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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote2018-11-24 11:18 pm
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Friendsgiving

One of my favorite neologisms of recent years. I remember when we used to call a gathering of friends for Thanksgiving dinner "Orphans", but that referred strictly to getting together unrelated people who didn't have another place to go on Thanksgiving day. I feel like this idea of friends groups making a second Thanksgiving dinner on a different day is fairly new, even though we've been doing it for several years now. Whatever the reason, it's a fantastic tradition, and I look forward to carrying on with it for many years to come.

I went to our hosts early and helped out from the very beginning, making stuffing and sangria as well as the dishes I had taken on as my responsibility -- gougeres (small cheese puffs), roasted marble potatoes, and pumpkin bread (which I made last night). It all went well and all the food was well received. And as always it was great to hanging out and chat, with friends I see all the time and with friends I only see once or twice a year.

And thus wraps up my holiday dinners for at least the rest of the month. It's a little odd to think that Thanksgiving is over, but there's still almost a full week of November remaining.
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[personal profile] quantumcupcakes 2018-11-25 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like a wonderful idea - the holidays are such a terrible time for people with nowhere to go. Glad it all went well and you got to catch up with people. My father does something similar with elderly people in his neighbourhood and it always goes down so well with them all. Or, it does in his retellings at least!
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[personal profile] lassarina 2018-11-26 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I have an open invitation that, if I am hosting the holiday meal, anyone who doesn't have or chooses against a family gathering is welcome in my home, and all I ask is that they notify me of any food requirements. Families-of-choice are so important too.
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[personal profile] lassarina 2018-11-29 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
My main issue is that usually we travel to our families-of-origin for those holidays, but maybe in the future!