thanksgiving

Photo credit: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Wikimedia – A Thanksgiving dinner in the Great Depression was anything but depressing.

Culture, Nostalgia

8 Depression-era Thanksgiving meal ideas that still hold up today

Heather Wake

4/12/2026
An Operation Smile volunteer reverses an oxygen mask so a child with a cleft condition can blow a bubble for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Operation Smile Photos)

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Family, Science

How Bubbles Help Kids with Cleft Conditions

Sarah Watts

5/11/2026
Photo credit: Canva – Wholesome, harmless pranks can bring a family together.

Humor, Joy

Entire family secretly raids Grandma’s closet on Thanksgiving and her reaction is so wholesome

Annie Reneau

12/4/2025
Photo credit: Canva – The best Thanksgiving movies to watch with family over the holiday.

Movies, Pop Culture, Popular

26 movies people love to watch with their families on Thanksgiving

Emily Shiffer

11/21/2025
Photo credit: Photo Credit: Canva – A festive holiday meal. A woman who couldn't take it anymore.

Health, Joy, Mental Health, Popular

How to shut down holiday dinner arguments with just one simple sentence

Cecily Knobler

11/21/2025
Photo credit: Canva – The best budget-friendly Thanksgiving recipes.

Culture, Joy

16 budget-friendly Thanksgiving recipes for an affordable holiday feast

Emily Shiffer

11/21/2025
Photo credit: @heyjanellemarie/TikTok – A brilliant example of healthy familial communication.

Family, Modern Families

Woman flawlessly reenacts how pre–holiday visit planning with her mother-in-law should go

Heather Wake

11/19/2025
Photo credit: “Good Lookin’ Cookin’” Copyright © 2024 Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George. Photographs copyright © 2024 by Aubrie Pick. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group, adivision of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.” – Dolly Parton's family recipe for Cranberry Mold makes a striking side dish on any Thanksgiving table.

Celebrity, Pop Culture

Intriguing celeb Thanksgiving dishes: From Dolly’s cranberries to Marilyn’s stuffing and more

Denise Quan

11/14/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Unique Thanksgiving words to use during Thanksgiving dinner conversations.

Culture, Joy

11 obscure Thanksgiving words to boost your holiday grammar knowledge

Emily Shiffer

11/13/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Wikipedia – water pie (left) max Miller of Tasting History (right)

Internet, Pop Culture

Modern cook makes Depression-era ‘water pie’ and can’t believe how delicious it is

Heather Wake

11/9/2025
Photo credit: Image via Canva – People share the most impactful things a therapist has said to them.

Health, Mental Health, Popular

22 people share the most eye-opening things their therapist told them that they’ve never forgotten

Emily Shiffer

4/10/2025
Photo credit: Scott Schiller/Flickr – Array

Community, Culture, Joy, Popular

Have you noticed Christmas decorations going up even earlier this year? Here’s why.

Evan Porter

12/2/2024
Photo credit: via Crcederberg/TikTok – Colleen Rast Cederberg's Thanksgiving Draft.

Family, Modern Families, Popular

Family creates an NFL-style draft to assign Thanksgiving cooking and cleaning duties

Tod Perry

11/22/2023
Photo credit: Canva – One single mom went viral for encouraging parents to let boys help with the holiday cooking

Family, Parenting, Popular

Single mom’s advice for anyone with sons on Thanksgiving is a must read

Heather Wake

11/21/2023
Photo credit: via The Daily Show/YouTube – Leslie Jones taking the politics out of Thanksgiving.

Pop Culture, Popular, Television

Leslie Jones is here to stop your annoying relatives from discussing politics on Thanksgiving

Tod Perry

11/17/2023
Photo credit: Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash – 3 ways to get through the holiday season with toxic family

Family

3 ways to navigate the holidays with toxic family members while keeping your sanity in tact

Jacalyn Wetzel

11/16/2023