My favorite part was the prayer moment. I’m so happy to hear someone say thank you to our lord and savior, Jesus. This thanksgiving, it was just my husband and 4 kids, and a friend of our son, who has never eaten a traditional thanksgiving meal from the Turkey, green bean casserole, corn pudding, pumpkin pie, apple pie, gravy, ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, dinner rolls, apple cider. All mostly from scratch. I prayed for the thanksgiving. We had such a wonderful time. The friend said everything was so good. When he left I gave him the extra pumpkin pie I had made and some of the apple pie. It was a special evening for us all. The Lord was good with us this past year. My cancer is in remission and I was able to cook up this feast, my love language. Thank you for sharing your thanksgiving with us.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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So glad you had a wonderful day! Glad you enjoyed our video too 😀 God is good!

Thank you for including us. 😁 Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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So glad you enjoyed it 😀

@derekdolcy5839

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Same to u Kim .j Becker happy 😀 holidays 🤶🎄🎄👼❤️

@derekdolcy5839

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U bet yea Kim 😀😀😀👍❤️

my grandparents were lucky to get 15 acres of land when they first moved to ohio where we all live now and they used to grow all kinds of local fruits and vegetables like grapes, squash, strawberries, sunflowers, watermelon, etc. seeing you walk through your garden always makes me think of when i used to go with them and help them with their gardens. 🥰💗

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Love those memories 😀

@derekdolcy5839

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Hi 😊 there stan neat 😀👍👍

I love the way you and your family put the day together with care and love . Everything looked so delicious thank you for sharing your Thanksgiving with us . ❤️✝️❤️

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you Brenda 😀

I can’t tell you what I enjoyed more… the cooking and lead up to dinner. Granny’s linens and stories. The fixing of plates or the discussions in the background and chatter. Your meal looked delicious! I think my favorite part was a combination of it all- fixing the plate while listening to background talk and chatter and the warm feeling of the prayer. You can’t deplete that. I am alone- as you know- and decided I’d get a take out plate - couldn’t eat it. Wont do that again. I mean- it’s fine I’m over it eating alone. However, I’d prefer to have a ham sandwich than try to replace what i remember. Y’all are very blessed, indeed! Thank you for sharing your day.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you Sandra! I'm glad you enjoyed it!!

Wonderful video, Tipper! All the food looked delicious, and your home and decorations looked beautiful! I am so glad you were able to make the apple cake for your mama. I know she really appreciated that! ❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

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So glad you enjoyed it-thank you 😀

Is comforting to know that organized chaos is part of others’ celebration, just like ours! It’s a fun, happy time and we cherish each minute! Happy belated Thanksgiving!

@CelebratingAppalachia

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It is at ours LOL! Thank you 😀

I miss those large family gatherings we used to have at my Grandma's. But sadly she and so many Aunts and Uncles have passed on. It was great to watch your Thanksgiving time together.

I enjoyed the twins’ music. They’re so talented. Glad you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! So did I and my family! 🙂

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you! So glad you had a good one too 😀

@derekdolcy5839

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Hi 😊 there Linda Sanderson same here 😀👍👍❤️

I love the drawing of Pap with his guitar and flag, thanks for all that you do Tipper ♥️✝️🇺🇸

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you! One of my blog readers made the drawing of Pap 😀 Allison Britt 😀

Thank you so much for letting us join you in your Thanksgiving celebration, it was a beautiful video. Your warmth and friendliness is so heart warming, it is a joy to watch your videos. Have a wonderful week 💞

@CelebratingAppalachia

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You are so welcome! Thank you!

Thank you Tipper and girls. It was a joy to watch your celebration. May the Lord continue to pour his blessings upon you all. Much love to you.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you so much 😀

That was wonderful. So much like ours. I sure am thankful for my wonderful family, for being blessed to live in Appalachia, but most of all for Jesus Christ who died so that I could have eternal life. God Bless You ❤

I love the many ways you celebrate home, family & Appalachia. I celebrated Thanksgiving with my sister and her children and grandchildren. It was once again, the best ever! I'm sure yours was too!!

@CelebratingAppalachia

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I'm so glad you had a good one Rita 😀

Thank you for inviting us into your home on this special day. I enjoy seeing other traditions and families making memories 🦃

@CelebratingAppalachia

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You are so welcome!

My cheeks almost closed my eyes from underneath; I was grinning fit to burst the whole time I watched this. I worked for the holiday but now after watching this feel like I spent it with family

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you! So glad you enjoyed visiting with us 😀

@lancemadrid

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Honestly, thank you!

