As we give thanks for our blessings, I thought I would look at it what it costs to do Thanksgiving.  Entertaining and feeding guest can be expensive, but being anti-social is personally costlier in the long run.

In many regards the traditional Turkey dinner is one of the more affordable dinners to put together for large group of people.  I’ve put together the prices from peapod.com (Stop and Shop’s Home delivery arm).  I’ve always been a guest at Thanksgiving and have no real life experience with a turkey dinner so if this estimate doesn’t meet the muster of a real host, I apologize.  Turkey on a per lbs basis is very affordable.  The real investment is in time spent of preparation.  By my estimates a healthy sized turkey dinner is about $5.43 per person which includes plenty of leftovers for all.

One of the great things about the holiday season is the opportunity it affords all of us to share our good fortune with those who might be away from family and friends.  I hope everyone is doing this and having a great Thanksgiving.