This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at St Olaf chapter.
As much as we all love spending Thanksgiving with our family and friends, sometimes things can get awkward. Sometimes, topics *cough the election cough cough* make conversations uncomfortable. But, we can all have wonderfully pleasant conversations at the dinner table if we are prepared. So here is a list of safe table topics that won’t tear your family apart:
- Tell some hilarious knock-knock jokes
- Talk about the weather…that is always a safe topic of conversation
- Convince your family the turkey is actually a chicken
- Is a tomato a fruit? The world says yes but I say it is up for debate
- Play a game of I-Spy
- Yes Grandma, I am eating enough at school
- Talk about sports…how about them Cubs?
- Are you Team Jacob or Team Edward, Aunt Marge?
- What if we ate McDonald’s for Thanksgiving?
- Yes Grandma, I can hear you
- Is it too early for Christmas Music?
- Talk about the hit show, Stranger Things
- Discuss the origins of table manners
- Is the grass really greener on the other side?
- So….Antarctica is a cool place
- If there was another season of Glee, would you watch it?
- No Grandma, I am not in a relationship #foreveralone
- Talk about the latest Kardashian scandal
- Discuss the best reponse to the question, “Does this dress make me look fat?”
- Did Elvis Presley really die?
- What if on Thanksgiving, turkeys ate people?
- No Grandma, my mascot is not Olaf the Snowman