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Just breathe, you tell yourself, taking 10 seconds to lean over the bathroom sink. The sound of running water temporarily drowns out the chaos that awaits outside the door. But you cant hide forever: Youre hosting Thanksgiving.

As you slink back into the kitchen to prepare dinner, your predators await. Your chatty aunts hover, never offering to help but eagerly suggesting reasons youre still single. Your brother complains theres no green bean casserole this year, declaring Thanksgiving just wont be the same without it. And then theres the turkey . A giant bird carcass splayed open to you once a year, with the expectation youll transform its pale flesh from carrion to comestible.

And all you want to do is make everyone happy.