving Shop for non-perishable items Clean, tidy and organize your home. If you have more tha...
I’ve adapted my list so that anyone can use it. Since the appetizer lunch isn’t part of everyone’s tradition, I’ve omitted those items from the pre-Thanksgiving checklist but left serving lunch in the Thanksgiving Day schedule since you won’t want to forget to feed your family at ...
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