Well, Tipper? That was just the most LOVELY Thanksgiving. So much fun to get to make it with you, and hear your thoughts and explanations shared along the way! See all your family, and everyone celebrating and eating and getting along like we're supposed to.... You know? If a person didn't have their own Thanksgiving; if they were a Thanksgiving 'orphan' -- away from, or without folks to share it with -- this would go such a long way toward filling the void. I have felt that feeling before, although I've never really been without -- fortunately. But I feel other's feelings, and this was such a VERY nice share. Thank you, Tipster and fam! Thank you so much!

Thanks for having us to see all the lovely festivities! That was a FEAST to behold.. Happy Thanksgiving, so much to be thankful for, to include the Pressley family !!! 🥰

@CelebratingAppalachia

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So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 😀

I have the best thanksgiving story ever. In 1976 when I was stationed at fort Bragg North Carolina my wife 2 children and 3 other guys from my unit decided to have thanksgiving at our house. I got paid 275 dollars a month and got paid every 30 days. The turkey came out of the oven looking so good. She was really proud of it until I stared carving it. I cut into it and water just poured out of I said did you thaw it out before you cooked it. As she started to cry she said I didn’t know I was supposed to. That girl couldn’t cook a hotdog and now she’s a dietitian for the veterans administration. That was wife number 1. I stayed in the army for 10 years

I just love you and your family what sweet humble people you are. It's nice to learn traditions being kept up in your neck of the woods. As a Canadian I really appreciate learning. Happy American Thanksgiving. I really hope one day to partake in an American feast you do it so well😊🇨🇦🇺🇸🦃🦃💜

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thanks so much for the kind words!!

@kourtnilackes7086

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I wish one year we could have you with us so you can enjoy a good Thanksgiving. We're in Northeast Georgia, southern Appalachia like Tipper and her family.

@HopeLaFleur1975

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@@kourtnilackes7086 ☺

That was wonderful! Thank you so much for taking the time to set all that up and thinking of us during this special family day. It’s a lot of work and from this country girl in the city - I thank you Your kitchen reminds me of my parents house . I think I needed this?

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Glad you enjoyed it! 😀

Every time I tune in im hit with homesick for a place I've never been all my people come from your area my granny is a Rippatoe

@ebutuoyebutouy

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I had to Google that one. Awesome.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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I'm glad we remind you of your loved ones 😀

@laurablair1424

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I found Rippatoe springs in Kentucky yay

You just put that beautiful meal together with such ease! I love watching you and your family cook. 🦃❤️🇨🇦

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thanks so much 😀

It is so wonderful you had a whole house full. We used to have house full of people at my grammys and aunts but all have passed but my mama, so just a few of us. Family is such a blessing :)

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you Sheryl 😀

That prayer really moved me " help us Lord what we need to be for You" ahhh I'm crying that's so beautiful

Watching yall makes me miss my husband more😢 I lost him 2mos ago to an illness. We were married 21yrs but it wasn't enough. I pray you have a long healthy life ❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

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I'm so very sorry you lost him.

My what a feast. I know you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thank you for inviting us into your home, Tipper. Your loved ones feel like our loved ones. God bless! Love you more and more.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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So glad you enjoyed it 😀

@scottclay4253

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@@CelebratingAppalachia I feel so blessed to have discovered you and yours. My wife and I enjoy your content, your life, your loved ones. You demonstrate the life we grew up with in 1950’s & 1960’s West Virginia has not been totally erased from the American culture. Thank you for all you are doing. You are like close cousins we finally met. Luv ya, Cuz!

@CelebratingAppalachia

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@@scottclay4253We appreciate you!! 😀

I'm finding younger people have NO CLUE what is involved in planning and executing a full traditional Thanksgiving dinner. All the planning!!! It's HARD!!! But it's the best feeling in the world when you know you pulled it off!!!

Happy Thanksgiving, Tipper! Thank you for letting us peek into your world on such a special day!

Australian here, I have never heard of a apple stack cake before, now I can’t stop thinking about it! I am going to have to mark it in order to satisfy my culinary curiosity. Thanks for sharing your special family Thanksgiving with us.

Enjoyed sharing in some of y’all’s thanksgiving festivities Miss Tipper! Great lookin meal, great time of fellowship and making memories with y’all awesome family. It’s music to my ears to hear the sounds of chatter in the background of everyone being together Thanks for including us in y’all’s special day. We were blessed here as well. GOD is so good!! GOD BLESS YALL 😇😇🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️🦃🦃

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you Pastor Lon! He is so GOOD!!

