thanksgiving feast

Turkey dinner gathering

A thanksgiving feast is the elaborate meal traditionally shared on Thanksgiving Day, centered on roast turkey with sides like stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.

The term evokes abundance and communal eating: The whole family gathered for the thanksgiving feast.

More broadly, any celebratory meal expressing gratitude.

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green bean casserole · pumpkin pie · family · harvest · gratitude · mashed potatoes · sweet potato · cornucopia · pilgrim · November · blessings · gathering · saying grace · casserole · rolls · dinner table · carving · table

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Opposites
meal scale and elaborateness

thanksgiving feastTV dinner

Packaged frozen meal

light snack · instant noodles · midnight snack · microwave meal · microwave dinner

social gathering size

thanksgiving feasteating alone

Consuming food unaccompanied

solo dining · bachelor dinner · single serving

abundance vs. deprivation

thanksgiving feastfamine

Severe food shortage

starvation · hunger · food scarcity · going hungry · empty plate

Family

thanksgiving, feast, thank, thanks, thanking, thanked, thankful, thankfully, thankfulness

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G