Here are some indisputably great things about Thanksgiving: beautiful fall weather, sitting down for a slice of pecan/sweet potato/pumpkin pie, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving reruns, quality time with the fam...you get the gist.
Now, for some of the less fun things: preparing said meal + desserts, all the travel coordination, and…when your loose-screw uncle starts talking politics. Literally *so* much time, energy, effort, and cash go into creating the perfect Turkey Day celebration (aka one your mom won't be complaining about until the New Year), and that’s why some light social media bragging about how great the day went is healing. Don't argue me, it's science!
But let's be real: after you've unbuttoned your jeans and enter the inevitable food coma, mustering up the tiniest ounce of brain power for good caption ideas is out of the question. That’s why today is a lucky day for you. You’ve happened upon the definitive Thanksgiving caption holy grail, and it's absolutely something you should be grateful for. Just sayin'!
Below, find 156 cute Thanksgiving captions for your holiday '23 pics—whether it’s a family shot in the autumn foliage or some solid mouthwatering food content, there’s def something here for you. Now get to ’gramming!
For the Turkey Day 'fit pics
- Slaying never takes a holiday break.
- Cranberry sauce stains are the perfect finishing touch for any look.
- They *did* say it's the season of giving...
- A snack? Nah, I'm the whole damn meal.
- The Sweater Weather Olympics.
- Gotta step it up for the feast.
- Official proof of my Hot Girl Fall participation.
- Call me cornbread 'cause I be dressin'.
- The living room is, in fact, my runway.
- Let the pie consumption commence.
- Dressed for Cold Girl Sh*t.
- Got my best stretchy pants on.
- Feast on this.
- Thankful for this feast (and this 'fit).
- Feeling blessed/best dressed.
- A lewk for every course.
- These are my eating pants.
- Thanksgiving requires a whole new dress code.
- "Sweatpants are all that fit me right now." —Regina George, Mean Girls
- It's giving Rich Auntie vibes!
- Thanksgiving Day is my NYFW.
- Serving my signature mac and cheese and ~lewks~ this turkey day.
For that Thanksgiving Eve post
- 'Twas the night before Turkey Day, and all through the house...
- Happy National "Run Into Everyone You've Forgotten From High School" Day.
- Working on that annual Turkey Day hangover. Stay tuned!
- Currently on my Hometown Hero victory tour.
- Don't mind me, just pregaming for tomorrow's awkward family convos.
- Getting my stretches in to prep for tomorrow's food baby.
- Soooo, can I start eating today or what?
- The kitchen is stocked, and my stomach is ready.
- Finalizing my Black Friday strategy rn, don't text.
- Warmup time.
- Bring on the black stretchy pants.
- Oh, just mentally preparing to run into my entire graduating class tonight.
- Prepare for pie.
- Resting up before Dessert Day.
- Rest up, we've got a big day tomorrow.
For your eating “candids”
- Feast your eyes.
- Let’s get basted.
- Eat, drink, and cranberry.
- Feast mode.
- Thankful, blessed, and mashed potato obsessed.
- I cran and I will go back for seconds.
- Stop, drop, and pass the rolls.
- Turkey and wine and I’m feeling fine.
- Happy Thanksgiving! May your heart be as full as my plate.
- Love at first bite.
- Pre-Christmas feast.
- Gonna pretend like this is only a once-a-year thing for me.
- Got pied off.
- Can’t physically move, wbu?
- My fork and I are taking a break.
- My Super Bowl.
- Let's pretend I look graceful stuffing my face.
- In a committed relationship with my plate.
- Oh, just a light snack.
- Basted and blessed.
- Got that gravy glow.
- Sweeter than pie.
- Many more ~low vibrational~ plates where this came from.
- Give me gravy one more time.
- Thanksgiving is about carbo loading to have the endurance for Black Friday.
- Leftovers are for quitters.
- I can't cook, but I can eat.
- Butter my buns and call me a dinner roll!
- Is butter(ball) a carb?
- Fifty shades of gravy.
- It's leg day.
- I can't leave the table until I've tried all the food.
- Thanksgiving dinner is a marathon, not a sprint.
- All you knead is love, and dinner rolls.
For flexing your homemade pie pics...
- Try not to drool.
