My favorite part was the prayer moment. I’m so happy to hear someone say thank you to our lord and savior, Jesus. This thanksgiving, it was just my husband and 4 kids, and a friend of our son, who has never eaten a traditional thanksgiving meal from the Turkey, green bean casserole, corn pudding, pumpkin pie, apple pie, gravy, ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, dinner rolls, apple cider. All mostly from scratch. I prayed for the thanksgiving. We had such a wonderful time. The friend said everything was so good. When he left I gave him the extra pumpkin pie I had made and some of the apple pie. It was a special evening for us all. The Lord was good with us this past year. My cancer is in remission and I was able to cook up this feast, my love language. Thank you for sharing your thanksgiving with us.

my grandparents were lucky to get 15 acres of land when they first moved to ohio where we all live now and they used to grow all kinds of local fruits and vegetables like grapes, squash, strawberries, sunflowers, watermelon, etc. seeing you walk through your garden always makes me think of when i used to go with them and help them with their gardens. 🥰💗

Thank you for including us. 😁 Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

I love the way you and your family put the day together with care and love . Everything looked so delicious thank you for sharing your Thanksgiving with us . ❤️✝️❤️

I can’t tell you what I enjoyed more… the cooking and lead up to dinner. Granny’s linens and stories. The fixing of plates or the discussions in the background and chatter. Your meal looked delicious! I think my favorite part was a combination of it all- fixing the plate while listening to background talk and chatter and the warm feeling of the prayer. You can’t deplete that. I am alone- as you know- and decided I’d get a take out plate - couldn’t eat it. Wont do that again. I mean- it’s fine I’m over it eating alone. However, I’d prefer to have a ham sandwich than try to replace what i remember. Y’all are very blessed, indeed! Thank you for sharing your day.

I have the best thanksgiving story ever. In 1976 when I was stationed at fort Bragg North Carolina my wife 2 children and 3 other guys from my unit decided to have thanksgiving at our house. I got paid 275 dollars a month and got paid every 30 days. The turkey came out of the oven looking so good. She was really proud of it until I stared carving it. I cut into it and water just poured out of I said did you thaw it out before you cooked it. As she started to cry she said I didn’t know I was supposed to. That girl couldn’t cook a hotdog and now she’s a dietitian for the veterans administration. That was wife number 1. I stayed in the army for 10 years

I miss those large family gatherings we used to have at my Grandma's. But sadly she and so many Aunts and Uncles have passed on. It was great to watch your Thanksgiving time together.

Is comforting to know that organized chaos is part of others’ celebration, just like ours! It’s a fun, happy time and we cherish each minute! Happy belated Thanksgiving!

That was wonderful. So much like ours. I sure am thankful for my wonderful family, for being blessed to live in Appalachia, but most of all for Jesus Christ who died so that I could have eternal life. God Bless You ❤

Wonderful video, Tipper! All the food looked delicious, and your home and decorations looked beautiful! I am so glad you were able to make the apple cake for your mama. I know she really appreciated that! ❤

I enjoyed the twins’ music. They’re so talented. Glad you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! So did I and my family! 🙂

Watching yall makes me miss my husband more😢 I lost him 2mos ago to an illness. We were married 21yrs but it wasn't enough. I pray you have a long healthy life ❤

I'm finding younger people have NO CLUE what is involved in planning and executing a full traditional Thanksgiving dinner. All the planning!!! It's HARD!!! But it's the best feeling in the world when you know you pulled it off!!!

My cheeks almost closed my eyes from underneath; I was grinning fit to burst the whole time I watched this. I worked for the holiday but now after watching this feel like I spent it with family

I love the drawing of Pap with his guitar and flag, thanks for all that you do Tipper ♥️✝️🇺🇸

Thank you Tipper and girls. It was a joy to watch your celebration. May the Lord continue to pour his blessings upon you all. Much love to you.

Thank you for inviting us into your home on this special day. I enjoy seeing other traditions and families making memories 🦃

Well, Tipper? That was just the most LOVELY Thanksgiving. So much fun to get to make it with you, and hear your thoughts and explanations shared along the way! See all your family, and everyone celebrating and eating and getting along like we're supposed to.... You know? If a person didn't have their own Thanksgiving; if they were a Thanksgiving 'orphan' -- away from, or without folks to share it with -- this would go such a long way toward filling the void. I have felt that feeling before, although I've never really been without -- fortunately. But I feel other's feelings, and this was such a VERY nice share. Thank you, Tipster and fam! Thank you so much!

