Just to again highlight a point that LouisEly made earlier, there are ways to have a normal-ish Thanksgiving that is mostly safe AND in-person: Test/quarantine before & after. Some people will undoubtedly be seeing their families in this way, and there's dramatically less risk in doing so. Without delving into the realm of 'virtue signaling' and the like, I think most people would agree that what people do for the holidays is a personal choice that can't/won't be policed in any way, but the problem is, that personal choice will undoubtedly, in many instances, lead to an effect on other people. It's already been discussed here, but when you exercise your personal choice to get together, then possibly get infected, then possibly spread that to, say, your co-workers the following Monday, you've no longer made a personal choice, you made a choice that infringed on others. That's how this all gets problematic. If you have the ability to keep your personal choice a choice that only effects you and your family that chooses to attend, I have zero issue with anyone choosing to have a gathering. Problem is, my assumption is that very few such gatherings will have such personal-only results.