"Since my family does not like turkey and its normal fixings, we have always gone the ethnic route. We put together a Thanksgiving meal that might include Indian food, Colombian food and American food. Everybody brings a dish and we all enjoy it together." —Juli Altschul, Bearberry Lane

"Just the two of us these days, but a tradition my family had was putting 3 kernels of corn by the side of our plates. The corn kernels represent the harvest of corn. You plant 2 to 3 kernels when planting corn. We grew our own food where I was raised in the Adirondack mountains of New York." —Diane Cast, Heathbrook Circle