IMAGINE THANKSGIVING WITHOUT THE STRESS: I don’t have to imagine it. I can remember it. It was just yesterday. But this is pretty much the approach I follow: “You know what we’re having for Thanksgiving at our house this year? With minor variations, we’re having the same thing we’ve had every year since my birth in 1973.” In my case, we’ve been doing it pretty much the same way since we first added lamb to the menu, which was about 15 years ago.