I'll be having boneless fried chicken with a side of vegetable chow mein at the Chinese restaurant a block away from home. My son, daughter-in-law, and their children will be in New Hampshire with my ex and his second wife. They'll be in RI for Christmas and Easter, though. I got used to being without my son after our divorce, and I spent holidays with my dad (mom died young) and an aunt and uncle, whether or not my son was with me. Now that generation has passed on. My son's family have compensated me for their absence on the big day, though. Last week my daughter-in-law took me to her younger son's birthday party at his nursery school, on Sunday we all went to a Thanksgiving dinner at their church, and today, I went back to the nursery school for their Thanksgiving party. It was supposed to include a walk in the woods, but that got rained out.

After dinner I may watch the videos I borrowed from the library or treat myself to a movie.

My friends who are Jewish refer to a Chinese meal followed by a movie as "Jewish Christmas," but it works for me, too, even on Thanksgiving.