Mindy Kaling details Thanksgiving family traditions: ‘We’d dropped everything’

Popular American actress an comedian Mindy Kaling weighs in on some of her family traditions for celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Never Have I Ever creator detailed her personal Thanksgiving traditions that her mother has passed down to her over the years.

While filming the Mindy Project, she started by saying, “The biggest tradition I had in my house [growing up] was that for a holiday like Thanksgiving, we dropped everything and just helped my mom as sous chefs."

"We would come home, I would sit there with her and I would just be endlessly chopping vegetables and peeling vegetables and baking pies."

"And I think my mom, who was a really busy doctor, someone who didn't have a lot of hobbies, she immigrated here and just fell in love with basically all of Americana ... She loved throwing a huge Thanksgiving and preparing for three or four days beforehand."

On this Thanksgiving, the Office famed actress, 42, posted a photo on her Instagram of her daughter Catherine “Kit” Swati, 3, and son Spencer Av, 14 months, on the beach, with a moving compliment about her children. “I’m grateful this year,” she wrote. “Everyone, enjoy Thanksgiving.”