Half of Americans now need a ‘game plan’ just to survive holiday dinners
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🗓️ 20 November 2025
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| 0:31.2 | poll that almost half of Americans describe themselves as needing a game plan just to survive their holiday dinners? |
| 0:38.6 | Yeah, what is it? 47% say they would prefer sitting at the kids table to dodge uncomfortable |
| 0:44.9 | discussions at Thanksgiving. Millennials lead at 62%. Now, study finds has this article. |
| 0:54.3 | And my question to you is, what are you doing at your Thanksgiving? |
| 1:00.0 | Are you, like, you seeking to get into it with people? |
| 1:02.9 | I mean, I don't think I've ever gotten into it with anybody at any holiday event ever. |
| 1:07.2 | I would imagine that you surround yourself with like-minded people on Thanksgiving, your family. |
| 1:12.4 | I mean, I go to my wife's grandmother's house for a period of time. I mean, I don't control who shows up there, but I can just get along for, you know, a few hours with people in decent society and not get into some throw-down, drag-out affair. It just seems like that's not too much to ask. So some of the topics that are banned by |
| 1:28.8 | many people, politics, personal finances, appearance and weight, religion, romantic relationships. |
| 1:36.5 | Hey, Steve, you're looking a little chubby this year. Mental health, work, relationship status, |
| 1:43.1 | and family gossip. They say the safe conversation topics are food and wine, travel plans, and hobbies. |
| 1:50.4 | Travel plans? |
| 1:51.3 | You already went where you're going. |
| 1:52.6 | You're already traveling. |
| 1:53.3 | What travel plans could there possibly be? |
| 1:55.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:56.2 | If you are going to have a knock-down, drag-out fight with someone at Thanksgiving, maybe just don't go. |
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