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As you're starting to slip into your food coma from Thanksgiving, what do you and your family do to end the celebrations?

Asked by rangerr (15765points) November 26th, 2009

Today, we finished eating and my uncle started reading definitions from Urban Dictionary to us like he was reading Dr. Seuss hilarious until grandpa walked in the room. Screaming at the football games on TV ended our day and now we are all in our respective homes settling down with a movie and very full stomachs.

How do you end your family [or friends] shindigs?

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loser's avatar

I wish I was with my family but I’ve been alone all day.

Fred931's avatar

This year, we’re throwing an ugly Hawaiian shirt birthday party for an aunt of mine. It’s a long story.

rangerr's avatar

@loser You have a Fluther family to hang out with! What do you normally do?

Darwin's avatar

We typically figure out some way to take a walk. This year, my sister came over to the house and we walked the two biggest dogs. They dogs were very thankful, and it helped us believe that we might be able to eat again sometime in the near future.

TitsMcGhee's avatar

When the Lord of the Rings movies were still coming out new, we started a tradition of seeing a movie after an afternoon Thanksgiving dinner, then coming home and watching whatever football is on. This year, we saw The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson’s new animated movie, which was fabulous, and now we’re watching our team, the Broncos, who are trying to beat up on the Giants. GO BRONCOS!

markyy's avatar

@TitsMcGhee I’m so jealous… Didn’t know it was released yet.

JSpeer's avatar

played MadGab then ended up making our own MadGab style phrases and texting them to each other across the room…haha

jonsblond's avatar

@TitsMcGhee Trying to beat up the Giants? They are! ;)

I’m watching the Broncos and Fluthering. My husband is doing the same and the kids are playing video games. We are all very full and happy.

aprilsimnel's avatar

We were watching the tiny kids dance to various pop songs while slowly demolishing a red velvet cake with ice cream.

TitsMcGhee's avatar

@jonsblond: Yesssss, 26–6!!!!

arnbev959's avatar

After we ate we all took naps on the floor in the living room, as we do every year. Then about fifteen of us went for a walk around the neighborhood. A lot of us were pretty drunk.

We went back and stuffed our faces with dessert. More napping, some sobering. Then we went outside and played tackle hide seek.

More napping.

sliceswiththings's avatar

I brought my accordion to Thanksgiving, and my 17-year-old cousin brought his trumpet. We had a jam session (the first time either of us had on our new instruments), which was great entertainment and the best cousin bonding I could ask for.

Darwin's avatar

@sliceswiththings I would guess that your combo put paid to any post-prandial naps, unless earplugs were involved.

rangerr's avatar

My family brought all their leftovers to our house, and so we are having a second Thanksgiving.
Then it’s time to watch the Mountaineers kick Pitt’s butt.

sliceswiththings's avatar

@Darwin Unfortunately my grandma’s incessant chatter put the kibosh on napping anyway, so we were doing everyone a favor by drowning her out:)

Darwin's avatar

@sliceswiththings Then it is all good.

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