US Thanksgiving question from a Canuck

I'm curious about something. When do you most of you have your Thanksgiving dinner?

Noon? Mid afternoon? Normal dinner time, say 6:00 to 8:00?

I got into a conversation with someone here at work today and I thought mostly it was early or mid afternoon, say anytime from 1:00 to 3:00

And do most people (not journalists, I imagine) get/take Friday off?

Yeah, that's two questions but only one up here based on the exchange rate.

 

Varies from family to family. Some like to eat at noon, some in the afternoon, some in the evening.

 

Well, that's certainly helpful.

 

I think for the most part, people eat around 4-6 range. Always been that way here for me anyway.

And yes, it is a short work week for most people. Schools as well.

 

It varied from year to year when I was a kid. Some times as early as 1 p.m., some years as late as 6 p.m.

 

Depends on if you're seeing one family or two, as well.

I know plenty of people who are spending Thanksgiving with one family (or side of the family, etc.) at 1-2 p.m. and going over to someone else's house at 6-7 p.m.

When I was a kid, I think we usually ate sometime between 3:30-4:30 p.m., between games or during the middle of the second game.

 

It honestly depends on the families. If you have a lot of people doing an all-day drive, then a later dinner makes sense. If everyone is in town or coming to stay the night before, it makes more sense to eat earlier.

 

Ate at 7:30 p.m. today.

Never got Friday off when I was in the US because there was college football to be covered that day. Most everyone else gets a short week, I'd imagine.

 

You Mitch Albom?
Shouldn't it be "scheduled to eat?"

 

He's in a very, very eastern time zone.