This year’s Thanksgiving trends are a blend of affordability hacks, bigger gatherings, restaurant outsourcing, and a surprising number of ways to reinvent foods we all pretend to only eat once a year.

Gathering & Hosting Trends

Larger gatherings are back: Hosts expect about nine guests, which means the dining table leaves are coming out of storage and someone’s getting stuck in the “bonus chair” or "kiddie table."

Affordability is key: With grocery prices soaring, people are trimming side dishes, choosing off-brand everything, and embracing the potluck—because nothing says “gratitude” like making your cousin bring the expensive item.

Shared cooking duties: Thanksgiving is no longer a one-person pressure test. Both men and women are pitching in, and some are even reading the recipe b

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