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Thanksgiving Dinner Conversation Starters {printable}

Last Updated: October 28, 2019 | By: Laura 14 Comments | Filed Under: Fall, Holidays, Printables This post may contain affiliate links.

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Asking open-ended questions is a great way to engage in meaningful discussion with your family and friends! Instead of merely asking “how was your day?,” try these conversation starters! Have a lovely dinner!

What a fabulous way to create meaningful conversations around the Thanksgiving table! We'll be starting this tradition this year!!

This is such a simple thing to add to your Thanksgiving dinner, but I think it will be one of the most meaningful. I will be using these conversation starters with my family for the first time this year and I hope it will be a great way to get some good conversations going. Maybe we’ll even make it a new tradition!

I typed up 8 seemingly not-too-deep questions or statements to inspire quality conversation surrounding this season of gratitude. I did throw in a “what do you want for Christmas” question just to help people out of they are secretly needing some gift ideas for their family members. You’re welcome. 🙂

What a fabulous way to create meaningful conversations around the Thanksgiving table! We'll be starting this tradition this year!!

And my husband wanted to add the “what’s your most embarrassing holiday moment.” I almost didn’t add it because I couldn’t think of anything embarrassing. But evidently he could come up with more than one for himself. We’ll just say that he acknowledges that he sometimes suffers from the foot-in-mouth-syndrome.

I love the simple leaf outline and thought it looked pretty with a twig of boxwood. But it looks great by itself, too, if you’re not keen on putting shrubbery on your plate right before dinner. You could wrap them with a cloth dinner napkin or set them next to the plates. Or even just put them all in a bowl in the middle of the table and let people draw for questions.

What a fabulous way to create meaningful conversations around the Thanksgiving table! We'll be starting this tradition this year!!

Recently I heard a prominent speaker talk about the idea of having one conversation at a large dinner party. It was a special occasion and the event had hosts at each dinner table. His particular hostess said that the only rule that night was that they would only have one conversation at a time at the table that night. No little side conversations would be permitted.

At the onset, I might think someone was rude telling me who I could or could not talk to, but his explanation made sense. One conversation forced everyone to get to know each other. And it forced people to listen to one another. He said it was one of the best dinners he’d ever attended and now he and his wife implement the same rule in their home.

What a fabulous way to create meaningful conversations around the Thanksgiving table! We'll be starting this tradition this year!!

I’m not going to be implementing any new dinnertime rules in my house, other than you have to sit up in your seat and eat all of your dinner. #lifewithkids

But, I think it’s a superb idea for a larger social gathering like Thanksgiving. At least my family Thanksgiving is large since there are 17 people with just my parents, siblings, their spouses and my nephews.

What a fabulous way to create meaningful conversations around the Thanksgiving table! We'll be starting this tradition this year!!

And these conversation starters will keep everyone all together.

Now, you can use them one of two ways, in my mind. You can have one person read the question and then answer it for himself and then move on to the next question. Or, you can read one question and then everyone gives their answer. It probably depends on how many people you have and how long you want to stay. 🙂

What a fabulous way to create meaningful conversations around the Thanksgiving table! We'll be starting this tradition this year!!

I hope you enjoy this free printable! I printed mine out on kraft paper, and cut them out by hand. I included 8 pre-written starters and then left 4 of them blank for you to add your own questions. Remember, it’s for personal use only! Thank you!

Download them HERE!

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Have a wonderful holiday!

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  1. Nan Tibbetts says

    November 24, 2020 at 6:59 pm

    I subscribe to your website; and got access to the thanksgiving downloads, but only got the questions and not the leaves they were on; what am I doing wrong, is there something else i need to download?

    Reply
  2. Kendra Fletcher says

    November 4, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    Hey Laura! Are these still available? I’m already a subscriber but I went ahead and entered my info so I could download these and . . . nothing came to my inbox. Can you help? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Kendra Fletcher says

      November 4, 2020 at 1:50 pm

      Well, never mind! They just took a while to get to me and they are wonderful. Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Nina says

    November 13, 2017 at 11:00 pm

    Hey! Where can we find the thanksgiving printable?

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    • Laura says

      November 17, 2017 at 10:38 pm

      Hi Nina! Here you go: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/108412

      Thank you!

      Reply
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    November 13, 2015 at 6:09 am

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  5. Lauren Goodwin says

    November 10, 2015 at 8:57 am

    I love this idea so much! What a great way to get people talking and to open up, making everyone more comfortable with each other. I also love the idea of having ONE conversation. With such a big group, sometimes that’s hard, but setting the precedence before helps a lot. Thank you! I will be using these on Thanksgiving!! xoxo

    Reply
  6. Nicole Q-Schmitz says

    November 10, 2015 at 8:06 am

    I like the idea of having only one conversation, and I don’t think I’ve heard that anywhere before… I think it would be really easy with a smallish group, but depending how big your table is (or how loud your guests are!) it might be a bit more trickier to.

    I think I’ll try that at our next family/friends get together, great idea!

    Reply

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