We always have lasagna for holiday meals with the traditional turkey spread. It works out well because we can make a smaller lasagna for my vegetarian DD. She'll eat the lasagna, mashed potatoes, vegetables that don't have bacon in them and some stuffing if someone is nice enough to make some with vegetable broth for her.
We all bring something to my MIL's house on Thanksgiving Day. I usually make the roasted brussels sprouts with bacon and I'm always on call to make the turkey because my DH's sister can be flakey about it. My SIL (BIL's wife) makes the mashed potatoes and green beans almandine. My DH's other sister is in charge of the lasagnas and Sunday Sauce. Whoever makes the turkey makes the dressing. DMIL's component is the baked sweet potatoes that no one eats (there are too many other really good things. lol) Some of us bring desserts, as our moods determine... otherwise we have bakery desserts.
I am the official turkey carver.
I do the menu over again on Friday for my family and we do it again on Saturday at my parents' house.
Nothing beats a turkey dinner in my book. It's my favorite meal and I always requested it for my birthday when I was growing up, too.
Now I'm hungry.