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What's the best thing on this table, and who made it?
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Thanksgiving Conversation Starters — Free Table Question Cards Online
Thanksgiving puts twelve people with different opinions around one table for four hours. These Thanksgiving conversation starters give everyone something better to talk about — warm, easy to answer, and safe for every age at the table.
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Easy openers. Safe for anyone.
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What's a Thanksgiving dish that should be retired?
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What's your earliest memory of this holiday?
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Who in this family is the best cook, and be brave?
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What's the strangest Thanksgiving you've had?
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What would you add to this menu if you had a free pass?
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What's the best part of today so far?
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What's a family tradition you'd defend to anyone?
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Who travelled furthest to be here, and was it worth it?
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What's something good that happened to you this year?
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What are you looking forward to before the year ends?
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What's the funniest thing that's happened at this table?
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What would you name this year if it were a film?
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What's a leftovers combination you'd defend?
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What's the best thing you've cooked this year?
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What's a memory of this house you'd keep forever?
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Who's the most competitive person here and at what?
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What's something new you tried this year?
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What would you want on the table if you hosted next year?
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What's the smell that means home to you?
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Gratitude · 20 thanksgiving questions
Personal, but not heavy.
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What are you genuinely grateful for this year — not the easy answer?
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Who helped you this year, and have you told them?
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What was the hardest month of your year?
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What's something you're proud of that hasn't come up today?
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What did this year teach you?
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What's something you're grateful for that you couldn't have said last year?
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Who at this table has shaped you most?
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What's a difficult thing you got through?
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What are you hoping for next year?
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What's something you'd like to do more of with the people here?
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What did you let go of this year?
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What's a friendship or relationship you're thankful for?
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What's a small kindness someone showed you recently?
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What are you grateful for about our family, specifically?
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What's something you want to change before next Thanksgiving?
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What did you underestimate this year?
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Who would you want at this table who isn't here?
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What's the best decision you made this year?
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What are you grateful for about yourself?
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What would make next year a good one for you?
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Family Stories · 20 thanksgiving questions
The ones that stay with you.
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What's a story about this family that should be told before it's forgotten?
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Who's missing from this table, and what would they have said today?
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What's the hardest year this family has been through together?
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What do you wish you'd asked your parents or grandparents while you could?
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What do you want the youngest people here to know about where they come from?
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What's something about your life you've never shared at this table?
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What did this family survive that we don't talk about?
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What's a tradition that came from someone we've lost?
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What do you hope this family still does in thirty years?
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What would you want cleared up with someone here?
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What do you regret about a year you can't get back?
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Who in this family do you wish you were closer to?
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What did you learn about love from the people who raised you?
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What do you want said about you at this table one day?
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What's the best advice anyone in this family ever gave?
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What's a version of your life you gave up, and are you at peace with it?
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What do you need from the people here that you've never asked for?
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What's the thing you're most grateful you didn't get?
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What do you hope we all remember about today?
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If this were the last one of these, what would you want to say?
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