Kristin Cavallari, Nick Lachey and Other Stars Share Thanksgiving Plans
You won't believe how some of these celebs celebrate turkey day.
Nov. 28, 2013 -- intro: Happy Thanksgiving! For many of us, today is a day for family, food and football, and celebs are no different. Nick Lachey, 40, told ABC News that for the fourth year in a row, he'll be in charge of deep-frying a bird, while Beth Stern, 41, will eschew poultry altogether. Kristin Cavallari is hosting a dinner in Chicago, and Stanley Tucci is doing the same thing overseas. Click for more details about stars' favorite Thanksgiving traditions.
quicklist: 1title: Nick Lachey text: "We have some friends, we call them 'the orphans,' who don't have families out here, get together at our place and cook up a turkey. That's our Thanksgiving tradition. ... We do one in the oven and one deep-fried and so I'm charge of deep-frying and hopefully not burning down the house. I have it down to as science at this point, because this is my fourth year doing it."media:21032932
quicklist: 2title: Beth Stern and Howard Sterntext: "We made plans to go out for dinner," Beth Stern told ABC News. "We love Italian and we don't eat turkey -- we're pescatarians-- so we're planning on Italian for Thanksgiving. Probably eggplant parm with a side of pasta. That is our fantasy dinner, always!" media:21032850
quicklist: 3title: Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunttext: "We're in England now, so this will sort of be an expat Thanksgiving," Stanley Tucci told ABC News. "We have friends coming over. Some are British, but one's American and she's a really good cook. So, she's going to do the turkey and I think we are going to do a ham and we'll all share the sides."media:21033598
quicklist: 4title: Kristen Cavallaritext: Cavallari is hosting Thanksgiving at her home in Chicago with 21 people!
"[It] is a little scary, I've never cooked for that many people before," she said. "But it's going to be a lot of fun and everyone who's coming has to bring something, so I'm not responsible for the entire meal. It takes a little pressure off."
She added, "It will probably be a little chaotic, but that's fine. That's what Thanksgiving's about, having a bunch of people running around. There will be some kids there. If everything goes well, Thanksgiving at our house, I would love to start that as a tradition."media: 21032920
quicklist: 5title: Giuliana and Bill Rancictext: "[Our son Duke's] walking now which is great and we are taking a family trip for Thanksgiving. We are going to go with a few other couples and their kids, we're going to Tahiti, which I've never been," Bill Rancic told ABC News. "It's kind of a big trip. We are going to spend eight days on the beaches and I'm going to teach him to swim."media:21032860
quicklist: 6title: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossitext: "Usually I have the week off, so [Thanksgiving] is my day just to relax and get ready for our 12 Days of Giveaways because it gets really busy in December," Ellen DeGeneres told People magazine. "[Being Vegan] doesn't make [Thanksgiving] harder at all. It makes it easier on the turkeys, too. They get to live. [We have] Yams, green beans, stuffing ... any kind of vegetables. Stuff like that."media: 21032881
quicklist: 7title: Lady Gaga & The Muppetstext: "Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular" will air on Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving) from 9:30-11 p.m. ET.
"I was so excited when ABC called me about doing a holiday special this year," Lady Gaga said. "I knew it just wouldn't be a complete night of laughter and memories without the Muppets!"
"Can't wait to see the gang again, and I hope Miss Piggy's still not mad about Kermit," she continued. "We're just friends!" media: 21032775