That prayer really moved me " help us Lord what we need to be for You" ahhh I'm crying that's so beautiful

Thank you so much for letting us join you in your Thanksgiving celebration, it was a beautiful video. Your warmth and friendliness is so heart warming, it is a joy to watch your videos. Have a wonderful week 💞

Every time I tune in im hit with homesick for a place I've never been all my people come from your area my granny is a Rippatoe

I love the many ways you celebrate home, family & Appalachia. I celebrated Thanksgiving with my sister and her children and grandchildren. It was once again, the best ever! I'm sure yours was too!!

I just love you and your family what sweet humble people you are. It's nice to learn traditions being kept up in your neck of the woods. As a Canadian I really appreciate learning. Happy American Thanksgiving. I really hope one day to partake in an American feast you do it so well😊🇨🇦🇺🇸🦃🦃💜

The only "normal" thing in my life right now is your family's videos. LOL! So happy I can click on and watch normal people doing normal things. Peaceful and Loving. :)

It is so wonderful you had a whole house full. We used to have house full of people at my grammys and aunts but all have passed but my mama, so just a few of us. Family is such a blessing :)

I was so happy to see the apple stack cake. The last year grandma was alive she asked me to make the cake using the dried apples she and grandpa had done in the summer. She died the following spring. She left a note to me asking me to take all the dried apples in the freezer cause she wanted me to make more cakes.. what a wonderful memory. Thanks for all your programs. I am always watching your family. Mary

Thanks for having us to see all the lovely festivities! That was a FEAST to behold.. Happy Thanksgiving, so much to be thankful for, to include the Pressley family !!! 🥰

My what a feast. I know you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thank you for inviting us into your home, Tipper. Your loved ones feel like our loved ones. God bless! Love you more and more.

What a very sweet time together. Thank you for inviting me into your precious home.

Russian tea! Lord, I haven't heard of that in YEARS. My mom always made that around the holidays. She was from southwestern Virginia. You evoked memories that warmed my heart and made me smile. God bless you and your family Tipper.

Australian here, I have never heard of a apple stack cake before, now I can’t stop thinking about it! I am going to have to mark it in order to satisfy my culinary curiosity. Thanks for sharing your special family Thanksgiving with us.

What more can one asked than being with family on a day of giving thanks to God for all that he has shared with us as his children. All the food looked great the only thing I didn’t see was cranberry sauce with whole cranberries. 😮 God is great and he loves his children blessings upon all

The apples look very much like apple butter How wonderful it would be to walk into a house with that wonderful music playing!!!

That was wonderful! Thank you so much for taking the time to set all that up and thinking of us during this special family day. It’s a lot of work and from this country girl in the city - I thank you Your kitchen reminds me of my parents house . I think I needed this?

You just put that beautiful meal together with such ease! I love watching you and your family cook. 🦃❤️🇨🇦

This lovely video made me cry when you were looking for and arranging greenery for your table. My precious mother use to do the exact same thing. She would put Fall leaves, Holly and red berries, and anything beautiful from nature. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life.

It is 7:54 am and I am watching this video getting so excited for the holidays.

This was so sweet to watch, it takes me back to my childhood Thanksgivings on the farm. I've no living family left, so I go to church service on Thanksgiving morning then help in the kitchen serving the community dinner, which is quite gratifying and just as well. Thank you for sharing. I think I need to add the Apple Stack Cake to my to-bake list.

I think that I've watched your Thanksgiving dinner 2 or 3 times. It's so wonderful seeing all those family members getting together , bringing all that delicious food to share, and it's all genuine good family love and enjoyment of delicious food. It's wonderful to have the space to have great family gatherings.

Salting a turkey a day before cooking it is called a dry brine. The salt initially draws the moisture out but then pulls it back in and holds the moisture through roasting. This form of brining actually develops a more moist turkey. Good job!

I have drapes in my bed room made out of bed twin sheets…the rolls look delicious…ham and turkey is what we have for thanksgiving most of the time.

Love the sped up part of the video........feels like what my life is like leading up to the extended family gathering for Thanksgiving! So much to do that you end up going at warp speed!

Turkey tips - carefully cut out wishbone prior to cooking. Make carving turkey breast easy. - Spatchcock the turkey. The flattened bird cooks in just two hours or so plus it allows more room in oven while turkey is roasting on bottom slot in oven.

