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A Flaming Good Thanksgiving #HolidayHosting

October 31, 2013 by Beeb 5 Comments

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During the Kenmore Blogger Summit last week, each blogger submitted a story of their most memorable “Holiday Disaster”. This is mine:

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Back in the 1990s, my Grandma and Grandpa flew over to the US from Australia to visit my family and spend a special Thanksgiving with us. We had just moved into an apartment building that was situated right next door to the local fire department, and the kitchen was extremely small – more like a glorified closet than a full kitchen – so my mom had a big job on her hands trying to juggle a full turkey dinner for extended family with very little elbow room.

During the hustle and bustle, we became aware of a strange smell, and looked up to see the stove on fire! Mom had moved a big stockpot onto the counter briefly to add an ingredient, and when she placed it back on the stove, she didn’t realize that there was a potholder stuck to the bottom of it. The potholder caught on fire and sent thick black smoke billowing out of out window directly to the Fire Department’s front door. We got the small blaze put out quickly and felt embarrassed because we were sure that half a dozen firemen would be rushing in our door any second. But they never came over – we always found it amusing that the firemen next door never noticed all the smoke billowing in the windows!

Fortunately, the rest of Thanksgiving went off without a hitch, although Mom’s potholder had seen better days!
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What was your most memorable holiday disaster?

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About Beeb

Beeb is a British journalist living on the north Oregon coast. Blogging since 2008, she covers everything from coupons to contests in addition to running a network connecting UK bloggers with brands. In her free time, she loves to drink coffee, watch reality TV, and spend time with her fiancé, Jai. Join her on Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BeebAshcroft/

Comments

  1. Janel says

    October 31, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    The worst for us was when my SIL hosted. We were assigned the turkey, even though it was at her house. Kind of tacky. ANyways, we show up with it pipping hot exactly on time and we didn’t eat for over an hour. Absolutely everything was ice cold. :/

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  2. brett says

    October 31, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    hahahaha!!!

    not much funny for stories for my family. i guess i have forgotten to remove the innards a few tims

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  3. Shell Feis says

    October 31, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    Yikes! So glad it didn’t become a huge embarrassing thing {or worse, a big fire}! I can’t actually recall any holiday disasters- I’m sure they are yet to come!

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  4. Susan says

    November 1, 2013 at 3:48 am

    ha ha that is a disaster that is for sure!!

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  5. Danielle @ We Have It All says

    November 1, 2013 at 9:32 am

    OMGosh that’s kinda funny – but not. I just had a little mishap the other day. I was making monkey bread and the sugery buttery stuff leaked out and the stove was smoking so so bad – the alarms in the house were going off forever!! I had all the windows open and it wasn’t even helping!

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