- Four hours and a few family fights later...
- Your move, Ina Garten.
- You have 24 hours to respond @marthastewart.
- The big reveal.
- She's a stunner.
- Let's play "Which appetizer are you?" Tag yourself in the comments down below.
- Ate this literally and figuratively.
- Yes, the blood, sweat, and tears were in fact worth it.
- Before the carnage.
- I'm in love...
- Pie me.
- Crowned myself this year's Dessert Queen.
- Keep your eyes on the pie.
- Voted best pie on the block.
- Call me Betty Crocker.
- Rachael Ray ain't got nothing on me (JK, this is her recipe).
- This pie is worthy of a touchdown dance if I do say so myself.
If you’re trying to get a laugh
- Keep calm and gobble on.
- Clear plates, full stomachs, can’t lose.
- I’m thankful for elastic.
- Oh my gourd.
- All about that baste.
- I yam what I yam.
- You miss 100 percent of the leftovers you don’t eat.
- Hit me gravy one more time.
- To-do: eat, drink, nap, repeat.
- Caught the gravy train to Snoozetown.
- My job today: official couch potato.
- Part-time food critic 1/365 days a year.
- Turkey Sun, cranberry sauce Moon, sweet potato Rising.
- If you ran a 5K this morning, we are not the same.
- Finally get to show off my #1 talent today.
- This is the szn when I really shine.
- No matter what happens this month, at least you're not a turkey.
- Let the gourd times roll.
- I have zero plucks left to give.
- I came in like a butterball!
For your pic with bae
- You’re the apple of my pie.
- It doesn’t get any butter than this.
- You’re the pumpkin spice to my fall.
- My cutie pie.
- I think I’m ~fallin’~ for you.
- The snuggle is real.
- Talk turkey to me.
- Let’s give ’em pumpkin to talk about.
- Here for the food and, of course, you.
- I only have pies for you.
- Spending today with my pumpkin.
- We go together like me and mac and cheese.
- You’ll always be my gravy.
- Best pairing since potatoes and gravy.
- Loving you is as easy as going in for seconds.
- Our hearts speak the same food language.
- Pie love you so much.
- Gonna love you 'til the end of thyme.
If you actually get the whole fam together for a photo
- We put the “fun” in dysfunctional.
- We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
- The best attitude is gratitude.
- I’m thankful to have a family who takes eating as seriously as I do.
- Happy stomach in my happy place.
- Grandma's cornbread dressing is the glue that holds our family together.
- You can't answer your family's questions if you always have food in your mouth.
- A happy heart is a thankful heart.
- The kitchen dream team.
- My O.G. crew.
- Everybody say "awww..."
- All smile credit goes to [insert favorite dish here].
- Family, turkey, and football — oh my!
- This wine pairs well with a crazy family.
- May your pants stay stretchy, your glasses stay full, and your family avoid talking politics.
For your Friendsgiving
- Pies before guys.
- I get pie with a little help from my friends.
- Friends are the family you choose.
- No friendships were harmed in the making of this Thanksgiving dinner.
- “It’s not too much food. This is what we’ve been training for our whole lives. This is our destiny, this is our finest hour.” —Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
- We’re thankful for wine this year.
- Our kitchen comedy is top tier.
- Together is a wonderful place to be.
- This group has the tur-key to my heart.
- Come for turkey, stay for friends.
- Squash goals.
- This is how we casser-roll.
- Grateful and great/full.
- My table warriors.
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Christen A. Johnson is the lifestyle editor at Cosmopolitan where she covers health and wellness, money, career, pets, home, food, travel and more for print and digital. Christen was previously on Cosmo's culture team, where she covered celebrity and entertainment news, awards shows, and interviewed some of your faves, like Megan thee Stallion and Queen Latifah. She wrote Cosmo’s first-ever digital cover story featuring Chlöe Bailey. Before joining the magazine, Christen was a lifestyle features reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Several of her health and style stories made the paper's front page. When Christen isn’t digging through antique stores, she's likely drooling over home renos on HGTV, sharing her latest therapy revelation, redoing old workouts from her college basketball days, or trying to perfect her homemade buttermilk biscuit recipe. Follow her on Insta for BTS ~ editor life ~ tingz!
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