So sweet that Granny requested the Apple Stack Cake. I have never tried one but hope to one day! My mother dried apples every chance she got. They are the best when cooked down! Enjoy seeing your family gathering! Thanks from Mississippi!

The stack cake looks great. THE most wonderful desert of all time in my opinion! My grandmother used to make one for me for my birthday and made another for the Holidays. The dried fruit is so much better than fresh fruit cakes. I remember helping my grandmother with lifting the pots or cake sheets in her later years due to wrist problems, but she assembled the multi layered cake herself. I was more than happy to help because I knew the outcome would be absolutely wonderful. Sadly, that recipe and talent is almost lost these days. Fried pies are a close second, but it is becoming more difficult to find dried fruit fried pies now. The dried fruit is the key. Luckily there is an apple orchard near Cleveland that still makes dried fruit apple pies. I typically buy a dozen or two every year and freeze them after vacuum sealing to prevent freezer burn. They last almost all year unless my sweet tooth works overtime. Thanks.

Tipper, That was a heartwarming video. I loved all the guests talking in the background. What a wonderful day for family and friends.

Love this! I just did Thanksgiving dinner all by myself! It takes so much planning. I keep lists like you do for everything. Organization and planning is the key.🦃

Most wholesome channel on KZfaq. Fantastic view into a model American family. 👌

I'm sitting here thankful for what I am about to eat (a corn dog, that I love). And drooling over your food

Wonderful blessings from Lexington Ky! This reminded me of my sister who married a man from Hazard Ky we used to cook like this and have big gatherings. It is such a great time! She would talk about cushaw.. and shuckie beans. I'd love to get my hands on some.of these things for my Christmas dinner. 🎄 Jesus is alive! HE BRINGS PEACE ON Earth!

How wonderful to have such a big loving family 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦❤

I could listen to that music all day. In Michigan we don't hear that type of music much. Happy Thanksgiving to you hubby the girls family and in-laws.

I'm from Cherokee County, GA and most of my family lives round Jasper up through Blue Ridge. I've been living in Seoul, South Korea for the past 3 years and I've been terribly homesick as of recent because I haven't been able to enjoy any holidays with my family or any kinda food like I used to. I just found your channel and it honestly brings a tear to my eye hearing and seeing everything. Your accent sounds just like my grandmother who's getting up there in years and I miss her so dearly. We'd always gather up at her house for the Holidays with my cousins and their families and have a big feast together. I honestly don't know when I'll be able to see them again because of how expensive flights are, but I wanna sincerely thank you for posting these wonderful videos. It warms my heart after living in a big city in a foreign country for so long. God bless you and yours, Thanks again

Thank you for sharing your Day. I always appreciate seeing videos of Appalachia. I often look for them on KZfaq. I grew up in Newfoundland and the Appalachains run right up North into my province. You ways of living are so kin to my own and I feel a kindred spirit whilst listening to you and it makes me feel homesick , although I did just spend over a month there visiting all my people on my side and my husband's side . And even had Thanksgiving there .... I brought back home to British Columbia some of my eldest sister's homemade Zucchini Pickles.... and the kind of bologna I grew up eating and the wonderful Atlantic cod fish which is used to make our favourite dish of Fish n' Brewis ... eaten by our forefathers when they fished the open waters of the Atlantic. How the foods and the music and the people keep warm and rich our lives no matter how far or how long we are away form home. Thank you to the good man who prayed and said all the important things we give thanks for on Thanksgiving. No wonder it all becomes part of us. It sounded like home. God bless you all.

Happy Thanksgiving, Tipper! Thank you for letting us peek into your world on such a special day!

I especially appreciate the blessing that was prayed before the meal. Your turkey, dressing and apple cake with custard look delicious!

This is the food my grandma and aunts made. YUM! I can still taste those green beans!

Ohhh how wonderful! What a feast! Everything looked so good! Thanks so much for letting us spend Thanksgiving with you all in Appalachia! I could almost smell that beautiful apple stack cake and the turkey baking! I'm smacking and slurping my lips! Happy holidays everyone!!🥰

Your videos are so relaxing to watch. I do not live near the Appalachian region, but I love Appalachian culture.

Yum Tipper, a feast for Thanksgiving. All the best to everyone.

