Host a Friendsgiving Your Friends Will Be Thankful For
Hint: cranberry sangria makes for very gracious guests.
Make like Monica Geller and open your home to pals for the best Friendsgiving since Friends circa 1998! The concept for Friends-giving is simple enough—it’s like Thanksgiving, but without the passive-aggressive sweet-potato casserole critiques from your mother. Plus, a healthy helping of holiday hops and booze doesn’t hurt either.
Buffet-Style Thanksgiving Dinner
This year make hosting Thanksgiving as easy as pie by celebrating potluck style. You provide the basics (turkey, beverages and a few sides) and ask guests to bring their favorite dish. Thanksgiving is all about the food, so set up a handy to-go station for leftovers so everyone leaves with a few tasty bites to enjoy later.
Gracious Greeting
Friends won’t hesitate to knock on your door with this adorable, autumn-adorned Thanksgiving wreath. This simple DIY uses metallic acorns, gilded pine cones and wintry white leaves on a natural grapevine wreath to create a glam final product that looks like a billion bucks. Get the how-to here.
DIY Thanksgiving Wreath
Place Your Pals
In true Monica-nature, never underestimate the stategic art of a stylish seating chart. We've made it ten times easier with these festive, fall-inspired place cards that you can print out in no time.
Customizable Thanksgiving Place Cards
Pumpkin Details
Pumpkins are not just for Halloween, you know! Put some gorgeous gourds to use for added table decor or follow this tutorial to transform them into show-stopping place cards.
DIY White Pumpkin Place Card
Trendy Tassels
Showcase your crafty talents by making our trendy, leather fringe napkin rings. Our step-by-step makes it easy. And the results? Cutlery has never looked so cute! Don’t be surprised if friends drop hints for a set of their own.
DIY Leather Fringe Napkin Rings
Floral Focus
Deck out your table with a bounty of blooms. With many grocery stores carrying seasonal flowers, DIY arrangements are easier than you might think. Get the how-to for this autumnal arrangement here.
DIY Autumn Floral Arrangement
Wet Your Whistle
The judgmental gaze from straitlaced Aunt Laura is notably absent from your Friendsgiving gathering. Just another thing to be thankful for, right? Count those blessings with a cocktail (or two) that celebrates the flavors of the season. Our go-to for the holidays—cranberry sangria.
Sam Henderson
Soup to Start
Satisfy your friends’ appetite with fun, flavorful pumpkin soup shooters! Just be sure to make extra. With a recipe this tasty, your pals will be throwing them back and asking for round two! (And three, and four.)
Beryl Cohen
Gobble, Gobble
The most important part of Friendsgiving? Turkey, of course! Be a true pal and serve a bird not soon forgotten. This recipe for sage roasted turkey with a crunchy maple crust will earn you a round of applause and keep friends full and happy for the rest of their stay.
Turkey-day Take-Away
The hostess with the most-est is bound to have a hefty helping of leftovers after a holiday get-together. Why suffer through a Tupperware-packed fridge when you could share the wealth? Give your friends these darling, decorated to-go boxes, filled with samplings of your holiday spread.
