“Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?”/“No, just have turkey.”

A Thanksgiving dinner riddle is:
 
Q: Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?
A: No, you should just have the turkey!
 
The riddle was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on November 29, 2002.
 
 
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Puns of the Weak 11/29/02
Stan Kegel
11/29/02
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Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?
No, you should just have the turkey! (Teen Jokes)
 
Google Groups: alt.badgers
Happy for the Giving Thanks day, fraunlevin!
Drew
11/22/06
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Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?
No, you should just have the turkey!
 
Matchdoctor
Short Thanksgiving Jokes
posted 11/25/2008 8:13:58 AM
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Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?
No, you should just have the turkey!
 
Twitter
OCAEC
‏@OCAEC
Thanksgiving jokes for kids:  Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?  No, you should just have the turkey!
2:53 PM - 10 Nov 2009
 
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ariel x
‏@ArielXoxo
Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?
No, you should just have the turkey!
3:22 PM - 18 Nov 2009
 
Explain the Joke
Having Family for Thanksgiving
Posted on November 29, 2013 by stfleming
Q: Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner?Family Thanksgiving
A: No, you should just have the turkey!
Explanation:
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To “have your family for dinner” can also mean to invite them over to eat dinner with you.  That is why the joke is funny.  The listener is expecting advice on whether or not to invite the family over for dinner.  The answer shows that the questioner had a different meaning in mind.  It reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode, To Serve Man.
 
Star Pulse
Thanksgiving Jokes, Quotes And Riddles Lighten Up Awkward Family Get-Togethers
CHERYL PHILLIPS NOVEMBER 25, 2015
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Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner? No, you should just have the turkey!
   
Twitter
Treechecker’s jokes
‏@funnypunnypuns1
Q:should you have your whole family for thanksgiving?
A:No, you should just have the turkey😂
1:29 PM - 26 Nov 2015