Most years my richest relatives (mum's sister, her huge-time lawyer husband, and two of my cousins) have hosted a traditional dinner with a pretty nice setup and array of dishes. Managed to get through this year's without my uncle (yes, I have one of "them") getting too political at dinner, though I agree with most of his right-leaning views (illegals/border security, acronymfags [but I repeat myself], etc.) They travel a lot (his family is almost entirely down in Florida), so we all just shared travel-nightmare stories and he talked his latest cases. All around, a great time.
EDIT: without my uncle getting too political
EDIT: without my uncle getting too political