What started as a plain white tablecloth now holds 16 years of family memories.
The tablecloth features signatures, footprints from newborns and a drawing of a graduate's mortar board.
Deb Mills started the family tradition by having each person who spends Thanksgiving with her sign the tablecloth.
"Back in 2000, I got out this plain white tablecloth, and put it on the table, and my teenage kids looked at me like I was crazy when I said, 'I want you to sign this tablecloth.' Then, a few years later, the [grandchildren] came along, and now we have 16 years of memories on the tablecloth," Mills told ABC News.
During the winter months, Mills spends time embroidering the signatures to help ensure they last.
"When the kids were younger, they would say, 'If we invite so and so and we break up, then what?'" Mills said. "And that has happened. But we have gravy boats strategically placed for just that reason."
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