Gratitude Questions for Your Thanksgiving Table

As a conversation starter company, we’re big fans of table conversations - and this time of year is the best time for it! These Thanksgiving table questions from the Gather app are great for sharing gratitude. Sort through the Thanksgiving questions below, and even read aloud some of our favorite gratitude quotes!

General Questions for Your Thanksgiving Table:

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  • Quick! List 5 little things you're grateful for right now.

  • What is your single favorite food item on the table?

  • If you had to assign one food item to the personality of each person at the table, which food items would each person be?

    • For example, I’m mashed potatoes because I get sentimental and “mushy,” you’re cranberry sauce because you’re sweet and a little tangy, etc.

  • What is a talent that you’re grateful to have?

  • What is a resource or opportunity that you’re grateful to have?

  • Share a particularly memorable past Thanksgiving celebration. What made it so memorable?

  • Share gratitude for yourself. What are you proud of accomplishing this year?

  • Who is someone, dead or alive, you'd choose to add to your table this year? What would you talk about together?

Thanksgiving Table Questions for Appreciating Others:

Gratitude quotes for Thanksgiving

  • Do you often express gratitude for others? Is it easy or hard for you to let people know when you appreciate them?

  • How would you like to receive appreciation from others?

  • Do you enjoy receiving compliments, or not? What would be a good compliment for you to receive?

  • List one thing you appreciate about the person sitting to your right.

  • Who is a mentor that you're grateful for?

  • Who is an old friend that you're grateful for?

  • Who is a new friend or acquaintance that you're grateful for?

Thanksgiving Table Questions for Appreciating Nature:

  • Is there a gift from the earth that you take for granted?

  • Name one place on earth you're thankful that you've seen, and why.

  • What is your favorite smell from nature? Describe where you smell it and how it makes you feel.

  • What's your favorite sound from nature? Describe where you hear it and how it makes you feel.

  • What can you do to show your gratitude for the earth?


This is just a taste of what you can get on the Gather app, with thousands of conversation starters for celebrations and holidays! Check out the special Get Thankful set on the Gather app below:

Madison McClung