Escape Your Family: Four Winning Strategies

Thanksgiving is a wonderful, heartwarming tradition where the family comes together to make one another's lives a living hell again, for old time's sake. Here's our four-part plan for making this holiday truly special...by getting away from it all.

Strategy 1: Get out of the house!

From Borat to Casino Royale to Fast Food Nation, there's something for everyone who wants to get away this weekend. Here's what's playing at a theater near you, including Rolling Stone's reviews and easy links to tickets.

Strategy 2: Sneak upstairs!

Thank God for television: The silver lining to a houseful of guests is that nobody will miss you if you disappear for a few hours...or for the entire vacation. Here's our guide to the best of what's on television at every moment, all weekend long.

Strategy 3: Drown them out!

Tired of hearing Grandma's pleas for insulin? Crank up the system! Whether you're tossing the pigskin outside or choking down the turkey inside, we've got you covered with five free mixtapes for five Thanksgiving situations.

Strategy 4: Choose oblivion!

The Apple Pie Cocktail! The noble Crantini! Holiday drink recipes by the pitcher, to whet your appetite and make you forget all about what your cousin did to you upstairs that one year.