Miss Manners: I told my guests they didn’t have to bring any food for Thanksgiving. They got mad
There are only so many things you can bring to Thanksgiving dinner that you can also bring on a plane (i.e., maybe a box of chocolates). GENTLE READER: To Miss Manners’ puzzlement, there are certain so-called etiquette rules that have been so thoroughly pounded into everyone that even the otherwise-rude will obey them.