New Year's Day. My family is Japanese and we all get together and have a day long celebration of eating good food and hanging out. Thanksgiving. This year (2007) was my first time at making Thanksgiving dinner. Since my husband and I are in CA and our families live down south, we were on our own. I invited some neighbors and friends and made a traditional dinner... turkey, potatoes, pie. Thanks to my mom and the recipes here, my dinner came out perfect. Everything was great... Although my potatoes were a little cold. Anyhow, it was really theraputic for me to make this meal and have it come off without a real hitch. Maybe I can cook after all!!!