If You Think You Have Had Bad Thanksgiving Days So Far, These 50 People Might Prove You Wrong (New Pics)

Thanksgiving is an important holiday in America. Pewreportsthat 91% of Americans said in 2024 that they will be celebratingThanksgiving– that includes large majorities in all major demographics. It’s the time for the whole family to get together and say how thankful they are for each other.On paper, it sounds wonderful and idyllic. However, the reality is sometimes much more bleak. This list is about those times: the times when the turkey wasn’t perfect, when family members did something embarrassing, or people had to celebrateThanksgivingsolo. So, check out what kind of disappointments folks have had during their recent Thanksgivings!This post may includeaffiliate links.

On paper, it sounds wonderful and idyllic. However, the reality is sometimes much more bleak. This list is about those times: the times when the turkey wasn’t perfect, when family members did something embarrassing, or people had to celebrateThanksgivingsolo. So, check out what kind of disappointments folks have had during their recent Thanksgivings!

This post may includeaffiliate links.

Happy Thanksgiving, Heres A Turkey I Forgot To Thaw, Annnd Apparently My Dog Saw A Mouse And Now He Won’t Get Off The Counter…. Oh And I’m Working Tonight Too

I Work At An Old Folks Home. This Is The Visitor Parking On Thanksgiving Day

Cooked A Thanksgiving Meal From Scratch For My Family & No One Ate It

Yet these two worries can be completely manageable. As a perfectionist myself, especially when it comes to cooking and baking, I can relate to the people for whom the turkey is never cooked well enough and the mashedpotatoesaren’t the creamiest to their potential. And, as far as family goes, the key is not to talk about politics.

Made A Meat Pie With Leftovers From Thanksgiving. I Think He’s Cute

Our Thanksgiving Day Catastrophe

Saw These Little White Balls In Foil Next To My Wife’s Apple Pie. Thought She Made Candies, Too. Now I’m Looking For A Dentist On Thanksgiving Because I Bit Into About 3 Ceramic Pie Weights

Those hosting Thanksgiving this year might already have every step planned—there are only a few days left, after all! Experts claim that the very start ofThanksgiving dinnershould be a month before: that’s when you go over the guest list, find the recipes, and get any gear that will be necessary for your meal.According toMartha Stewart, the actual food preparation should be a week before. That’s when you clean out your fridge to make room for the turkey and thaw the turkey itself. A week before Thanksgiving is also when you should prepare the brine and finish your shopping list for sides. Those who want homemade pies might also make pie dough and freeze it up to a month in advance.

According toMartha Stewart, the actual food preparation should be a week before. That’s when you clean out your fridge to make room for the turkey and thaw the turkey itself. A week before Thanksgiving is also when you should prepare the brine and finish your shopping list for sides. Those who want homemade pies might also make pie dough and freeze it up to a month in advance.

We Got A Request From That Aunt Proclaiming That We Now Owed Her $75 To Cover The Cost Of The Thanksgiving Meal

My Friend Writes “Apparently I Bought A Brining Bag Instead Of A Baking Bag”

Whole Family Were No-Shows. This Was Our Thanksgiving For 3

Today is actually the perfect day to prep your veggies and make dips, relishes, and dressings. Did you know you can peel your potatoes two days in advance and keep them submerged in water so they don’t brown until the day of? Try out that trick! As for dressings and relishes, they’ll only get better once they sit for a few days in the fridge.

Was Super Pumped To Smoked A Turkey For Thanksgiving. Only Now Am I Able To Be Ok With Sharing The Pictures Of This Abomination. I’m Not Sure What Went Wrong

Not Only Am I Spending This Years Holidays Alone Because My Closest Family Live In A Different State, My Boyfriend And I Broke Up Just A Couple Of Days Ago So I’m At My Lowest. Then I Managed To Burn This Pizza. Hope Everyone’s Thanksgiving Is Going Well

Nobody Showed Up For Thanksgiving

Then, the star of the evening—the mighty turkey. To cook the kind of turkey we often see in pictures in cooking magazines—roasted brown and crisped skinned—is quite a feat. As food scientist Nathan Myhrvoldexplained to NPR, that’s because different body parts of the turkey don’t cook the same way.

