Do these rules ring true for your family?
The day is all about gathering with your loved ones over a really great (and really big!)
For dessert, theres almost always pumpkin or pecan pie.
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Well call them unspoken rules.
Here are 10 unspoken rules Southerners always follow on Thanksgiving, according to our readers.
There must be traditional foods
In the South, we dont typically like to stray from tradition.
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Our menus are largely the same year after year, with only a little bit of room for experimentation.
In fact, many of our readers implement a hard-and-fast no phones at the table rule.
Southerners always take time to slow down and say grace before chowing down.
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Dress to impress
Thanksgiving is a special occasion, and Southerners treat it as such.
Dont be late
Theres no time for tardiness in a Southern kitchen.
Said one reader, Take all you want, but eat what you take.
At the end of the meal, those leftovers arent going in the trash either.
Everyone is expected to come hungry and leave overstuffed to the point of discomfort.
You wouldnt want Great Aunt Pat to think you dont like herCranberry Fluff Salad, now would you?
Certain topics are off-limits
Namely politics, but also anything thats going to cause drama or fighting.
Another thing you wont find us chatting about?
