`  Dear Chuck,  Writing to you is helping me to organize my material. Because you questioned the afternoon timing, this email is about 'When is Thanksgiving dinner usually served?`` The answer, as you will find below, is that Thanksgiving dinner is usually served in the afternoon.  The Thanksgiving meal time statistics reported by the highly respected Cooking Light magazine at http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?t=97715 are given below: View Poll Results: What time is Thanksgiving Dinner in your house?  12 noon      2 2.35% 1 pm      12 14.12% 2 pm      16 18.82% 3 pm      12 14.12% 4 pm      16 18.82% 5 pm      12 14.12% 6 pm      11 12.94% O.O.      4 4.71% Voters: 85. You may not vote on this poll`