So I Get An Email With Photos From My Girlfriend’s Family’s Thanksgiving

I’m Visiting Home And Some Relatives Need Their OS Reinstalled

Parents Are Getting Divorced, Don’t Want To Deal With Who Is Going Where. Happy Thanksgiving

We Did Eventually Save The Turkey

I Think Thanksgiving Has Caused The Baker At My Local Grocery Store To Go Completely Insane

That Time My BF’s Lovely Family Invited Me To Join Them For The Holiday And I Proceeded To Demolish The Dessert I Was Trying To Impress Them With. Happy Thanksgiving, Fools!

Sigh. Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Grandparents House Caught Fire While They Were Away For Thanksgiving

To make the skin even crispier, Myhrvold advises keeping the turkey in the fridge uncovered for at least three whole days. This dries out the skin even more. Then, after three days, you take it out of the fridge and rub it with any neutral oil: canola, sunflower, etc. However, if your turkey still doesn’t look like from a magazine, don’t fret. Myhrvold says a common food photography trick is to use brown shoe polish. Ew!

I Am Really Crying Right Now Cause First Year That I Am In Charge Of The Lasagna And I Dropped It I Think Imma Stay Home

Happy Thanksgiving?

My Buddy Attempted To Make A Rotisserie Turkey For Thanksgiving This Year

What if you’re not worried about food this Thanksgiving and the eminent evening together with certain family members is the thing you dread? Well, you’re not alone, as 59% of Americansare worriedabout political disagreements causing tension at the Thanksgiving table. Family and relationship experts told Spruce, who conducted the survey, that families should set a “no politics” rule, turn off the news, and distract themselves with board games.

First Thanksgiving Fail… Had To Remind Myself Not To Stress Out. It Happens. A Glass Of Wine Helped

Happy Thanksgiving From My Family To Yours

Came To Visit The Right Wing In-Laws For Thanksgiving And Got To Stay In The “American Room”

Clinical psychologist Dr. Shannon CurrytoldToday that families should look for opportunities to connect. That can come in the form of question card games or simply asking your family members open-ended questions like: “Did you see that movie?” and “What was your favorite part?““We all shine when someone conveys interest in us and when you draw out a person’s thoughts and feelings you create a connection and deepen your understanding of the other,” she explained.

“We all shine when someone conveys interest in us and when you draw out a person’s thoughts and feelings you create a connection and deepen your understanding of the other,” she explained.

Gone For Vacation For 5 Days. Came Back To Find This Leaking In Our Basement Guest Bedroom. My Wife’s Family Is Coming For Thanksgiving In 2 Days

Green Bean Casserole Anyone?

Got A Cake For Thanksgiving, Didn’t See It Until We Got Home

Someone Slashed My Tire The Night Before I Was Supposed To Drive 3 Hours For Thanksgiving With Family

They Are Supposed To Be Turkeys

Thanksgiving 101. Take Last Night’s Pizza Out Of The Oven Before Cooking Today’s Casseroles

Rut Roh. Time For Some New Baking Dishes. Roasted Pecan Fail

School Lunch On Thanksgiving

Family members didn’t bring anything to thanksgiving dinner, took plates and plates of stuff home, and are having a thanksgiving dinner today but didn’t invite OP and their family. This is what was left of their dinner.

I Hope You All Enjoy Your Left Over Turkey, Because We Won’t Get To. It Only Took A Total Of 12 Hours To Brine, Prep And Smoke

Whole Family Is Staying At My House The Next Couple Days For Thanksgiving And Our Septic Is Clogged

Someone Shot My French Door With A Bb Gun Today. Happy Thanksgiving

These Pecans Pecan’t

I Came Back From Thanksgiving To Find That My Landlord Had Revarnished/Painted The Stairs Up To My Apartment. They Are Still Wet, I Was Given No Notice, And There Is Only One Staircase