Hope you all enjoyed. Very curious about you cake. My Grandma Loudin used to call me when she would make her dried apple pie!! 🍎 Loved it!!

So much appreciated! Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving you all. ❤❤❤

Russian tea! Lord, I haven't heard of that in YEARS. My mom always made that around the holidays. She was from southwestern Virginia. You evoked memories that warmed my heart and made me smile. God bless you and your family Tipper.

I was so happy to see the apple stack cake. The last year grandma was alive she asked me to make the cake using the dried apples she and grandpa had done in the summer. She died the following spring. She left a note to me asking me to take all the dried apples in the freezer cause she wanted me to make more cakes.. what a wonderful memory. Thanks for all your programs. I am always watching your family. Mary

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you for sharing that sweet memory 😀

Love this! I just did Thanksgiving dinner all by myself! It takes so much planning. I keep lists like you do for everything. Organization and planning is the key.🦃

I think that I've watched your Thanksgiving dinner 2 or 3 times. It's so wonderful seeing all those family members getting together , bringing all that delicious food to share, and it's all genuine good family love and enjoyment of delicious food. It's wonderful to have the space to have great family gatherings.

This lovely video made me cry when you were looking for and arranging greenery for your table. My precious mother use to do the exact same thing. She would put Fall leaves, Holly and red berries, and anything beautiful from nature. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life.

What a very sweet time together. Thank you for inviting me into your precious home.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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You are so welcome!

This was so sweet to watch, it takes me back to my childhood Thanksgivings on the farm. I've no living family left, so I go to church service on Thanksgiving morning then help in the kitchen serving the community dinner, which is quite gratifying and just as well. Thank you for sharing. I think I need to add the Apple Stack Cake to my to-bake list.

Oh Tipper! Supremely wonderful Thanksgiving Day Feast. Grace is yours, Amen.💛

Ohhh how wonderful! What a feast! Everything looked so good! Thanks so much for letting us spend Thanksgiving with you all in Appalachia! I could almost smell that beautiful apple stack cake and the turkey baking! I'm smacking and slurping my lips! Happy holidays everyone!!🥰

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you for visiting with us 😀

What more can one asked than being with family on a day of giving thanks to God for all that he has shared with us as his children. All the food looked great the only thing I didn’t see was cranberry sauce with whole cranberries. 😮 God is great and he loves his children blessings upon all

That was so warm and nice! Thank you, Pressley family. Happy Thanksgiving.

Wow what a feast. Love the apple stack cake.❤

The apples look very much like apple butter How wonderful it would be to walk into a house with that wonderful music playing!!!

Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving.

What a beautiful holiday gathering. God bless everyone!

Thanks for sharing Tipper and letting all of us having a glimpse into your Thanksgiving day. Glad you all were able to be together and have a good meal together. Christmas will be here before you know it and we get to do it all again.

It is 7:54 am and I am watching this video getting so excited for the holidays.

You made me cry!!! I love that you all get together on Thanksgiving and everyone brings things to eat!!! You are very lucky to have all or at least most of your family together!!! Everything looked wonderful!!! Special times!!! Thank you for sharing it with us!!! God Bless!!!

Everything looked soooo delicious ❤️

It is always nice to se you guys ❤

So sweet that Granny requested the Apple Stack Cake. I have never tried one but hope to one day! My mother dried apples every chance she got. They are the best when cooked down! Enjoy seeing your family gathering! Thanks from Mississippi!

So cool...good times

Turkey tips - carefully cut out wishbone prior to cooking. Make carving turkey breast easy. - Spatchcock the turkey. The flattened bird cooks in just two hours or so plus it allows more room in oven while turkey is roasting on bottom slot in oven.

A wonderful gathering! Good food, good family!

I also saw that cousin Jim Cassada had a recipe in his newsletter this month for layer cake --sounds similar to yours. Although dad's family is from Sylva, I grew up in Hampton VA. The layer cake is similar to what they call "Smith Island cake" in Tidewater VA---from colonial times. Just imagine our ancestors carrying these recipes and techniques from England/Europe to Colonial Va to Western NC.

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you! That recipe is the one I use and it will be in our upcoming cookbook 😀

What a beautiful thanksgiving dinner...glad you enjoyed it🤗

Thank you Tipper for sharing.

Love the sped up part of the video........feels like what my life is like leading up to the extended family gathering for Thanksgiving! So much to do that you end up going at warp speed!

I have drapes in my bed room made out of bed twin sheets…the rolls look delicious…ham and turkey is what we have for thanksgiving most of the time.

