prepare your food in advance

Don't wait until Thanksgiving Day to start cooking your Thanksgiving meal; start ahead of time. You can make side dishes and gravies and refrigerate freeze them. You can also make pie crusts early and dice onions and peel and slice potatoes and refrigerate them. You can even cook your turkey the day before, pull it off the bone, and stick it in a crock pot with all the juices on Thanksgiving Day. (This does not have the same presentation effects of serving a whole turkey, but it taste delicious!)

You don't have to wait until the last minute and make everything simultaneously. That type of disorganization in the kitchen could be stressful, especially if you're not an old pro at making Thanksgiving dinner (and you have a load of guests on the way).

So get started today and save yourself some stress on Thursday!