Who should host Thanksgiving when siblings take turns?
Guilty
The short answer
The next sibling in the rotation hosts. Skipping a turn needs a swap agreed in advance, not an announcement in November.
The ruling
From the public record. Names are replaced with roles.
Small claims division
Case no.PC-2026-00315
The sister v. The brother
Filed 10/06/2026
- Plaintiff
- The sister
- Defendant
- The brother
Statement of claim
We take turns hosting Thanksgiving. It was my brother's turn last year and he said his kitchen was being renovated. This year it is his turn again and he says the same thing. The kitchen looks finished.
Charge
Declining two consecutive turns at hosting Thanksgiving, citing a kitchen that appears finished
Judgment
Guilty
Brother found guilty of skipping Thanksgiving twice over the same kitchen
Sentence
The defendant hosts Thanksgiving this year in the renovated kitchen and makes the pie the plaintiff made in his place last year.
How the court usually rules on this
The court enforces family rotations when they exist, written or not. It accepts real obstacles, such as a new baby or a move, but expects the skipping sibling to take the next free year. Announcing a skip late, after others have planned around the rotation, counts against the defendant.
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