Making the Most Out of Friendsgiving
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🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The increasingly widespread alt-holiday meal and gathering happens in November. It's a time to eat, drink, and bask in the glow of our closest friends.
But it turns out there can be just as much stress within our social circles as within our families. So what can you do to handle any potential stress or drama?
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with friendship coach Danielle Bayard Jackson about how to avoid unneeded stress and have an enjoyable holiday gathering with your friends.
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| 0:00.0 | It's just a few days before |
| 0:02.0 | a day. |
| 0:04.0 | It's just a few days before Thanksgiving, |
| 0:10.0 | but there's a good chance your holidays are already underway and that you are hosting or |
| 0:15.0 | attending a Friendsgiving. |
| 0:17.0 | Happy Friends Giving! |
| 0:21.0 | Guys, let's go around a shirt we're grateful for. |
| 0:23.0 | I'll start. |
| 0:24.0 | This is the increasingly widespread alt holiday meal |
| 0:26.8 | and gathering right around Thanksgiving |
| 0:28.5 | where we can eat and drink and bask in the glow |
| 0:30.8 | of our closest friends, our so-called chosen family, if you will. |
| 0:35.0 | Friendsgiving is enough of a thing now that this past weekend, the White House branded |
| 0:38.6 | a holiday dinner that President Biden shared with troops as a Friends giving. The general idea is that spending time |
| 0:45.0 | with friends should be a bomb to any buildup of holiday stress, right? At least that's |
| 0:51.0 | what it's supposed to be. |
| 0:52.0 | Every time I'm in one with a group of like 10 to 12 people, |
| 0:55.0 | it inevitably goes to shit. |
| 0:56.0 | The food was not ready. |
| 0:58.0 | When you host and you cook for your guests, |
| 1:00.0 | there was not even a peep to eat. |
| 1:02.0 | That's hot. And I'm grateful that your boyfriend is my ex-boyfriend. |
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