"I spent Thanksgiving with my in-laws and their large extended family. Unlike at my relatives' house, grace was said and we gave thanks for our great land and the brave troops who defend it with their lives."
I had Thanksgiving dinner at my home this year. It's a mixed group, politically. The election was simply not a topic of conversation among the 16 people there for the feast.
Instead, we talked about family, told old stories for the 10th time, ate tons of turkey, dressing, and the trimmings, drank a little more wine than usual, and napped on the couch in front of the TV during the game.
I can't imagine that day of thankfulness being suitable for political discussions. My family and my in-laws have various political leanings, but we're still family and all enjoy being together on these festive occasions. Politics is the last thing on our minds.
Indeed. I'm glad there was no political discussion at the dinner I attended.
I had a wonderful time with my family, and it sounds very much the same as yours. My long lost uncle and his wife came for the day, which was nice because I hadn't seen him in a decade or more. My father pulled out geneaology research he's done and shared that with my uncle, we looked at their childhood pictures and laughed that a gay cousin (even as a child) was holding a doll like the girls in the picture while the rest of the boys held guns and planes. I played ball with my sons and nieces in the yard. We ate too much. I don't think there was any talk of politics even though I hadn't seen my brother since the election.
Of course, we're all Republicans, so political discussion wouldn't have been controversial or memorable, anyway. We'd have all agreed we were glad about Bush, gladder about Kerry and that would've been that.