What time does your family eat Thanksgiving Dinner?

[spk926]

Just curious. My family used to eat at around 4. DH's family (who we celebrate with) eats at 12. It's DINNER, people. Noon is not an acceptable time for DINNER!

[bearbaby]

Normal dinner hour - used to be around 6 - I suspect now that there are toddlers involved we'll push it up just slightly to 5-ish.

[hilwithonelary]

My family growing up: whenever it was ready-anywhere from 3 to 7.

DH's family: crazy early. I think we ate at 11 one year

We've been doing Thanksgiving on our own the past few years. We try to eat around 3.

[zarapipe]

I like early do the hard work is done, dh has to clean the kitchen and I get to relax the rest of the day. Usually 2ish

[brooklyn]

My family has always done noon. And then we have leftovers for real dinner time.

H's family does 4, which is super annoying because it's too late to be lunch and too early to be dinner. Thankfully we don't have to see them anymore.

[orval]

My family usually does around 4. My inlaws do 1 - 1:30. For me that time sucks, because I can't make it from breakfast to 1 pm with out food! They don't do appetizers either.

[statlerwaldorf]

Noon at one side and 6 at the other. It used to be 5, but my brothers work for a grocery store that doesn't close until 5.

[redheadbaker]

When my mom hosted, we ate at, like, 2 p.m.

I'm hosting this year, and plan to have the turkey ready by about 4 p.m.

[carolinagirl831]

we always eat it around 2pm

We never eat it at "dinner time". We usually play games or lay around looking at all the adds afterwards

[nessness]

My family always eats around 4. This year we're going to a friend's house and eating at 12:30 or 1, which seems super early to me.

[simpsongal]

My family always ate early, like 2ish, in part, so the relatives could get on the road before dark. It was nice b/c we would take a walk after dinner, then have dessert. If I was up for it I would start decorating for Christmas that night

We're serving at 3:30. People are coming over at 1pm for apps and football. I like it to be an all day affair.

DH's family seems to serve around 5 or 6pm, which personally, I think is too late.

[osulori]

At my parents' we eat around 6. J's aunt and uncle have "dinner" (because really its not dinner when it's that early) at 1pm.

[dcn]

In the afternoon, Around 3 or 4.

[shelbyann]

I like to eat around 4-5 on Thanksgiving, with lots of wine and apps in the hours preceding.

[rootbeerfloat]

Mid-afternoon, like 2-3ish.

[ladygrey]

4pm in my family; DH's family does a noon meal

[lauralala]

Growing up we ate at noon, and my family still does, but the past few years we have done Thanksgiving with DH's family with me cooking. I've been doing a 4 pm meal time, which works well for me s far as getting all of the cooking done goes. We do a late breakfast, and by 4 we are ready to eat the big meal

[AmyRI]

It used to be 1pm. The last couple years, and likely the next couple, it will be at 3:30 so my kids can nap as usual and not turn into monsters before we get to dessert.

[my4girls]

usually 4, but we're eating at 1 this year. BIL GF's kids alternate years with their dad so dinner at 1 is the only way they can do it with us

[undecidedowl]

Around 2:30 for my family. We treat it more like a late lunch because we host an open house in the evening and like to have some down time before everyone comes over.

Who cares if it's lunch or dinner? The whole day revolves around food.

[pinkdutchtulips]

at my

gpa's - 3-4p

mom's - 4-6p

dad's - 4-5p

sister's (CA) 3-5p

when I host 3-4p

xh's fam - 3-4p

one year my gma bumped up turkey day dinner to 2pm and my mom was LIVID !!! (since they NEVER do dinner that early, my mom thought it was a way to shoo us away from dinner) as we were driving down from SF to LA to be there for thanksgiving. we left at some ungodly hr from SF and rolled into LA JUST before 2p ... they were running 'behind' schedule and we didn't sit down until almost 4p !

when my mom first got wind of the 2pm dinner she asked if they could wait for us until we got there in case we hit a bad pocket of traffic or something - my gma's response 'well if you're not here by 2, we'll make plates for you and keep them warm in the oven until you get here ...' WTF ?!?

[charlotteandwilbur]

I like to do it early (around 2ish), more time for digesting such a big meal. That said, this year we'll be doing it closer to dinner time (like 6pm) because that's what my mom prefers.

[shellbear09]

Always afternoonish. This year at 2. Thanksgiving is not dinner, it is an all day eating event lol.

[speckledfrog]

4 or 5

[6fsn]

My family starts booze and apps around noon, meal at 1ish. Then the next meal around 5 and again around 11p. If it's especially rowdy again around 2a.

I worked with a lot of guys that referred to dinner as the noon meal ands supper in the evening. They also called peppers mangoes.

[Marmee]

My family it's DINNER time (5 or later). DHs family does it at noon and it makes me super irritated. Mainly because DHs family moved to our city & now I'm expected to uphold THEIR traditions...AKA, I'm hosting the meals & they waltz in with their store bought crap then pick at the food for maybe an hour & leave. I think it's pretty rude, at least from my standpoint. I clean, get up before dawn & start cooking & then there isn't any appreciation or even the courtesy to stay & hang out or help clean up. This is the last year I'm doing it...from now on its at dinner time or they can host.

[h]

1ish. On both sides. Then eat leftovers later that night.

I could see doing sometime between 6 and 8pm, but then what do you eat for lunch? Skip it and save room for dinner? Fix some sandwiches.

4pm seems bizarre to me. That is not lunch or dinner time! Thanksgiving giving "dinner" may not be lunch, but it is certainly not a snack!

[stacyb1983]

Around 4pm

[countthestars]

My family 1-2
H's family like 6pm? He didn't tell me the first year so I didn't eat breakfast (we went to his Grandma's at 11) and OMG starved all day.

[h]

Nov 14, 2014 14:14:32 GMT -5 6fsn said:

My family starts booze and apps around noon, meal at 1ish. Then the next meal around 5 and again around 11p. If it's especially rowdy again around 2a.

I worked with a lot of guys that referred to dinner as the noon meal ands supper in the evening. They also called peppers mangoes.

My grandmother did all those things. Lunch was called dinner. Dinner was called supper. Green peppers were, inexplicably, called mangos.