You are so down to earth. Just like at my house now and when I was growing up. I think we may have been raised and live the same lives...😄

Enjoyed sharing in some of y’all’s thanksgiving festivities Miss Tipper! Great lookin meal, great time of fellowship and making memories with y’all awesome family. It’s music to my ears to hear the sounds of chatter in the background of everyone being together Thanks for including us in y’all’s special day. We were blessed here as well. GOD is so good!! GOD BLESS YALL 😇😇🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️🦃🦃

Love how you take such care in making the special day festive w the greenery around the house.

Love the flower arrangements! Thanks for sharing with us! Have a great week. ❤️ 🙏Jane in SC

I love those decorations... Very pretty... I hope you Appalachian people have a great great Christmas.. God bless y'all... From Michigan.

Love the music and your menu sounds yummy

Watching you do all that cooking brought back many wonderfull memories w my mom and grandmother helping them.

The girls are so talented i replayed their musical maybe 3 times lol

It looked like a lot of planning and work as mine was too. I love making arrangements too even when things become sparse in the late fall. That cake looked really interesting and good! What a special gift to have musicians in your family!

I used to love to go shopping in the woods😊 I loved to get those wild dried hydrangeas we called them 7bark and other things to stick in the holes of the Christmas tree…made it look So pretty💚

Thank you sharing your Thanksgiving with us! I enjoy all your videos. We had 30 at our Thanksgiving. Controlled chaos!! We all loved it. God bless you and yours❤🙏🙏❤

Hope you all enjoyed. Very curious about you cake. My Grandma Loudin used to call me when she would make her dried apple pie!! 🍎 Loved it!!

Tipper, You are amazing as always! I loved all of your Fall Decorations! Beautiful Tables and the Food all looked scrumptious. Your Russian Tea sounds delicious. I loved the Bowl for the Rolls! The Girls just continue to grow into their music - loved hearing them play their instruments - what a nice way to lighten and brighten the day in the midst of all the preparation. Everyone worked so hard to make a beautiful meal - and yet you all made it look so easy! It was beautiful to watch all of you working together. Kudos to ALL of your Family - both in-house and those coming for the day - for the help they gave in helping with the meal. How Blessed you are to have so many loved ones to share Thanksgiving with - and that they each have a special dish to add to the table - and so special that you have both Mom Cindy and Granny to come and celebrate the day and add their special dishes to the fare! The only thing I didn't see was Cranberry Sauce!? Your Girls were so cute at the end - just like their Mama! God Bless You All and Thank You so much for sharing your 2022 Appalachian Thanksgiving with us.

I could put that soundtrack on from 21:40 through 23:00 on a loop. Family gathering. Honestly makes me cry. Thank you for this. God bless you and yours.

Thank you lovely family for sharing your Thanksgiving with so many of us.I just want to say that if every family in the USA and Canada would live by your example what joy and happiness we all would experience. You are all such a blessing. I am appreciating your Appalachian ways of life so much. As I said before you all make me want to live there too.God bless you all and take care.Im going to keep watching.

I'm 69 now & disabled but I told my kids, all grown 1-Girl soon to be 45 in June & 4 Boy's that followed lol, that I'll cook Christmas Dinner w/help from my Grandkids lol to teach them my recipes to pass them on to new generation. We may not all be here like my Great Grandma, my Grandma, my Mother who passed away in her early 50's but our recipes go back 6 generations w/1 coming up making it 7, so they will be here in Spirit at least. Our Turkey Tradition is the turkey & Cornbread Stuffing. Yep inside the bird w/extra stuffing on the side. Yep! We've stuffed birds for 6 generations & never 1 time has anyone gotten sick. The Cornbread Stuffing in the Turkey has a wonderful taste from the juices from the Turkey & from the homemade Giblet Broth I make for the Cornbread Stuffing. Never will I ever be caught using canned or boxed broth, when it's nothing to making homemade broth myself with just water, the neck & Giblets, onion, celery leaves diced, garlic, s&p, & sage etc set on simmer until the Giblets are done & tender. Then strip all the meat & dice it fine w/all that good broth left to moisten the stuffing. What is so hard about doing that & setting that to simmer until it's done? I remember starting 2-3 days ahead prepping for the Holiday Dinner. I wish I had all the photo's I took over the years of a table full of everything I made including deserts & relish trays. I wonder if they still have Spiced Red Crab Apple's in the store's? My Mom & I had 2 100 year old recipes for homemade Mincemeat & homemade Dark Fruit Cake. We even made a 75 year old homemade Italian Ravioli recipe we made for Thanksgiving or Christmas I can't remember. My Mom always chose 1 new recipe to add to our Holiday Dinners & for some reason Raviolis stuck it out all through the years lol. I hope you & yours have a Blessed Christmas & a Blessed Happy Prosperous New Year!

