On Monday’s Holiday Bakjng Championship, the first half of the snow centered around Friendsgiving. The bakers made dishes to take to a Friendsgiving party at someone’s home or apartment. Watching this brought me back to a few years when I attended my first Friendsgiving party in 2021. My “sister” had planned an event the Saturday before Thanksgiving and invited me. A few years later she invited me again. Both times I enjoyed myself and I ate good.
For the first Friendsgiving in 2021, I brought pumpkin bread for everyone to enjoy. It was a vegetarian Friendsgiving as my “sister” didn’t eat meat. But I had a great time. We ate a lot of greens, in addition to great desserts. Even though my other sister took home her pie and we didn’t get to try any of it. We played Cards Against Humanity and even though Sara and I lost, it was still fun. We took pictures on her deck with everyone there. The night ended with a walk to the Johnstown Incline. Leaving that night to go home was hard, because my chosen family gets me. I was experimenting with different styles and was early in my journey. I was also in transition as I left my longtime position at WIS a few days earlier and would be starting at Giant Eagle very soon. We were still in that pandemic season with another variant soon to be discovered that would affect our holiday plans.
In 2022, we didn’t get together for Friendsgiving. I wouldn’t be able to do so anyways because of work but I had planned to FaceTime during the dinner. Turned out no one was available this year so she ended up cancelling it. At home, it was a great holiday (for me, at least) as we got past the two Covid-ravaged holidays, determined to have a great Christmas. The plan was to go to Aunt Sue’s but because we were unsure about Benny’s health, as a precaution Mom had it at her house. I made the most of the changes and had a great Thanksgiving at home. Dad and Uncle Bob enjoyed some football, and I enjoyed eating turkey and sides with Olivia, Benny, and Aunt Sue. The next day we got out Christmas decorations and I introduced myself to A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel to the 1983 movie. It was a hit.
A year later, Sara messaged me on Instagram and announced another Friendsgiving was happening. My schedule allowed me to attend, so I was excited to go to it and get together with her and her friends. I purchased a cutting board at JCPenney a week before, and a charcuterie kit at Giant Eagle. I found her place with no problem and experience the lights of the South Side. I got a nice introduction to everyone whom I hadn’t met and remembered a few faces. I knew some of the guests from Greensburg Alliance Church when they were in youth group. This ended up being my 500th blog post last year, and I wanted to save the best blog post for the milestone event.
Stylish 🍒 