Many Hoping To Leave Politics Behind This Thanksgiving
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Many Americans traveling for Thanksgiving are hoping to leave behind the rancorous election and focus on what unites them: family and tradition.
For many, it will be the first time since the election of Donald Trump that they've come face to face with people they might have vehemently disagreed with on social media.
Arlene Anjos of Roselle Park, New Jersey, supported Democrat Hillary Clinton. But she says she and a Trump-supporting sister-in-law have come to an agreement: The election is off-limits as Thanksgiving dinner conversation.
Robert Tom told WCBS 880's Rich Lamb that said he expects a hearty serving of election year politics to appear on the Thanksgiving table his year.
"My mother and I are both very left wing, but my aunt and uncle and cousins are going to be there, and they're very right wing – should be interesting," he said.
With many families split on the election outcome, Patricia Napier, founder of the Etiquette School of New York, says it's best to avoid the subject and the host can help by laying down the ground rules.
"If I'm at your house and you tell me you'd like for me not to talk about politics, I should obey your rules and follow your wishes," she told WCBS 880's Marla Diamond.
Another one of her musts is to avoid is drinking too much alcohol.
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