Megyn Shares Why Her Family Celebrated Thanksgiving a Few Weeks Ago with a ‘Fakesgiving’ Feast

It is officially Thanksgiving week. But I have to admit that it is kind of weird for me because my family already celebrated Thanksgiving. We all got together a few weeks ago (and Strudwick was up to his usual shenanigans) for what we call ‘Fakesgiving.’ We have been doing it this way the last few years because it is much easier to get my whole extended family together on a day other than the actual day.

Thanksgivings Past

A lot of you have heard me tell these stories before, but I have tried to cook Thanksgiving dinner many times over the years (even though I don’t cook well) and it has been an utter disaster every time. 

There was the year I set the turkey on fire when Doug and I were hosting our dear friends John O’Hurley (of Seinfeld fame) and his beautiful wife Lisa. Amid the flames, John O’Hurley memorably proclaimed, “I’ve got Jean-Georges on speed dial.” There was also the year I forgot to defrost the turkey all together.

Now that I am hosting extended family, I don’t even try. No one would come if they found out I was doing the cooking. I tried doing prepared food from Whole Foods one year, but I even managed to screw that up because I accidentally left some of the bags behind. I didn’t realize we only had half of what we needed until Thanksgiving day, which made for a very paltry meal.

Calling in Backup

That is why I decided to hire a caterer for the second year in a row. And can I tell you what was great about it? Not only did I serve edible food, but, if you get a caterer to prepare your Thanksgiving dinner three weeks before Thanksgiving, everyone is available and they are less expensive because it is not the big day. It was so much easier.

Since my family and I have Fakesgiving 2024 in the books, I kind of feel like everybody is just playing catch up at this point. It has also had the benefit of adding a bunch more days in between Thanksgiving and Christmas for me, which is kind of convenient shopping and decorating wise.

In any event, I look forward to having the day off and to hearing about how all of you celebrate. What is it going to be? Football? Delicious snacks that you don’t eat for the rest of the year? I mean, I think it is the only day I ever eat stuffing or cranberry sauce or pumpkin pie. Do you ever eat that other than on Thanksgiving? Drop me a line at Megyn@MegynKelly.com and let me know.