Wife and I are both 48 years old and never have cooked a turkey.
Generally we are deer hunting that day anyway and have sandwhiches, and now and then have to make an appearance at a family shindig, but try like hell not to have to....
Sandwiches have worked just fine over the years.
That's just plain weird.
Why? Managed to get out of it on Thursday as the family is eating too late.
We prefer to enjoy the outdoors for a long weekend when that weekend is offered.
Pretty simply just a different take on it.
And FWIW I've not had to feel over stuffed, wanting a nap and to lay around like the family gatherings we used to go to years ago. Feel a lot better with a sandwich or burger or such.
Never really cared for baked or fried turkey anyway, like it much better as smoked sandwich meat or turkey salad.
FWIW we do the routine for Christmas though. Same old thing, Turkey, and eat till you are stuffed and lay around. Though I don't eat much and hate the laying around. Wife can't stand it either, we generally scoot as quick as we can. 3-4 hours of visiting and a meal is more than enough.
