"Friendsgiving"...what am I missing? - Page 4

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

If you are surrounded by a big family, then yes a second gathering for friends is fun and needed 😖 mainly to recover from the family.

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

To me, if you invite a few friends to your family Thanksgiving, that's not it. If you get together only with friends because no one would have anywhere else to go, that's Friendsgiving. It has morphed into being used for other get togethers with friends. It's not that serious. It's just a name.

Group 5 minus 1 · ‎03-11-2010

@house_cat : Thanks. I see what you mean.

cindyNC · ‎08-01-2019

My undestanding is that Thanksgiving can include both family and friends.......but I also understand the concept of Friendsgiving.

Lisa now in AZ · ‎03-11-2010

My friends and I have even done this across the miles via a Zoom call. We decide on a good time for us all, and we eat and visit with each other. It is really fun.

Hoovermom · ‎03-19-2010

Our Thanksgivings have for the last many years included friends who don't have any place to go for the holiday. It's done on Thanksgiving Day.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

Another thing to consider is those of us who don't host Thanksgiving. I never have. For years we never lived near our families. Once we were closer we always drove to DH's family, which was a 7-hour drive.

But Thanksgiving was a big deal there with lots of people. We had a lot of fun and family for many years, until his brother-in-law died suddenly right before the pandemic hit. His sister, who lives in the house they all grew up in, doesn't want to host anymore. No one else will, so everybody kind of scattered.

For my side of the family, we got to spend my mom's last Thanksgiving with her. She was fine. My uncle and two of his single sons came north, and we had a great time.

We had no idea it would be Mom's last. She went into the hospital a little over a week later with a bad UTI and died the next morning from septic shock syndrome.

That was the only year we didn't have Thanksgiving with DH's family. We decided since my one uncle was coming and I hadn't seen him in quite a while, we would go there. I'm glad we did!

So I would be happy to go to a "Friendsgiving," and take one or two side dishes!

We do have a Thanksgiving dinner --- on Christmas Day!

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@Still Raining wrote:
If you are surrounded by a big family, then yes a second gathering for friends is fun and needed 😖 mainly to recover from the family.

@Still Raining

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Rockycoast · ‎03-02-2016

The point is getting together with your friends, married or single, some may be far from their family, some get along better with their friends than they do with family and don't want to go there. There is a number of reasons to have a Friendsgiving. A great idea. My daughter hosts a Friendsgiving every couple of years. She and Her friends rotate who hosts. They usually have it the weekend before Thanksgiving. Everyone brings something so the hosts is not left to do all the work. Just like on a family Thanksgiving. Having two Thanksgivings, love it and I also love the idea of Friendsgiving.