Friendsgiving, explained
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DownloadNovember can be a busy time of the year,
so it's helpful to know a few things in
advance, like what are the shipping
times for packages? Is there an election
this year? And [music]
will you be going home for the holidays?
Millions of people in the US make the
decision to travel during this time. In
the past few decades, an option besides
going home for a Thanksgiving family
dinner has emerged.
>> How can they do this to us? It's
Thanksgiving.
>> Okay, I tell you what. How about if I
cook dinner at my place? I'll make it
just like mom's.
>> Will you make the mashed potatoes with
the lumps?
>> The hit 90s TV sitcom Friends has been
associated with the popularization of
Friendsgiving. [music]
>> It's Friendsgiving. Friendsgiving.
>> Friends Giving.
>> It's like the end in a note where I must
say,
>> oh yeah, Friendsgiving.
>> Yeah.
>> But contrary to popular opinion,
Friendsgiving did not start with
friends. It's had a long history of
giving people a chance to reinvent the
holiday [music] entirely.
Friendsgiving is a combination of the
words friends and Thanksgiving. [music]
And right here is about where the rules
defining Friendsgiving stop.
>> Friendsgiving can be whatever you want
it to be. It can be the actual
Thanksgiving or it can be a potluck in
the weeks before Thanksgiving. [music]
The concept of having dinner with your
friends on or around Thanksgiving does
show up in media earlier than friends,
but it didn't quite have a name yet. You
can see the concepts of it, however, on
1973's A Charlie Brown [music]
Thanksgiving. This delightful movie
centers around a Thanksgiving meal
shared amongst friends.
In the early 90s, Living Single had
Thanksgiving episodes, too. Highlighted
by Yamalo.
>> The actual use of the word Friendsgiving
doesn't show up until 2007 in Usenet and
Twitter posts. According to Google
search data, the word Friendsgiving
itself doesn't have significant mentions
until 2013. [music] This rise in
popularity may be attributed to Twitter
and other social media platforms
progression between 2008 and the [music]
2010s.
>> So, it turns out Friendsgiving comes
from the early era of hashtags, which is
really funny. It goes to show like how
much a snappy name for something can
really contribute to its rise in the
culture. Twitter [music] launched their
trends feature in 2008 and popularized
the use of hashtags between 2010 to 2014
which probably helped hashtag [music]
friendsgiving as a topic become more
visible on social media
>> and then they said it on the real
housewives of New Jersey and then you
know a cultural phenomenon was born.
>> Happy Friendsgiving
>> from there friendsgiving has stuck
around
>> to your friendsgiving
>> through Friendsgiving.
But it isn't all breaking wishbones and
cranberry sauce. [laughter]
>> Why don't you GO SEE IT? STOP IT.
>> Now this feels like Thanksgiving.
>> Why Friendsgiving emerged around 2007
could also be indicative of what was
happening around that time. Not to
mention the holiday it's based on has
much darker origins.
In elementary school, I learned
Thanksgiving is when the pilgrims first
came to America and they [music] didn't
know anything about the land. Native
Americans were kind people and lended
the pilgrims a helping hand in starting
their new life here. They had a big
feast with meat and maze to celebrate a
successful harvest and a fruitful
friendship.
Yeah, that's a myth. The history of what
happened between the Wampa people and
English colonialists during that time is
complex. It's bloody and it goes back
further than 1620. The Wampanok have
many ceremonies and festivals that
predate President Lincoln proclaiming
Thanksgiving as a national holiday in
1863. Outside of the misstated history
of Thanksgiving, the word Friendsgiving
appeared during a time of great economic
upheaval [music] around the world.
>> Now it's official. We are in a
recession.
>> This recession uh in some ways
unprecedented.
>> The World Bank is predicting a deeper
global recession than before. Things may
get worse before they get better. The
Great Recession in the US lasted from
December 2007 through June 2009 and
disrupted the lives of families across
the country.
>> Um, at the time of the recession, maybe
people couldn't travel home for the
holidays. Maybe they were trying to do a
more low-key Thanksgiving, so more of a
potluck situation, which I think a
Friendsgiving sort of implies
>> and may have helped turn a catchy
hashtag into something more.
Traditions often change over time, and
Friendsgiving is a reflection of the
social and cultural waves millennials
were creating in the 2010s.
>> I feel like Friendsgiving is the most
millennial concept to ever exist. It's
like, [music] okay, uh, during the
recession, uh, people getting married
later or not getting married, your
friends or your family well into your
30s. like this is a very millennial and
probably now Gen Z concept um of just
delaying these traditional markers of
adulthood which is you know buying a
house to then host Thanksgiving in for
your nuclear and extended family where
it's like no like the millennial
tradition is like staying in your rented
apartment and hosting a potluck for your
friends. During that time, millennials
were more racially and ethnically
diverse than previous generations, more
likely to be socially liberal, and the
first generation to fully embrace social
media. With millennials redefining
culture and making new traditions,
Friendsgiving grew into a celebration
where you gathered with people outside
your given family when you couldn't or
didn't want to go home. Friendsgiving is
just such a great way to reinvent old
traditions. Even if you know you don't
have this beautiful colonial house that
you think you're supposed to have when
you're like a grown-up when you're
watching like holiday movies or you're
trying to recreate holidays that you had
when you were a kid. It's this nice way
to sort of do Thanksgiving and
celebrating where you're at and with the
people that you want to celebrate with.
Key Vocabulary (50)
toward
"Go to school."
belonging
"Cup of tea."
also
"You and me."
inside
"In the house."
specific
"That book."
A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an object, animal, or situation that has already been mentioned or is clear from context. It is also frequently used as a dummy subject to talk about time, weather, or distance.
Used to show who is intended to have or use something, or to explain the purpose or reason for an action. It is also frequently used to indicate a specific duration of time.
A preposition used to indicate that something is in a position above and supported by a surface. It is also used to indicate a specific day or date, or to show that a device is functioning.
A preposition used to indicate that people or things are together, in the same place, or performing an action together. It can also describe the instrument used to perform an action or a characteristic that someone or something has.
Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
Used to identify a specific person, thing, or idea that is physically close to the speaker or has just been mentioned. It can also refer to the present time or a situation that is currently happening.
A third-person plural pronoun used to refer to two or more people, animals, or things previously mentioned. It is also commonly used as a singular pronoun to refer to a person whose gender is unknown or to someone who identifies as non-binary.
A coordinating conjunction used to connect two or more possibilities or alternatives. it indicates that only one of the options is likely, required, or true.
A pronoun used to ask for information about something or to identify a specific thing or action. It functions as an interrogative word in questions or a relative pronoun to refer to the thing mentioned.
An adverb used to emphasize the quality, intensity, or extent of an adjective or another adverb. It indicates that something is very or extremely high in degree.
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Thanksgiving is arguably one of the yummiest celebrations in the US and one where you’re expected to be home for the holidays. But, what are your options when going home isn’t one? In recent...
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