Vegetarians and Vegans stick to being so. Invite friends and family over a nice Vegetarian meal. Alternately when you are invited over a place where mostl likely everyone would dig in a Turkey, carry your own Vegetarian platter with a little extra for others. This way you will subtly intoduce the vegetarian culture informing people about healthier choices and inculcating compassion for animals
A die-hard Turkey lover must try going lean on Turkey by not making it as the main course, but having other sumptuous Vegetarian options.
If you are the host, do a head count to make optimal amount of meal. Lots of Cooking will consume or gas or electricity and Food tends to go waste.
Going organic is one way of buying less and also being human to turkey farms.
For decoration, put simplicity at its best while give your Consumer soul some rest. Keep the Turkey significance alive and just use it symbolically in your decorations. Give a craft assignment on a holiday to your kids or involve your friends by drawing or making Turkey from pieces of waste papers, dough, clay crayons! Can make it more exciting with some sort of contest.
Did you hear about the bio-diesel fuel produced from Turkey fat! People in Plano (Texas) donated it to the Bio-diesel plants in Texas.
Switch off some lights in the house and make it more asethetically designed candle light dinner while you can
Invite neighbors or visit them instead of long distance get togethers. Share rides if going for long distance.
For a small get together, washing dishes after the meals shall not be a problem. Your family or friends may also help you doing the dishes if you decide to do them manually. You save energy and water many times if you skip the dishwasher.
Just in case if you are thinking of using disposables, you can do away with using convenient plastics and paper. Instead you can go for organic biodegradable plates.
Suggest use of hand wash and hand towels instead of paper napkins.
Do not forget to thank your Mother Nature this Thanksgiving and do whatever bit you can do to Conserve resources and minimize carbon footprints.