Of course, I mean really, how many times a year do we get to use the good china?! I'll take any opportunity and run with it, hehehe.

I didn't realize you could *not* use the fine china.

We go to my husband's family dinner, and their Thanksgiving is extremely informal - I think it's paper plates most years. Sigh. But when I get to host my own Thanksgiving, it will be with the best china we have at the time (we just have everyday dishes right now - no need for the good stuff).

Depends. If it's our family and others, then yes. But if it's just the four of us (my mom, my dad, my sister, and myself), then sometimes we go the casual route.

If I were hosting Thanksgiving then I would absolutely use the good china, but my poor mom is having like 40 people this year so she is using whatever plates she can cobble together. Who has 40 plates???

I have china to use?

If I had some, maybe, but I wouldn't do paper plates plainly for fear of them leaking, lol...

When it's just the four of us I do, because I have 4 place settings. But if it's more I can't.

Of course, what's the point in having nice china if you never use it!

I'm so ready to host my own thanksgiving!! next year - fingers crossed!

well my family isn't the biggest thanksgiving family out there so we usually don't go ALL OUT but sometimes we have the nicer dishes. i'm going to experience something new this year cause we're going to my fiance's house and who knows what they will do.

No. we're lazy and rather use disposable plates so we wont have to wash dishes after.

I don't even have nice china.

I wouldn't consider our Thanksgiving formal, but it's the only time of year we break out my mom's good China plates and the old family silverware. Just to make the day a little special.

Depends on who is coming over!

i am not sure i can't remember since i don't do the dishes on thanksgiving. But we do use china for my sister's birhtday dinner which is on christmas eve. I hate it. I end up washing all the stupid china for hours after dinner and the morning of christmas. I hate china!

my family is definitely not formal on Thanksgiving, even when it's hosted by others, they like to be comfortable on thanksgiving.

good china?

As a child I remember BEGGING my mom to use her Noritake China during Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. She would say that her china was for special occasions. So when out of town family would come I'd ask, she'd say no. My parents anniversary, no. Bicentennial? No.

Finally, when she was dying and trying to ensure that I knew how to prepare a meal from start to finish by myself she told me to take down the china and set the table.

I have not use that china since. I inherited it all gazillion pieces of Japanese Bone China and I refuse to let anyone use it until I get a chance to have a meal with someone I love very deeply and want to share this little token with.

Yes, but for special occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners only. I've had my set of china since my grown children were little.