When I was a kid and a younger adult, I loved Thanksgiving. Both my mom and dad were from large families. My mom's family always got together on the Holidays. I would play hours of cards and watch football with more cousins, uncles, and aunts than you could count. The food/meal has never been the 'best' thing about Thanksgiving for me. It was always the coming together of family.
Now that a lot of the older generation has passed and many of the younger generation has spread out, it's just not the same anymore. Would much prefer to just be home with the wife and kids, which is what we are doing this year. A couple of years ago, we did Disney over Thanksgiving and that was very nice as well.