Are you a grateful person who still sometimes grows a little weary of the tired old Thanksgiving tradition of going around the table with each person saying one thing they are thankful for? Add some flavor without discarding the tradition with these Thanksgiving conversation starters.

3. How about
trying some
unique new
conversation
starters at your
Thanksgiving
meal this year?

4. Conversation Starter #1
If you could ask the Pilgrims or
Indians from the first Thanksgiving
one question, what would it be?

5. Conversation Starter #2
If you were to change the traditional
Thanksgiving meal, what would you
add or take away?

6. Conversation Starter #3
What is your favorite Thanksgiving
memory?

7. Conversation Starter #4
Where have you gone this year that
you’ve never been before?

8. Conversation Starter #5
You’re throwing a 2015 “thank you”
party. Who are three people (besides
family) sure to be on your list?

9. Conversation Starter #6
At the beginning of this year, you
would have never seen this coming, but
now you’re grateful for it. What is it?

10. Conversation Starter #7
Who has inspired you this year by the
way he or she had handled adversity?

11. Conversation Starter #8
What caused you to belly laugh this
year?

12. Conversation Starter #9
What new skill did you learn this
year?

13. Conversation Starter #10
What was your proudest moment of
the year?

14. Conversation Starter #11
What was your proudest moment of
the year?

15. Conversation Starter #12
What item did you cross off a real or
imagined bucket list this year?

16. Conversation Starter #13
There will be families with an empty
place at the table this year. Who does
that statement bring to your mind?

17. Conversation Starter #14
What is something that happened this year
for which you will always remember where
you were and what you were doing?

18. And if those don’t work…
…try this one:

19. Conversation Starter #15
Okay, everybody, we’re going to go
around the table and each say one thing
that we’re thankful for.