Does anyone make their Thanksgiving turkey the day before?

[maslex]

I have a very small house and will have a total of 6 adults, a 10yr old and three 4 yr olds for dinner. I'd like to get as much done as I can the day before. If you've ever made the turkey ahead of time how do you reheat it in serve it the following day. Would you keep it on warm in a Crock-Pot in turkey broth? Or if you have any other ideas I'd appreciate it

 

[Kitty 34]

One of our sons and family have been coming over for several years the day after Thanksgiving. We always serve Thanksgiving dinner all over again. They always put all the "leftover" food on a plate and microwave it. Some foods we reheat slowly in the oven. I've even made extra side dishes if we didn't have enough. Works for them.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

While I don't think we have, I can offer a suggestion to keep the meat juicy if you go this route.

I intentionally go with an ultra large turkey so that we can have leftovers for a solid week. After Thanksgiving dinner, we fully carve the turkey and put all of the remaining meat in a large storage container and then cover it in all of the leftover giblet gravy. Our gravy is more brothlike, so it really just keeps the meat moist. So, if you make it the night before, I'd just go this angle and separate the meat from the gravy the following day when you're ready to serve.