As Thanksgiving approaches, I have been contemplating Thanksgiving traditions.  Like many other families, we will be gathering together with my extended family for the usual gluttonous consumption of turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.  But we have a few unique traditions up our sleeves.  Below I have listed a few of my favorite RollerBlog family Thanksgiving traditions.

Fiddler on the Roof
When my brother was in college, he became obsessed with the movie Fiddler on the Roof (1971).  We began watching the musical on every Thanksgiving and it is now a bona fide tradition.  After the dinner is over and the dishes are put away, we head downstairs to the family room, crank up the old VCR, and soon the family is singing along to “If I Were A Rich Man” and “Tradition!”.  Granted, we don’t watch Fiddler every year (sometimes we do get Fiddler fatigue) but we watch it more years than not.  (This year I have the feeling we may not watch the movie because we are all planning to go see Twilight together…).

Dilly Beans
Dilly beans are green beans that have been pickled in a jar, like dill pickles.  My mom makes kick ass dilly beans and we have them every Thanksgiving.  Dilly beans are definitely one of the highlights of Thanksgiving dinner.

Lord of the Rings Marathon
RollerBoy spends every other Thanksgiving Day with his mom, so when that happens we tend to do the whole Thanksgiving thing on Friday.  This means that RollerReggie and I have to think up something to do on Thursday.  And, voila, the Lord of the Rings marathon tradition was born!  We own the extended editions of all three LOTR movies (which equals 12 hours of viewing time) so it actually takes some planning to see all three movies in one day.  The first time we tried to do a LOTR marathon we didn’t quite make it through all three movies (I feel asleep during the exceedingly long scene at the end of the last movie where Frodo says goodbye to his hobbit buddies).  This time we are getting up at the crack of dawn so we are sure to fit in every minute of hobbity goodness.