Characters I’d Never Invite to Thanksgiving Dinner

Pumpkin pie, forks, and a decorative gourd sitting on a Thanksgiving supper tableHappy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian readers!

Last year I wrote about the characters I’d want to invite over for a Canadian Thanksgiving dinner.

Since then, I’ve gotten some hits on my site from people who are wondering which characters shouldn’t be included on a Thanksgiving dinner guest list.

Honestly, I could happily make small talk about how unpredictable the weather can be in October or why pumpkin pie is so delicious with 99.99% of the people and characters out there. There are plenty of ways to gently guide a conversation along to lighthearted topics if you don’t have much in common or know each other well.

It would take a lot for me to refuse to share such a hospitable and inclusive holiday with someone…especially if they don’t have anywhere else to go!

With that being said, even I have my limits. Here are the characters who would never be invited to my house for Thanksgiving dinner.

1. Dolores Umbridge from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. 

Why: She was a violent, cruel person who did a deceptively good job of hiding that part of her personality from authority figures and anyone else who might have stopped her.

2. The Borg from Star Trek

Why: As cool as it might be to have some body parts replaced by machines, I do not want them to assimilate me or the other guests against our will. Former members of The Borg like Seven of Nine who simply want to eat some food and discuss human culture would be welcomed in my home.

3. Heathcliff from Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights 

Why: Like Dolores, Heathcliffe was skilled at putting on the facade of being a good person while doing quietly terrible things to his victims behind the scenes. This is something I simply can’t sweep under the rug.

4. President Snow and President Coin from Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy 

Why: Does anyone actually want to spend Thanksgiving with ruthless dictators who have repeatedly sent innocent people to their deaths? If so, I’ve never met such a person.

This list was pretty short, but I felt that I’d be repeating myself if I added anyone else to it. Basically, the behaviours that would make me exclude someone on Thanksgiving are limited to things that would also be bright red flags the other 364 days of the year. The vast majority of people would never behave this way, so my list of folks who could join me for a special holiday meal will always be miles longer than the ones who will have to make other plans that day.

Which characters would you never invite over for Thanksgiving dinner?

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14 Responses to Characters I’d Never Invite to Thanksgiving Dinner

  1. I agree! I wouldn’t invite any of those people either! Fun post. I’ve never thought of doing a post on who I wouldn’t invite! I might have to steal this idea! LOL!

  2. I mean, Hannibal Lecter (Lector? How is that spelled anyway…?) would def. be off the guest list! 😉

  3. Oh my this list could be endless with slasher movies, and all kinds of villains.

  4. Great list! While I agree that I also can make small talk with the vast majority of people, I wouldn’t want the people you mentioned to come to my house for dinner either. I would also add though anyone with a particularly weird diet or eating habits. Since we’re talking fictional characters, those diets could get really weird. (Traditional vampires, werewolves too close to the full moon, some sci-fi aliens…) Not that I wouldn’t be able to talk with them, but I like enjoying my holiday meals too much and wouldn’t want to have my appetite ruined. 😉

  5. Ahhh Umbridge would definitely be banned from my dinner too! She is the worst!!

  6. I have an actual physical reaction if I think about Dolores Umbridge too much. She is such a despicable character.

  7. Bwhahha I LOVE this! I just finished reading HP5 with my daughter (it is also my first time reading it!) and she is so MAD that Umbridge wasn’t ruthlessly slaughtered. She’s 8, and maybe this isn’t healthy, but I still agree with her 😂 And WHOLLY agree about Coin and Snow. Though maybe they’d just stab each other to death with the turkey knife and be done with it!

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