The holidays can be a difficult time for everyone, but Thanksgiving brings a few extra challenges that can be incredibly intimidating for most people.
Thanksgiving provides a preview of things to come in December when the family reconvene once more before the end of the year and also forces you to engage in small talk with members of your family — after Thanksgiving you've already spoken to these people on at least one occasion, making all future conversations a little less awkward.
Now lets not forget that for some reason, Football and Thanksgiving are in a very committed relationship and having one without the other seems to be nearly impossible.