50 Thanksgiving Icebreaker Questions

Prompts (50)

• 1. Do you load your plate with turkey first or sides first?

  The feast
  turkey firstsides first

• 2. When the turkey comes out, do you go for the crispy skin or skip it?

  The feast
  go for the crispy skinskip it

• 3. Do you want cranberry sauce jellied from the can or homemade with whole berries?

  The feast
  jellied from the canhomemade with whole berries

• 4. Do you keep your foods separated on the plate or let everything touch?

  The feast
  keep your foods separatedlet everything touch

• 5. Are you a one-big-plate eater or a several-small-trips eater?

  The feast
  one-big-plate eaterseveral-small-trips eater

• 6. When the dinner rolls come around, do you butter them or mop up gravy with them?

  The feast
  butter themmop up gravy with them

• 7. Do you like the big meal served in the afternoon or in the evening?

  The feast
  in the afternoonin the evening

• 8. Do you want your sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top or plain and savory?

  The feast
  with marshmallows on topplain and savory

• 9. Is the gravy boat something you pass right along or hold onto a little too long?

  The feast
  pass right alonghold onto a little too long

• 10. Do you eat pie right after dinner or wait a few hours?

  Pie & leftovers
  right after dinnerwait a few hours

• 11. Is pie better warm or cold from the fridge?

  Pie & leftovers
  warmcold from the fridge

• 12. Do you top your pie with whipped cream or ice cream?

  Pie & leftovers
  whipped creamice cream

• 13. At dessert, do you take a sliver of every pie or one big slice of your favorite?

  Pie & leftovers
  a sliver of every pieone big slice of your favorite

• 14. Are leftovers best the next day for breakfast or as a late-night snack?

  Pie & leftovers
  for breakfasta late-night snack

• 15. The day after, do you build a leftover sandwich or reheat a full leftover plate?

  Pie & leftovers
  build a leftover sandwichreheat a full leftover plate

• 16. When you host, do you send guests home with leftovers or keep them all for yourself?

  Pie & leftovers
  send guests home with leftoverskeep them all for yourself

• 17. Do you eat the pie crust first or save it for last?

  Pie & leftovers
  eat the pie crust firstsave it for last

• 18. Is your gratitude this year more about people or about small everyday moments?

  Gratitude
  about peoplesmall everyday moments

• 19. Do you like to share what you are thankful for out loud or keep it private?

  Gratitude
  share what you are thankful for out loudkeep it private

• 20. Are you more thankful this year for a lucky break or for something you worked hard for?

  Gratitude
  a lucky breaksomething you worked hard for

• 21. Which feels more special to you: a handwritten thank-you note or a surprise phone call?

  Gratitude
  a handwritten thank-you notea surprise phone call

• 22. Is it easier for you to say thank you or to accept a thank you?

  Gratitude
  to say thank youto accept a thank you

• 23. Was your year more quiet and cozy or busy and exciting?

  Gratitude
  quiet and cozybusy and exciting

• 24. Do you keep a gratitude list or just feel it in the moment?

  Gratitude
  keep a gratitude listjust feel it in the moment

• 25. Is the thing you are most grateful for something you could hold in your hands or something you can't touch?

  Gratitude
  something you could hold in your handssomething you can't touch

• 26. Do you prefer a big crowded table or a small, quiet dinner?

  Family table
  a big crowded tablea small, quiet dinner

• 27. Did you graduate from the kids' table early or stay there for years?

  Family table
  graduate from the kids' table earlystay there for years

• 28. At the table, are you the one who tells the stories or the one who laughs at them?

  Family table
  tells the storieslaughs at them

• 29. Do you grab a seat near the kitchen to help or as far away as possible?

  Family table
  near the kitchen to helpas far away as possible

• 30. Do you show up early to help cook or right on time to eat?

  Family table
  early to help cookright on time to eat

• 31. After the meal, are you on dish duty or on couch duty?

  Family table
  on dish dutyon couch duty

• 32. Once dinner is done, do you play a board game or watch a game on TV?

  Family table
  play a board gamewatch a game on TV

• 33. When you love a dish, do you ask for the family recipe or just ask for seconds?

  Family table
  ask for the family recipejust ask for seconds

• 34. Do you take the group photo seriously or make a silly face every time?

  Family table
  take the group photo seriouslymake a silly face every time

• 35. Which part of fall do you love more: crunchy leaves or crisp morning air?

  Fall & harvest
  crunchy leavescrisp morning air

• 36. Which fall outing wins for you: picking apples at an orchard or picking pumpkins at a patch?

  Fall & harvest
  picking apples at an orchardpicking pumpkins at a patch

• 37. When it cools down, do you switch to cozy sweaters or stay in a T-shirt as long as possible?

  Fall & harvest
  cozy sweatersa T-shirt as long as possible

• 38. Is a lazy November afternoon better for a long walk or a long nap?

  Fall & harvest
  a long walka long nap

• 39. Do you start wearing gloves at the first chill or wait until your fingers go numb?

  Fall & harvest
  at the first chillwait until your fingers go numb

• 40. In November, do you decorate with pumpkins or skip straight to winter decorations?

  Fall & harvest
  with pumpkinsskip straight to winter decorations

• 41. Is your favorite fall leaf color bright orange or deep red?

  Fall & harvest
  bright orangedeep red

• 42. In the yard, are you the one raking the leaves or the one jumping in the pile?

  Fall & harvest
  raking the leavesjumping in the pile

• 43. If the turkey could talk, would you want it to tell jokes or give cooking tips?

  Silly what-ifs
  tell jokesgive cooking tips

• 44. If you could only eat one kind of Thanksgiving food forever, would it be a side or a dessert?

  Silly what-ifs
  a sidea dessert

• 45. If you were a parade balloon, would you be a giant animal or a giant food?

  Silly what-ifs
  a giant animala giant food

• 46. If Thanksgiving needed a second mascot besides the turkey, should it be a pumpkin or a pie?

  Silly what-ifs
  a pumpkina pie

• 47. Are you more likely to bring a surprise dish nobody has tried or the classic everyone expects?

  Silly what-ifs
  a surprise dish nobody has triedthe classic everyone expects

• 48. If Thanksgiving dinner were swapped for breakfast foods, would you be thrilled or heartbroken?

  Silly what-ifs
  thrilledheartbroken

• 49. If you could invite one extra guest, would it be a famous chef or a great storyteller?

  Silly what-ifs
  a famous chefa great storyteller

• 50. During the meal, do you want cozy background tunes or total silence while everyone eats?

  Silly what-ifs
  cozy background tunestotal silence while everyone eats

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