Do the capgras for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving means surviving family gatherings... with only a few minor bruises.

Oh, I know you love each and every one of your family members. I do too... really. I also happen to know that alcohol helps keep these situations loving -- and television too.

But for those of you out there whose gala keg of familial love has run dry and whose sanity is reaching the breaking point, I recommend the following diversionary tactic:

1. Pick a family member, any family member will do.
2. Start quietly insisting that the chosen member has been replaced by an identical looking imposter.
3. At dinner, say things like, "you've never said anything like that before" and "Oh really... how would YOU know that?"
4. When you talk to your chosen member, really look at them -- hard. Squint your eyes, raise one eyebrow.
5. Continue alternating steps 3 and 4 until the tryptophan sends the whole lot of them them into coma-land.
   

The Capgras delusion or Capgras' syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a close family member or spouse, has been replaced by an identical looking imposter.