Chaplin family, Thanksgiving 1960s

Because of the Corona virus this will be the first time in 45 years that we don´t have a Thanksgiving dinner in this house. Usually there´s a lot of us around the table. Hoping for 2021!

Isn't this the truth? Like the secret to flavor is in the carving of the turkey.

I bet that they all thanked him, as well. 😁

He probably worked his a** off to afford that turkey back then and it was too HOT for her to risk a severe burn after all her hard labor! Glory my a...

Love this, good job Dad and Mom who work as a team to afford and cook the Turkey. I suppose only in 2020 would you all want to see both the Mother and Father (probably not even him) jointly carrying the bird to the table since God knows everything must be a virtue signal 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️

Wow. What a negative viewpoint you have. The man is just carrying the turkey.

He probably just took it out of the oven. You don’t carry turkey to the table in the roasting pan!

Wonder if he successfully made it to the table.

This is a true picture of how it was in the 60’s. Yes, the man/father was proud to feed his family. Yes, they did bring it to the table in a roasting pan. Funny, all the judgement, times have changed. Be grateful for what you have. There are no rules!

Love this pic! Brings happy moments!❤️

Can't wait to sit around the table with the family.

Nah. Make pops carry the turkey because the cook has been cranking out food all day and is tired and afraid she might drop it. The man has been watching football all day, saving his energy for that one moment.

Very cute ‼️

Not sure how he’s taking all the glory all he’s doing is caring the goddamn pan

Nah he's helping cuz it's hot and heavy and he's probably going to carve it. Everyone know she cooked it lol

Yeah, I don't get the snark of this post. The cook looks perfectly happy. And it might be heavy enough she'd rather Ed carry it (calling him Ed). Plus I'm guessing it's his job to carve. So she did her part, now he's doing his. All good... Until Ed drops the bird. Dang it, Ed.

1960's

I love this

Only on Facebook would a tongue in cheek comment become a "discussion".

the husband looks very proud of the meal they are working together to provide. team work makes the dream work

Joe Young Look it’s Pa. Same pan and everything 🤣

It's called being a gentleman. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with them?

Hell no, he’s got my pan,! That’s ok. My gift to him and his wife..

I can't get over the comments on here about this dad carrying out the turkey!

My mom did the cooking, and my dad thanked my mom for her great cooking, and she was proud to have been able to do it as well as proud that her husband worked hard to provide for the family.

My parents were equals, and they each did what they did best. There were times when, because of big medical bills, after she cooked us supper, my mom worked a part-time night job in a sewing factory, and during those times, my dad drove her to her job (my mom never wanted to learn to drive), came home and washed up the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, helped us with homework, and got us ready and into bed. At midnight, he would gather us up and into the car, and we'd go pick up my mom.

At 5 a.m., they would both be up...my mom fixing my dad breakfast and packing his lunch and my dad going off to work at a job as a machinist and not getting back home again...covered in metal dust and and grease...till 6 p.m. when we ate supper...and then they'd do it all again.

I learned that lesson well, and my husband and I raised our boys the same way...my husband worked at a job, sometimes 2 jobs, and I took care of the home, food, and kids because his job paid more than any job I could have gotten (I had little experience and only a high school education back then). He handed me his paycheck every week with a figure of how much he'd need for the week for gas and some lunches. I also did the budget and paid the bills because I was good at that.

But there were times when he'd come home, eat what I cooked, and then he'd wash the dishes. And there were times that I chopped the wood for our wood stove. There were no man's jobs or woman's jobs...we did what needed to be done for the welfare of the family and our roles were not ruled by gender or foolish societal limits.

In an effort to want women to be seen as equals, I'm afraid some folks have gone way to the other extreme and lost the true heart of what a family is...no specific roles, just whoever was available and could do the job...did the job. What mattered was keeping the family going. And everyone was grateful for it and proud of each other.

Sure, society made narrow rules in the past and, to some extent, still does, but in hundreds and hundreds of real families, everyone pitches in without worrying over gender roles. It's how families survive.

Samuel Dixon you little 🤬🤬

It was different then! He probably paid for everything as the only breadwinner. It's not fair to judge by today's standards.

I say women worked harder but he also had it hard as he the bread winner.

On occasions like Christmas or Thanksgiving, my Dad, who never did anything “housework-y” (not a crack... Mom and Dad both worked full-time jobs and raised 5 kids) would announce that he would do the dishes.

He would stack them, clean them off, fill the sink with practically boiling water and enough soap to wash a battleship, carefully wash each plate and dish, knife and fork... and then load them into the dishwasher...

Mom looks Happy..

And that is how it was done and Turkey was carved at the dining table after the presentation.

My step dad dropped our turkey one year.. He got so mad he threw beer bottles at the Christmas tree...this guy in the pic is doing GREAT!❤

You know I think this is a proud moment for Memaw and Pepaw. He's so proud to carry out the turkey for his wife.

Everyone wants equal rights, but only at their convenience. I always have carved the Turkey. I guarantee most women wouldn't do outside what I do year round. Not to mention what I do inside the home cleaning house. Without be asked or nagged. It's my home as well.

The Carving of the Turkey was a special ritual and an honor to be the One doing it, traditionally speaking.

I see happy people, working together

Grandpa carved but we knew grandma was in the kitchen.

Those granite design pans make the best turkeys! I have 4 of various sizes!

It was always my grandfather's joy to carve the turkey. And we expected him to do it

Classic

I still have a roasting pan like that.

Cheri Dunaway Parkinson lmao!!