Sarah: “Great food, wonderful family, and the food coma after eating all the wonderful food.”

Carl: ”Football, family, and friends.”

— Sarah and Carl Hoyler with son Cayden, Hoboken (Carl grew up in Princeton)

“Baking pies and taking the turkey carcass apart and making soup.”

— Dan Ranbom, Princeton

Erin: “I celebrate with my dad’s side of the family. When we were younger, with my cousins, we would always design a Thanksgiving play. We were Pilgrims and Indians, we would have fun making our costumes and performing for the adults.”

David: “Thanksgiving is not planned very well in our family. But the process of making Thanksgiving happen every year is memorable. I also like watching the football games.”

— Erin Guty and David Jean-Baptiste, Princeton University students

Viveka: “Being with my extended family in either Massachusetts or Vermont.”

Bethany: “Traveling with my whole family to Pennsylvania to have Thanksgiving with our grandparents.”

— Viveka Mandhyan (left) and Bethany Mariman, Princeton

“My favorite memories were when everyone made it home. My parents cooked together. We had lots of house parties with sambuca and played cards.”

— Stacy Carney, Princeton

“Playing “Trivial Pursuit” before all the dishes were done.”

— Jane Gleason, Princeton