From J & Vicki Calaway · AlwayStyle
Thanksgiving dinner, without the Thanksgiving-week panic.
A 3-day plan that gets the whole meal — turkey to table — done on time, with you actually sitting at the table. Then do it again for Christmas.
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Lifetime access · Turkey Prep Night LIVE Sun Nov 22 · Christmas Prep Night LIVE Sun Dec 20
Day 1 · Tuesday
Shop once from the one-trip list. Prep the sides. Brine. Make the Refrigerator Mashed Potatoes if you haven't already (they keep 10 days).
Day 2 · Wednesday
Casseroles assembled and labeled. Pies baked. Table set in 20 minutes. The turkey goes into the oven overnight — yes, overnight.
Day 3 · Thursday
Reheat, carve, bake the rolls, pour the coffee, and sit down. The oven is free all morning because the bird is already done.
Sound familiar?
You’ve got the recipes. You’ve got the people coming. What you don’t have is a Wednesday night that doesn’t end at 1 a.m., or a Thursday where the turkey, the potatoes, the rolls and the green beans are all ready at the same time. So you either over-plan and burn out, or you give up and buy the pre-made meal that costs more and tastes like the box it came in.
We’ve hosted a lot of holiday tables — for three kids, ten grandkids, and a church family that tends to show up hungry. The thing that changed everything wasn’t a better recipe. It was a better calendar.
Who this is for
Hosting for the first time and nobody taught you how. Hosting for the twentieth time and tired of being the one who never sits down. Cooking for a big table on a normal budget. Wanting homemade without the chaos.
Not for you if you’re looking for gourmet or restaurant technique. This is a family table, done well, on time.
About J & Vicki
J and Vicki Calaway have led The Gate Church in Northwest Indiana for 38 years, raised three kids, and are grandparents to ten. Vicki runs Victoria Jean’s Tea Room; J is the author of The Always Advantage. AlwayStyle is their brand for doing life — spiritual, social, mental, physical — on purpose. The holiday table is where all four show up at once.
What’s inside the Stress-Free Holiday Meal Workshop
- The 3-Day Holiday Meal Timeline — printable, hour-by-hour, with the menu builder and the one-trip shopping list.
- Five cook-along videos — the Overnight Turkey (25 min, start to finish), Sweet Potato Casserole, Refrigerator Mashed Potatoes, “Green Bean Casserole… or Is It?”, and Desserts & Extras.
- Printable recipe cards for every dish, so the laptop stays out of the kitchen on the day.
- Vicki’s table — set a festive table on Wednesday in 20 minutes, serve without a bottleneck, clean up before the pie is gone.
- Turkey Prep Night — LIVE Sunday, Nov 22, 7 pm CT. We walk the timeline together and answer your questions. Can’t make it? The recording is in the course that night.
- Christmas Prep Night — LIVE Sunday, Dec 20. Same plan, Christmas table. Included.
- Lifetime access — it’s yours for every holiday after this one.
Join the Workshop — $19 through Oct 31
$27 after October 31. Sip N Style subscribers: your box code makes it free.
