How Stars Are Celebrating Thanksgiving 2012

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Jimmy Kimmel

"This year I'm going to St. Louis, so I won't be cooking, but typically I smoke a turkey," the late night host tells Us. "There's a chef named Adam Perry Lang whose cookbook I have, and it's the best recipe for smoking a turkey. It's fantastic!"

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Viola Davis

"We always have a big Thanksgiving! [My husband] Julius smokes meat. He's from Texas so he smokes all of the meat," the Academy Award nominee tells Us. "I make homemade dressing and the mac and cheese and the collard greens."

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Michael J. Fox

"My mother-in-law's an amazing cook," the Spin City star tells Us of his annual family get-together. "Growing up, I always thought that my mom was a good cook, and she was, but she cut corners. I always thought that cranberry sauce just slid out of a can and always had rib marks on the side, so when my mother-in-law made amazing cranberry sauce with almonds and whole cranberries, it was just a revelation!"

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Dianna Agron

"My uncle is Columbian, my mom is the baker and my other aunt kind of does breads and things like that," the Glee star tells Us. "We all kind of as a family come together and do a very potluck Thanksgiving."

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Andrew Garfield

"I was raised in England so it's not something that's that [I normally celebrate]," the Amazing Spider-Man actor tells Us. "I like turkey and I like the drowsy feeling I get from tryptophan, so yeah, I will be eating turkey somewhere."

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Pamela Anderson

"I actually have a fun Thanksgiving tradition," the vegan star tells Us. "I go to the Gentle Barn [in Santa Clarita, Calif.] and I hang out with turkeys. I tickle them under their wings and I sit them on my lap and I eat with turkeys instead of eat them."

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Christopher Meloni

"I watch football," the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor tells Us. As for food? "I guess pumpkin pie is my favorite to eat."

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Lily Aldridge

"I'm going to give my baby [Dixie] her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato," the Victoria's Secret Angel tells Us. "I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day. My husband [Caleb Followill] is in charge of the turkey -- he's the chef of the family. He's an amazing cook and he loves to do it."

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Matthew Morrison

"Thanksgiving intimidates me," the Glee actor tells Us. "I'll be at my girlfriend [Renee Puente]'s father's house in Tennessee for Thanksgiving, and since I'm not the host, I think I'll let other people cook!"

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Jennie Garth

Because her daughters Luca, Lola and Fiona and will be spending Nov. 22 with their father, Peter Facinelli, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum tells Us, "We're gonna do our Thanksgiving on Saturday. I'm gonna make a whole meal, have them go shopping with me and help me bake everything, and my mom and her husband are gonna come over."

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Amy Poehler

"We're going to be with the family," the Parks and Recreation star tells Us, "so that will be good!"

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Bobby Brown

"I'm spending it with my kids and my family and my wife," the singer tells Us. "That's the best way to spend it."

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Kat Graham

"I always make a lobster truffle mac and cheese. It's the dish everyone likes. I use Gouda, I use lobster, truffle oil, garlic, onions -- it's amazing!" the Vampire Diaries star tells Us. "I make a huge pot of it and everyone takes some home."

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Robin Williams

"My wife cooks," the Butler actor tells Us. "All the dishes are pretty great, and she does it herself, which is amazing."

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Lucy Hale

The Pretty Little Liars star will be recording her debut country album in Nashville. "It's kind of perfect because I get to work and then go see family and have my mom cook for me," Hale tells Us.

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Alexander Ludwig

"I will be having Thanksgiving with my girlfriend [Nicole Pedra]'s family," the Hunger Games actor tells Us. "We met on Grown Ups 2."

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Octavia Spencer

"I just love spending it with my family. I have an Alabama family and an L.A. family,y and whenever I can be with either one, it's great," the Help star tells Us. "But I don't know how to cook! I'm learning. I just like a meal that was prepared with love."

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Elle Fanning

"Instead of mashed potatoes, we make these cheese potatoes and take the little hash brown frozen potatoes and bake them with lots of cheese on top and lots of butter. We're southern, so it's all that, and it's so good!" the We Bought a Zoo actress tells Us. "It's different than mashed potatoes."