35 Times Thanksgiving Turned Out To Be A Disaster For These People

Thanksgiving is a holiday meant for gratitude, family gatherings, and delicious feasts. However, sometimes things don’t go as planned, and what should be a day of joy turns into a comedy of errors—or worse, a recipe for disaster. From kitchen catastrophes to awkward family encounters, these stories from people who didn’t have the best Thanksgiving remind us that sometimes, it’s okay to laugh at the chaos. Despite the mishaps, Thanksgiving disasters often turn into the best stories. After all, it’s the imperfections that make memories—and sometimes even bring people closer together. If your Thanksgiving didn’t go as planned, remember you’re not alone, and there’s always next year to try again!

#1 Happy Thanksgiving, Heres A Turkey I Forgot To Thaw, Annnd Apparently My Dog Saw A Mouse And Now He Won't Get Off The Counter.... Oh And I'm Working Tonight Too

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#2 I Work At An Old Folks Home. This Is The Visitor Parking On Thanksgiving Day

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#3 Cooked A Thanksgiving Meal From Scratch For My Family & No One Ate It

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#4 Made A Meat Pie With Leftovers From Thanksgiving. I Think He's Cute

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#5 Saw These Little White Balls In Foil Next To My Wife’s Apple Pie. Thought She Made Candies, Too. Now I’m Looking For A Dentist On Thanksgiving Because I Bit Into About 3 Ceramic Pie Weights

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#6 Our Thanksgiving Day Catastrophe

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#7 Whole Family Were No-Shows. This Was Our Thanksgiving For 3

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#8 We Got A Request From That Aunt Proclaiming That We Now Owed Her $75 To Cover The Cost Of The Thanksgiving Meal

It wasn’t at the dinner, but my aunt invited us all over to her and her families house (which was out of state) for thanksgiving, and it was all going to be provided by them. So our family decided to go and offer to bring something, anything just as a thank you. But she persisted we didn’t bring anything The dinner was good, and it was an overall very great thanksgiving. Well, sometime about a month later, we got a letter from that aunt proclaiming that we now owe her $75 to cover the cost of the meal. My parents were furious, as we had just spent a lot of money to go down and see her, and had even offered to lighten her load by bringing some of our own dishes. They wouldn’t even be so mad if it weren’t for the fact that she didn’t even tell anyone about this when she was giving invitations. Image source: soosarooni

#9 I'm Visiting Home And Some Relatives Need Their OS Reinstalled

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#10 Was Super Pumped To Smoked A Turkey For Thanksgiving. Only Now Am I Able To Be Ok With Sharing The Pictures Of This Abomination. I’m Not Sure What Went Wrong

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#11 My Friend Writes "Apparently I Bought A Brining Bag Instead Of A Baking Bag"

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#12 Not Only Am I Spending This Years Holidays Alone Because My Closest Family Live In A Different State, My Boyfriend And I Broke Up Just A Couple Of Days Ago So I’m At My Lowest. Then I Managed To Burn This Pizza. Hope Everyone’s Thanksgiving Is Going Well

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#13 Parents Are Getting Divorced, Don't Want To Deal With Who Is Going Where. Happy Thanksgiving

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#14 Nobody Showed Up For Thanksgiving

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#15 That Time My BF's Lovely Family Invited Me To Join Them For The Holiday And I Proceeded To Demolish The Dessert I Was Trying To Impress Them With. Happy Thanksgiving, Fools!

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#16 We Did Eventually Save The Turkey

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#17 Happy Thanksgiving!

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#18 So I Get An Email With Photos From My Girlfriend's Family's Thanksgiving

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#19 I Am Really Crying Right Now Cause First Year That I Am In Charge Of The Lasagna And I Dropped It I Think Imma Stay Home

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#20 Happy Thanksgiving?

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#21 I Think Thanksgiving Has Caused The Baker At My Local Grocery Store To Go Completely Insane

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#22 Grandparents House Caught Fire While They Were Away For Thanksgiving

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#23 My Buddy Attempted To Make A Rotisserie Turkey For Thanksgiving This Year

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#24 Sigh. Happy Thanksgiving

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#25 Happy Thanksgiving From My Family To Yours

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#26 First Thanksgiving Fail… Had To Remind Myself Not To Stress Out. It Happens. A Glass Of Wine Helped

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#27 Gone For Vacation For 5 Days. Came Back To Find This Leaking In Our Basement Guest Bedroom. My Wife's Family Is Coming For Thanksgiving In 2 Days

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#28 Green Bean Casserole Anyone?

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#29 Someone Slashed My Tire The Night Before I Was Supposed To Drive 3 Hours For Thanksgiving With Family

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#30 Someone Shot My French Door With A Bb Gun Today. Happy Thanksgiving

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#31 They Are Supposed To Be Turkeys

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#32 Thanksgiving 101. Take Last Night’s Pizza Out Of The Oven Before Cooking Today’s Casseroles

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#33 Got A Cake For Thanksgiving, Didn't See It Until We Got Home

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#34 Rut Roh. Time For Some New Baking Dishes. Roasted Pecan Fail

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#35 Came To Visit The Right Wing In-Laws For Thanksgiving And Got To Stay In The “American Room”

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