Thursday, November 27, 2025

Home for Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a holiday my family has celebrated since the early 1980's.  It all started by when a family friend asked about cooking a turkey and my Dad invited the family over for dinner and my Mom learned to cook a dinner.  From those humble beginnings with the Chotrani family, I have been fortunate to always have a table for Thanksgiving.

After leaving for college, I would typically come home, but also had a memorable Thanksgiving Junior year when Loren and I stayed to get some extra studying in for finals.  I had Thanksgiving with my friend Todd Boyd's family one year.

After moving to Colorado, I typically did get home for Thanksgiving, but I recall having Thanksgiving with Michael G and his family one year also.

The past 10 years or so, I have actually kept track and it seems we tend to be in Colorado about half the time and traveling about half the time which is nice.
  • 2007 - Memphis
  • 2009 - Colorado
  • 2012 - New York City (Macy's Thanksgiving Parade)
  • 2013 - Memphis
  • 2014 - Austin
  • 2015 - Colorado (Mom, Dad, Simi)
  • 2016 - Orlando
  • 2017 - Colorado
  • 2018 - Colorado
  • 2019 - Hawaii
  • 2020 - New York City
  • 2021 - Colorado (Woods, Mafwa, Mirna)
  • 2022 - Colorado
  • 2023 - New Jersey (Simi hosted)
  • 2024 - Colorado (Woods hosted)
  • 2025 - Colorado (4 family)

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