I make everything from scratch for this holiday. Get out the silver, china, crystal, linen, buy some cut flowers.
The menu stays pretty much the same.
Hot olive cheese balls
Turkey and cranberry sauce
Bread, onion sage dressing
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Cheese/carrot casserole
Relishes including home-canned pickles
Brussels sprouts, sometimes green beans
Wild rice casserole for my vegetarian SIL
Twenty-four hour fruit salad with cooked dressing
Salad composee of romaine with blue cheese, red pears, pomegranite seeds, croutons
Oatmeal clover leaf rolls
Pumpkin pie and rhubarb or apple pie with whipped cream
I've been making turkey for decades and tried every method known to man. The best? Brine it first. Stuff and put in oven at 450 degrees for half an hour, then turn oven down to 325 degrees to finish. It'll be good and juicy.
This year one of the local grocery stores has a deal, buy a ham and get the turkey free so I may do that.