Holiday Hustle

Look, I told you the news was slim. Since Thanksgiving is all about gathering at home (whether it’s yours or someone else’s), I scoured the internet for some of the best home-related stories this holiday has to offer, here are a few of my favorites!

• “We get that turkey shaped butter every year and one year my youngest referred to it as his new pet, for some reason. At the end of the meal, as we were clearing the table, my stepdad’s eyes got huge and he started pointing and stammering “the pet! THE PET!” …because our dog, our actual pet, had just casually walked past the table and ate the entire damn butter turkey in one bite before anyone still at the table could stop him. (He was fine.) So now everyone always asks if I have acquired the pet sacrifice.” – crickwooder
• “My mom always had to do all the cooking, and she was known for her pumpkin chiffon pie. One year it just wasn’t setting properly so before dinner she popped it in the freezer for a few minutes and … forgot about it. Dessert time came and the search for the pie ended at the freezer and from then on we always teased her about whether she would make her famous pumpkin Popsicle this year. RIP Mom, I miss you.” – brookish
• “My husband and I were responsible for the turkey one year. We saw a Cornish game hen near the turkeys. We got and cooked both. We had 2 large roasting pans. On turkey day we brought in both pans. We apologized profusely to his mother. We explained that something must of happened in the oven and the bird had shrunk. She was stunned at first and said she’d never seen that before- but it would be ok. We have plenty of sides. We whipped open the other pan to reveal the 23 lbs bird. Mom was so pissed she fell for it.” – gelfie68
• “We have a saying in my family “Save the neck for pie!” It means you eat until you are full up until your clavicle but save the neck area for pie. For years my husband would go in the kitchen and look at all the desserts and choose a piece of something. Until one year my mom says “save the neck for pie” and my husband says “Where the heck is this turkey neck pie? I look every year and I can never find it.” We all busted out laughing. I’ve always been tempted to make a turkey neck pie for him, maybe this year.”

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