Your table decor and the dried herbs and things you collected from the outside are absolutely beautiful touches to your home. I love this. Thank you for sharing your Thanksgiving with us.

The floral arrangements are so perfect!💖 Everything is beautifully done.

That all looks delicious! Thanks for the invite Tipper! Beautiful family!

Tipper, That was a heartwarming video. I loved all the guests talking in the background. What a wonderful day for family and friends.

Don't you just love it when a plan is perfectly executed! Thank you so much for including us for this Thanksgiving celebration🙂. You have a very lovely family and I'm sure a good time was had by all. Hugs

Love you guys! 🤩

Everything looks so good! 😋 Thanks for sharing some of your Thanksgiving with us 🦃🥧🍂🍁

Thank you Tipper for sharing your family's Thanksgiving. The food looks AMAZING. God Bless.

The only "normal" thing in my life right now is your family's videos. LOL! So happy I can click on and watch normal people doing normal things. Peaceful and Loving. :)

What an amazing feast. It looks fantastic. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 🦃🍁

I loved sharing your Thanksgiving!!! You have such a a lovely family. Everything looked sooo delicious and beautiful!!! Thank you for letting us come along😊😊😊

What a wonderful Thanksgiving y’all had! So many things to be thankful for!

Very comforting, love n smiles n happy Thanksgiving to y'all.

What a wonderful family feast. Food looked delicious, decorations were spot on for fall Thanksgiving celebration. Music by your girls was a blessing. Hope you have many more years to celebrate together. God Bless.

those rolls look awesome. Very nice!

So enjoyed dropping in on your Appalachia Thanksgiving feast! All the preparations and time that went into making a delicious meal was impressive! That apple stack cake looked amazing! What a wonderful family time!! Thank you for sharing with us!

The apple cake looked scrumptious…thank you for sharing your day 🤗

Beautiful. Love to see families enjoying each others company. You guys always make me homesick. Love , hugs and prayers for all.

Happy belated Thanksgiving. The apple stack cake looked wonderful. Haven’t had one in years but I may try making one for Christmas. As always, thanks for inviting us in to celebrate Appalachia with y’all - Susan from the Tennessee side of the mountain.

Oh my goodness its wonderful to see families still get together to have fellowship. Thanks for sharing

Your Thanksgiving dinner looks wonderful. God bless.

It all looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing!

How absolutely beautiful! God Bless!

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you so much!

It's wonderful that it went so well!

@CelebratingAppalachia

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It was a lovely day! Thank you for watching!

OM, that was a labor of love! So much to do, but you looked so happy doing it, and I am sure that you felt so happy when your family so thoroughly enjoyed your labor of love. I was happy to see your family helping with the preparations. Thank you for sharing your Thanksgiving and I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Thank you for sharing! ❤️🙏👍

Glad to see y'all had such a Happy Thanksgiving. The food looked really delicious. Can't wait to see what you will be doing for Christmas. Love all of you ⭐⭐💝💝

Thank you Tipper for sharing this precious time with your viewers. You and your family are so blessed. Wonderful memories...wonderful family and friends. God and family. Blessings to all.

Enjoyed your thanksgiving thank you so much!

Salting a turkey a day before cooking it is called a dry brine. The salt initially draws the moisture out but then pulls it back in and holds the moisture through roasting. This form of brining actually develops a more moist turkey. Good job!

What a wonderful thanksgiving feast u guys had. Loads of food n loads of family n that makes for such a wonderful day! Happy thanksgiving from eastern Ky.

Brings back wonderful memories of my family all gathered at my great grandmother's home for the holidays. Thank you so much for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving.

Enjoyed this ! Nothing better than family and friends together, enjoying an awesome meal, laughing, loving and sharing. Thank you tipper, for sharing this ! Appreciate y'all always...God bless y'all..🙏❤

Thank you for sharing your Thanksgiving. Everything looked delicious. May your family have many more Thanksgivings together. God bless

Wonderful video. Looks like everything came together just wonderfully. The food looked delicious. Loved hearing the blessing being asked. We enjoy you all sharing your lives with us.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing 🤗❤️❤️

Happy Thanksgiving to you & your Family!

Thank you for inviting us into your home & into your family’s lives this Thanksgiving. I love, love,love your sprig & dried flower arrangements. So pretty! Though there were only six of us in my clan, who showed up for the family Thanksgiving meal & celebration, we had a lovely time together & a huge spread of food’s & desserts! I see you all did, as well! God is so good & he has blessed us all so much more than we deserve! Thank You, Heavenly Father, for all our many blessings & for your love, grace & mercy at work in our lives.