15 Celebs Share Their Thanksgiving Traditions

Click through to see how celebs are celebrating Thanksgiving this year.
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Tim McGraw: "Me totally messing up the kitchen, and Faith pretending she doesn't even care — but later cleaning it up when I'm not looking. I'm a good cook, but a sloppy one."
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Anne Heche and James Tupper: "On Monday the week of Thanksgiving, we do a practice Thanksgiving. We practice small to make sure it's good...Then we are ready to go on Thursday."
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Reba McEntire: "This hamburger-and-bean dish and Mexican corn bread that I like to cook. That's my contribution. Not very Thanksgiving-ish, but I like it."
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Elizabeth Banks: "My Thanksgiving tradition involves a butter stuffing that my mom has made for years and years and years‚ the main ingredient is butter!"
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John McCain: “It’s not #Thanksgiving at our family’s house without fried turkey!”
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Bryson Tiller: “gonna do what i've done every year, Eat large portions of mac & cheese and play xbox live all day.”
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Padma Lakshmi: "We play charades, it keeps everyone from falling asleep after a big meal...I really look forward to that every year!"
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Pamela Anderson: "I go to the Gentle Barn and hang with the turkeys... I tickle them under the wings and I sit them on my lap, and I feed them pumpkin pie."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar: “I try very hard to be grateful and appreciative all year, but it doesn't hurt to have one dedicated day.”
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Gisele Bündchen: “Each Thanksgiving, I am reminded even more of all the blessings I receive every day. It’s a special day where I get to be with my family, friends and spend some time reflecting on all the experiences in my life. I am most grateful to have health and to be surrounded by love.”
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Condoleezza Rice: "Football. Growing up in Alabama, we'd prepare the food in the morning and then watch the Detroit Lions. The Dallas Cowboys started playing that day as well, so we'd prepare the food during the Detroit game and eat dinner during the Dallas game."
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Emma Roberts: "On Thanksgiving we always just have a big feast. Stuffing is my favorite food in the world! I actually have been known to go buy stuffing and make it in the middle of summer."
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Katie Holmes: "Many years ago, my dad started this tradition where we all do this run in the local park...It's a three-mile run called the 'Turkey Trot.' There's even a prize, which I haven't won yet. But it's really fun."
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Kenan Thompson: "We do this road trip type of thing every Thanksgiving. My parents are from a small town in Virginia so we all drive there together from Atlanta...It's nice to spend time with the fam old school American style."
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Audrina Patridge: “I always love getting together with my family. Spending time with my grandma and new niece baby lux before Black Friday shopping begins”
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