Excellent carving skills Matt

Your Thanksgiving looked wonderful. I really wanted one of those rolls you made. I look forward to every video, thank you for sharing.

So much appreciated! Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving you all. ❤❤❤

That little ceramic turkey flower holder...I have a set of 2 that my mom gave me. She's had them for as long as I can remember and she's 97 years old. It tickled me to see you have one also.

Nice to see y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with lots of good food, friends, and family.

Very comforting, love n smiles n happy Thanksgiving to y'all.

Y’all live in paradise.

I just wanted to say Thank Y’all for allowing me to be apart of your Family’s and celebrating this wonderful time of the year knowing that YaHWeH is the reason we celebrate. Watching your Family gather to visit with one another, the Girls picking and playing brings out the heart of Appalachia and so many memories of yesteryear that it brings a tear of joy to my eye. Watching your family gather around the kitchen table that the Ladies of the house have set and the Family Grand Father or in Y’all’s case Mr. Presley calls the Family into the kitchen table as everyone joins hands bowing their heads as He says the Recognition and Thank You Prayer to YaHWeH Giving Thanks! I will continue to pray for Y’all Daily and again Thanks be to You Mr. & Miss Presley for allowing me a total stranger to be apart of your Holliday Season, Your Friend in Christ Jesus, Steven!

That was precious! Also, so very delicious looking! I prayed right along with y'all, amen. -much love from NJ ~Mary & fam

Thank you. It brought tears to my eyes. But in a good way. I love y'all.

I love the simple natural decor from outside 😊

I have my grandmother's spoons like you used w your apple stack cake . My mama taught me to cook .and taught me clean as I go so finally clean up is easy .

What a wonderful meal! I had never heard of apple stack cake before moving to TN. Us Texans didn’t know what we were missing! It is so delicious and Tipper yours was beautiful!

The stack cake looks amazing. I had an old coworker who passed away that made a really good apple stack cake. We’re up here in Michigan but her family was from North Carolina. She made hers with apple butter but said some people use apple sauce.

Thanks Tipper I grew up in Estill county Ky this video brought back so many memories of Thanksgiving on the farm.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful day with us! God bless you all.

I just love watching your channel. I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina and our family has the same tradition and believe as your. Love to follow a good christen family!!

I really enjoyed being at your home for Thanksgiving dinner via the you tube! Everything looked absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing your family time with us. When you were gathering the green branches & dried things for your decorations I was drawn to the little dried flowers that you picked. They were perfect for your arrangements. Loved listening to Katie & Corie's music! Hugs!

I also saw that cousin Jim Cassada had a recipe in his newsletter this month for layer cake --sounds similar to yours. Although dad's family is from Sylva, I grew up in Hampton VA. The layer cake is similar to what they call "Smith Island cake" in Tidewater VA---from colonial times. Just imagine our ancestors carrying these recipes and techniques from England/Europe to Colonial Va to Western NC.

I love when the leaves are crunchy!💕I love natural greenery too! Not the kind from the craft aisles at Michaels!

Wow, what a feast! Everything looked delicious. Glad y’all had a wonderful, blessed day. My family and I did too. Thanks for letting us into your home and sharing your day with us. Sue

Tipper, I can’t believe you didn’t get a little piece of that dressing that looked soooo good. I was saying “dressing, dressing, you forgot the dressing!” 😂…I like dressing, can you tell. 😆 Hearing everybody chatting and seeing some that gathered reminded me of how my family would all get together at my mom’s house on Thanksgiving. Mom made the Turkey and dressing, sweet potatoes and each family brought the side dish they liked. Her countertops and kitchen table were loaded with food. I sure do miss that time in life and it was also my mom’s birthday so it was extra special time to celebrate. She loved when all us kids and our families came together to just be a family. Cherish every moment with Granny and all your family. Thank you for sharing your family time with us this Thanksgiving. You are blessed!

thank you'all for sharing, i specially liked the music your young ladies played on the sofa. please tell them how beautiful it was

My Mom always baked a apple sauce cake for Christmas, she rolled out 6 or 8 thin layers,after it set for a day or 2 ,it was better. It was so good.