What to Watch This Thanksgiving by Caylee Snodgrass

Everyone gets excited when the snow finally hits the ground because it’s now socially okay to bring out classic Christmas specials. This year, don’t forget about the awesome holiday right before the most magical time of the year: Thanksgiving! A perfectly original American tradition full of purging on your favorite foods. Need a little help getting in the spirit? Here are the best things to watch around Thanksgiving.

New Girl (2011-2018) is a Fox show known for its Thanksgiving episodes, providing one for almost every season it ran. The group of friends ends up forming an unconventional family, and what goes best with family? Thanksgiving. With five to episodes dedicated to turkey day, you are guaranteed to find one that with get you in the holiday spirit!

Personal favorite: Season 3, Episode 10: Thanksgiving III

Friends (1994-2004) is known for coffee, crazy romantic plot lines, bad jokes, and especially Thanksgiving. If you are looking to get into the holiday spirit with some family football games, awkward teenage memories, and pivotal relationship turning points… a Friends Thanksgiving episode marathon should be on your schedule.

Personal Favorite: Season 9, Episode 8: The One With the Rumor

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973) is the best way to return to your most precious memories from your childhood? Charlie Brown. Best way to get ready for this holiday season? Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. This is the perfect way to start your wholesome, tradition filled holiday.

Free Birds (2013), an action packed, animated film, follows a carefree turkey named Reggie who is picked by the president to be the special turkey eaten on Thanksgiving day by the first family, until he’s recruited by a fellow fowl to go back in time to the first Thanksgiving. Their mission? To take turkeys off the menu. This picture is a great way to get excited about the American tradition with one small risk… you may look at your dinner a little differently.

A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998), a made-for-tv special, follows Winnie and his friends as they learn about the true meaning of thanksgiving. This movie is a great way to remind you what the holiday actually means.

Once you finish your potatoes this Thanksgiving, you can turn on “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but first make sure you give your Thanksgiving viewing season the effort it deserved!