10 Thanksgiving Dinners Gone Horribly Wrong
If you feel like your family is a hot mess at Thanksgiving, you’re not alone. Here are some people from Ask Reddit talking about the most chaotic Thanksgiving dinner of their life:
“My grandma accidentally poured dish soap on the turkey instead of oil… might have been one of the funniest but most upsetting things I’ve ever seen.” — Gjlynch22
“I thought it would be a funny prank to put a rubber chicken in the oven on Thanksgiving. My mom would laugh and laugh. Ho ho ho, there’s a rubber chicken in the oven, what a gag. 13 year old me didn’t realize that normal adults usually preheat the oven before putting the turkey in.” — shhh_its_sneakos
“Someone will say ‘pass the dinner rolls’ in front of my dad and he will pick it up and throw it at them. Every. Single. Year. You have to specifically say ‘please hand me the dinner rolls’ or you get a bun thrown at your head.” — physicslover69
“My dad spilled his red wine into the freshly carved turkey meat one Thanksgiving! Now every time he finishes carving it we ask him if he wants to marinate it first, or have it plain.” — Chinlan
“My aunt wasn’t able to come because she was in jail for trying to shoplift a turkey from the grocery store.” — Buttxtouch
“I heard some screaming from outside my apartment. I opened the door and saw this lady running to the dumpster with a turkey still in the pan on fire. She threw it into the dumpster which then caught fire. I called 911 so the fire department could put it out.” — MeridianOne
“Spent all day cleaning the house for the guests. Made sure the windows were incredibly clean and clear. Little brother and cousin were chasing each other outside. Brother comes running through the door which was clearly open because you couldn’t see the gla- uh oh. He slammed through the plate glass window and got a massive gash on his face and leg. 80 stitches, plastic surgery, and a multiple day hospital stay. Don’t clean your windows too well.” — [deleted]
“My grandmother ran over herself with her SUV. I was on my way to the festivities when it happened, so I don’t know the exact details, but she was getting out food from the back of her SUV, put it in neutral instead of park, and it slowly ran her over. The craziest part is that my family (all inside) didn’t notice until they heard a bump against the house. The SUV made three loops before hitting the house. She ended up being fine but now isn’t allowed to go outside alone anymore on holidays. This story is now a ‘Oh, Grandma!’ moment in our family.” — DrunkOffMyAsh
“My grandparents had a new oven, and my grandmother had never made a turkey in it before. The turkey drippings somehow caught fire and the kitchen filled up with smoke. We called 911 but by the time the fire department arrived, my dad and grandfather had put out the fire. So, when the firemen arrived, there was no more fire. They were really nice and understanding. My grandmother was mortified. My drunk aunt tried hitting on all of the firemen even though she had a good 25-30 years on them. My cousin and I just stood in the front yard drinking beers in silence, watching it all play out. Fortunately, the turkey was fine and dinner proceeded normally once everything settled down.” — Sp4ceh0rse
“My mom dominated the conversation about how everyone should be drinking their pee. For a solid 45 minutes. She read in some yoga book about how it cures some infection, but also that it’s actually just really helpful for all sorts of stuff. Went way into detail about how you have to catch it mid stream of the first pee of the morning blah blah blah. By the end she was defending it so thoroughly she said she was going to start tomorrow morning. She never did and now denies the conversation lasted more than 5 minutes and that everyone was egging her on.” — MyElectricCity