If you are having concerns about holiday eating, let's consider some practical strategies for managing, using the Thanksgiving Holiday in the U.S. as an example.
People get an update on each other and leave lots of idle time for conversation.
In many families, it may be just a dinner time, or might be a whole weekend. Then, everyone gathers around to eat turkey, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes. Then they finish with pecan, pumpkin or apple pie and ice cream. It can seem overwhelming. Americans can get turkey and trimmings any day of the year, so the idea of fasting and bingeing on thanksgiving makes no sense.