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Natalie Grant

Natalie Grant Thanksgiving Questions:

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? It's very hard to choose but probably the turkey!

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? We have our best friends, Phil and Brenda from Seattle, coming to Nashville for Thanksgiving week. Then I leave on the Casting Crowns Christmas tour on Thanksgiving night.

What are you most thankful for this year? The health and development of my sweet twins Gracie and Bella.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. Singing and riding on the polar express for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. It was so magical.

Josh Havens (from The Afters) Thanksgiving Questions:

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? I could live on stuffing and egg nog.

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? My anniversary usually lands during Thanksgiving week, so my wife and I are usually on an anniversary trip. We have not been home for Thanksgiving for several years. This year, we'll be traveling back from Europe on Thanksgiving Day. We'll arrive just in time for a feast that my mom is preparing!

What are you most thankful for this year? My family. I am blessed with a wife who is way too good for me and 3 wonderful children.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. My wife and I spent Thanksgiving in Canada once. Canadians don't celebrate Thanksgiving on the same day as we do in the US but we were determined to have a traditional all-American Thanksgiving meal so we went shopping. We had to go to several stores to find all the ingredients to make our very own Thanksgiving feast in our Hotel room. We even microwaved a pumpkin pie.

Sara Groves Thanksgiving Questions:

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? Grammy’s Yams (the yams you eat, not her legs, although my Grammy does have great legs)

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? Not unless eating and napping are special. Just kidding. I will be with the Groves family this year here in Minnesota! It might even be a white Thanksgiving since we are supposed to have snow soon.

What are you most thankful for this year? Oh, so much, but my family tops the list. Kirby, Toby, Ruby Cate, and of course my hubby Troy!

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. I remember the first Thanksgiving I was away from home. I was in college and was on a trip to San Antonio over Thanksgiving break. I happened to call home just as everyone was standing around the table getting ready to pray and sing the Doxology, a tradition for us. My mom just kept me on the phone while they sang, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow...” I was a wreck, cried all the way through my Thanksgiving chimichanga.

Fernando Ortega Thanksgiving Questions:

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? Far and away, green chile turkey enchiladas.
Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? Hanging out with my family is always special.

What are you most thankful for this year? My gorgeous wife and family.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. The first Thanksgiving after Margee and I got married. We lived in Laguna Beach in a tiny house. We cooked all day but were too tired to eat. It was pretty funny.

Leigh from Point of Grace Thanksgiving Questions:

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? My Mom's turkey and dressing - da BOMB!!!

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? Dinner at Shelley's house with my family and my Mother -in law - Good times. Then getting ready to leave the next weekend for our Winter Wonderland Christmas tour with Ronnie Freeman, Santa Claus, Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman.

What are you most thankful for this year? Being with my family to celebrate along with friends. And being debt free!!!

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. They have all been sweet but the first one with Darby Mae was forever my favorite - the Thanksgiving of 2003.

Dan Dean (Phillips, Craig and Dean):

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? My homemade yeast rolls.

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? Family and friends together at my house for a special time and to watch the Cowboy game.

What are you most thankful for this year? My father-in-law has been battling cancer; having him with us is a great blessing.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. Driving to my grandpa and grandma's house for a Thanksgiving feast. All my cousins, aunts, and uncle's would show up for a huge family reunion.

Randy Phillips (Phillips, Craig and Dean):

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? Sister Phillips' Sweet potato crunch! Lord have mercy.

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? Celebrate with the Phillips' family then go into a Tripifain coma, then go to the Texas Longhorn vs. Texas A&M- and watch the Longhorns beat the stuffing out of those Aggies.

What are you most thankful for this year? Family. God created the marvelous institution of family. They love you, shelter you, comfort you and don't care about your big successes or failures.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. Celebrating with the Phillips' Family - eating till I couldn't walk- taking a nap and waking up to the sound of the Cowboys pasting the Lions. Then going downtown to the lighting of the Christmas tree.

Francesca Battistelli Thanksgiving Questions:

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? My favorite Thanksgiving dish is a toss-up between sweet potato casserole (with marshmallows, obviously) and homemade cranberry sauce. Yum!

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? My family is coming to Nashville to christen my new home with our first Thanksgiving!

What are you most thankful for this year? My family, my friends, and the chance to do what I love everyday. God is good. His grace abounds!

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. Every year is special. It's usually just my mom and dad and I, but we always cook a lot of food and invite anyone who might be alone for the holiday. No matter who comes, we always share a great meal and lots of stories.

Todd Smith from Selah Thanksgiving Questions:

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? Honey Baked Ham

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? Everyone is coming down to Nashville.

What are you most thankful for this year? I appreciate life more this year, and having everyone there.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving memory. We lived in Congo. A couple years we ordered a turkey from South Africa. That was incredible.

Here is a little Thanksgiving memory from Plumb:

“Every year we have an early breakfast (at our church with all of our church family) at 7 am on Thanksgiving Day and take an annual picture. We’ve never missed a year of it, even when my husband and I were dating. Where we eat lunch or dinner varies year to year but we like to always involve people who don’t have a family to spend it with, no matter where we are, but sweet potatoes are a necessity. The day after Thanksgiving we always go to the same farm and get a real tree as a family and pick out our ornaments for the year. Hot cider is always involved! We send our best wished for a blessed holiday to each of you”. Plumb

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