30 Thanksgiving Questions to Ask Family and Grandparents

The questions

30 Thanksgiving questions to ask your family

Three of these go in the book to start. Swap in any you like, or write your own.

For Grandma and Grandpa12 questions

Tell me about a Thanksgiving from when you were little. Who was there?
Which dish did your mother make that nobody else was allowed to touch?
Tell me about the kitchen you grew up in.
Tell me about the day you two met.
What was your first job, and what did you buy with your first paycheck?
Tell me about your mother. What do you wish we knew about her?
Which day of your life would you love to live again?
What did your parents teach you that you still do?
Tell me about the day your first child was born.
Which recipe do you want the family to keep making? Talk us through it.
What do you hope the grandkids grow up to know?
Where's a place you'd love to take the grandkids?

Around the table10 questions

What's the story this family tells every Thanksgiving?
Tell us about a time someone at this table made you laugh.
What's your favorite memory of all of us together?
What has Grandma taught you?
Which Thanksgiving dish could you not do without, and who makes it best?
Tell us about a time someone at this table helped you.
Who at this table would you like to thank, and what for?
What made you laugh this year?
Which family tradition would you keep forever?
What do you hope we're all doing together this time next year?

For the grandkids to ask8 questions

What games did you play when you were my age?
Tell me about your best day at school.
Tell me about a pet you had growing up.
What was your favorite toy, and who gave it to you?
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Did you ever get in trouble? What happened?
What do you think I'll be like when I grow up?
What's your favorite thing we do together?

Two ways to do it

Ask Grandma about her life, or ask the whole table.

One person's story

Grandma's life story

Pass Grandma your phone after dinner and let her tell you about her life, one question at a time! The family can add their own stories about her too.

Tell me about a Thanksgiving from when you were little. Who was there?
Tell me about the kitchen you grew up in.
What do you hope the grandkids grow up to know?

Start Grandma's story

Everyone's stories

The family's Thanksgiving stories

Send the link to the family group chat before Thursday. Each person answers a question on their own phone. Some will do it at the table and some on the drive home!

What's the story this family tells every Thanksgiving?
Tell us about a time someone at this table made you laugh.
What do you hope we're all doing together this time next year?

Start the family's book

Record Grandma right there at the table in the Chorus app! After Thursday it prompts you with her next question every week or every month.

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Family stories people recorded

I am so glad I took the time to do this, my grandma loved it so much and said it was the best present she has ever gotten. Just a super gift!!

Sarah D.

recorded her grandma's life story

Mom cried....and my mom never cries! It was so easy to collect the stories. Super support too!

Emily M.

recorded her dad's life story with her mom

Chorus, thanks so much! I'm not technical and found this so easy. The book is a family heirloom now.

Mary C.

recorded her grandpa's life story

The podcast link is brilliant - you just get things you couldn't get in a book like laughing or the background in a recording! I am so happy we have this for all the grandkids.

Chris O.

recorded his dad's life story

SUPER idea. In a world where we're all so disconnected, capturing all the things we mean to each other is just priceless. Make the time, do it!

Kate B.

recorded her mom's life story

Here's what you keep.

All 189 of 18

Maeve

her daughter

Mom, thank you for having all of us again. You were up at five peeling potatoes and you wouldn't let any of us help, and then you told everyone all day that nobody helped...

Next up, Rosie, her granddaughter

Hear it

Their stories in their own voices

One link plays every answer Grandma gave, and every story the family added.

What's the story this family tells every Thanksgiving?

Declan

her son

The story we tell every year? Uncle Pat showing up with his whole softball team and Mom cooking a second turkey. Dad still tells it every single year.

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Read it

A book to read online

A book online that you can send digitally or print at home!

A Chorus cloth hardcover with Grandma's Thanksgiving stories in gold on the cover

Hold it

A hardcover for Grandma to keep

We print the book and ship it to your door.

What makes it easy

We've made it easy for everyone to join in!

All 1814 of 18

Maeve

her daughter

What a Wonderful World

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Add a song to their message

Each person can pick a song that goes with their story. It plays from their place in the podcast and prints on their page.

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One link for everyone

They can each record a message on their own phone. Nobody needs an account.

Voice, video or writing

Everyone can answer their own way, with a voice note, a video or a few written lines.

Scan the page and hear their voice!

A code under each message plays the voice from the book. You can switch the codes off if you'd like the page without them.

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Everyone can chip in

Turn on chip-in and everyone can put money towards the book.

The free Chorus app

Record Grandma or Grandpa on your phone

Grandma might never open a link, and that's ok! Sit down together, ask her one of the questions and hold up your phone while she talks.

Also in the app

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Bridget

My father drove us to my aunt's in the Buick. I held the pies on my lap the whole way.

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Change anything before it prints

You see every page before it prints, so you can fix a word, swap a photo or take a page out.

Bridget, voice note6:40

Kevin, video1:12

Maeve, voice note2:05

Keep every recording

Every voice note and video is yours to download, free, whenever you like!

Gathering is free. You pay when the book is ready.

Collect every voice and every photo for free, then choose how you keep it.

The voices

$45

Their own podcast. Every recording is tidied as it comes in, and one link plays them all.

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The book

$99

The podcast, plus a book online that you can send digitally or print at home.

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The keepsake

$115

The book printed as a hardcover and shipped to you, with everything above. Shipping is included.

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Questions people ask

What questions should I ask my family at Thanksgiving?

Favorite memories and times someone made them laugh get some of the longest answers in Chorus books. There are 30 questions on this page, and you can write your own.

Do they need to download an app?

No. Everyone opens your link on their own phone and records. Nobody makes an account.

Can we record Grandma at the table?

Yes! Open the link on your phone and hand it to her. She taps and talks, and her answer goes in the book. You can record her in the Chorus app too.

Will the printed book arrive for Christmas?

Close the book by Friday, December 4, for a printed copy at Christmas. The podcast link and the book online are ready the day you order.

What does it cost?

It doesn't cost anything to collect the stories. When the book is ready, you choose the podcast, the book online or the printed hardcover. We ship the hardcover to you and the shipping is included.

Who owns the recordings?

The recordings belong to the person who made them. You can download every one as a file, or delete them whenever you like.

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Record your family's stories at the Thanksgiving table!