"Instead of our family doing all the cooking - plus the cleaning before and after the entertaining - every family that attends brings a few dishes of their choosing to share. Yes, our Thanksgiving is a potluck, and no, the foods don't always coordinate. And that's OK with me. This year, my sister is purchasing chicken wings and bringing a fruit platter."
"We will provide drinks, and my in-laws and parents will bring their own favorite dishes, likely more traditional Thanksgiving foods, but I'm not keeping track of what anyone is bringing. Last year, we shook things up with a DIY taco bar. Really, anything goes. It's up to our relatives what they bring, and I'm confident we'll have plenty of food for all of us to enjoy. It doesn't matter if they coordinate."
As a family of six, hosting Thanksgiving at home became preferable to traveling. Initially, efforts to honor traditions from both families required days of cooking and cleaning, leaving the hosts exhausted and grumpy. To reduce stress, the hosts adopted an anything-goes potluck approach where each attending family brings dishes of their choosing. The hosts supply drinks and prepare a few staples, while relatives bring a mix of traditional and nontraditional items. Examples include a DIY taco bar, chicken wings, fruit platter, gluten-free sweet potato pies, and a s'mores cake. The uncoordinated spread reliably provides ample food and a relaxed holiday atmosphere.
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