Thanksgiving is upon us, so it is time to begin finalizing the guest list and dinner menu and set our tables for another fun and memorable event! Since older grandkids can be challenging to talk to (those darn phones!), I like to have conversation starters that everyone at the table can enjoy. Would you like to give it a try? Begin with these 55 conversation starters to ask your family this Thanksgiving:
- What’s something you’re deeply thankful for this year?
- What’s a memory from a past Thanksgiving that makes you smile?
- If you could invite any historical figure to our Thanksgiving table, who would it be and why?
- What’s the best book you’ve read this year?
- If you had to describe this year in three words, what would they be?
- What’s a tradition you’d like to start for our future Thanksgivings?
- How have you changed or grown since last Thanksgiving?
- What’s the most challenging obstacle you’ve overcome this year?
- Which family recipe brings back the most memories for you?
- If you could travel anywhere in the world next Thanksgiving, where would it be?
- How do you define gratitude?
- Share a moment from this year that took your breath away.
- What’s something new you tried or learned this year?
- If our family had a theme song, what would it be?
- What are you looking forward to in the upcoming holiday season?
- Could you share a funny story or moment from this year?
- Who in our family has had the most influence on you?
- What’s something you hope to achieve by next Thanksgiving?
- How do you like to give back during the holiday season?
- What’s your earliest Thanksgiving memory?
- What’s a goal or dream you’re chasing right now?
- If you could relive any moment from this year, what would it be?
- What’s something you’ve learned about our family history that surprised you?
- How do you find peace and relaxation during the holiday hustle?
- What’s your favorite family inside joke?
- Could you describe the perfect autumn day?
- What’s the most thoughtful gesture someone has done for you recently?
- If our family wrote a book, what would the title be?
- Share a silver lining or positive outcome from a challenge you faced this year.
- What’s a talent or skill you wish you had?
- What’s the best advice you’ve received this year?
- How would you spend a perfect day off during the fall season?
- Could you share something you’re looking forward to in the new year?
- Which Thanksgiving dish represents you best and why?
- What’s a movie or show you think the whole family should watch together?
- If you could volunteer anywhere, where would it be?
- Share a cherished family memory that not many of us might remember.
- What’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned from another family member?
- If you could make one wish for the world, what would it be?
- How would you describe our family to someone who’s never met us?
- What’s your go-to comfort food during the fall?
- Who’s someone outside of our family that you’re grateful for?
- Share a song that’s been stuck in your head recently.
- What’s an activity or hobby you’ve picked up this year?
- How do you reflect and practice thankfulness in your daily life?
- Share an interesting fact or story about one of our ancestors.
- What’s something you’d love to learn or explore in the future?
- If our family had a mascot, what would it be?
- Describe a moment this year when you felt genuinely content.
- What’s a tradition from another culture’s autumn or harvest celebration you admire?
- What’s the kindest thing someone has said to you recently?
- How do you keep the spirit of Thanksgiving alive all year round?
- Share a dream or hope for the younger generation in our family.
- If you could change one thing about this year, what would it be?
- What’s a quote or saying that’s resonated with you lately?
Happy Thanksgiving, my fellow Devoted Grandmas. I am so very thankful to each and every one of you this year! God bless.