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16 Conversation Starters to Simplify Thanksgiving 2016

11. If you could share this thanksgiving with anyone from the past, who would it be?

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16 Conversation Starters to Simplify Thanksgiving 2016
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It’s that rough time of year again where navigating family gatherings and meals can get tricky. This is especially true if your family enjoys bringing out talk of politics and religion and a whole host of other things that should not be discussed with people you want to like at the end of the day.

So here are 16 conversation starters to save you in 2016!

  1. What is one item that you have acquired this year, that you are most thankful for?
  2. If you were a pair of shoes, what kind of shoe would you be?
  3. What was the biggest let down that turned into something you were thankful for?
  4. What is your most creative Thanksgiving leftover idea?
  5. What is one food at the table that you’re thankful for?
  6. What is one thing you are looking forward to in the next year?
  7. If you could have named yourself, what name would you have picked?
  8. If you could go back to any decade (in your lifetime or not), which decade would it be?
  9. If you could be any emoji, which one would you be, and why?
  10. What is your favorite trend that came out this year?
  11. If you could share this thanksgiving with anyone from the past, who would it be?
  12. Pick one celebrity you would make your best friend, why?
  13. Look at the person directly to your right, pick one quality that you are thankful for in this person?
  14. If you could eat one food that is on this table every day for the next year, which would it be?
  15. If you could teleport anywhere right now, where would you go?
  16. What is the first birthday or Christmas that you remember?

What’s your favorite conversation starter for the holidays?

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