Make sure that your husband and son actually want to go without you before you broadcast a willingness to be alone on Thanksgiving to anyone outside the three of you. It is OK if your husband is longing to see his family for the Thanksgiving holiday–thus freeing you up to visit your relatives over Christmas, after all–but your husband and son may not relish the idea of a holiday without you, not one bit. They may
like the idea of watching the football game together alone until you get home on Thanksgiving very much, too. In some families, the choice between football in peace and a simple meal with Mom late in the day or the usual “banter” (or scenes) of a family holiday spent in a town other than the one that houses one’s own bed is a very easy choice, but not a choice you’d tell the matriarch or patriarch. Loyalty is a good trump card to be able to have, so let your husband play it if he insists!
If they really want to go, then sure, let them go. In that case, were I you, I would make a reservation tomorrow at a good place for Thanksgiving, and make it your business to find yourself someone else who has nowhere else to go. After a long day at work, you really don’t want to be roasting a stuffed game hen to eat alone at home or hosting a gathering at your house alone, without your husband and son there to help. There have to be other people working on Thanksgiving who would like to have someone to have a special meal with. I will bet you will either a) find someone or b) get invited to chuck the restaurant and join someone. (Be sure to mention your capacity to make pies, if you possess that ability!
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What if you don’t find someone? Do your best. You aren’t, after all, one of those souls who really don’t have someone, or who are missing family thanksgiving because you’re stuck in a hospital on a diet that doesn’t allow turkey and dressing. You can do this!
at some other time of the year; like during the summer when school is out.