{"id":130913,"date":"2024-11-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/02\/how-to-host-a-stress-free-friendsgiving\/"},"modified":"2024-11-02T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T05:00:00","slug":"how-to-host-a-stress-free-friendsgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/02\/how-to-host-a-stress-free-friendsgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Host a Stress-Free Friendsgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Welcome to the latest edition of Come On Over<\/strong>, Food52 editorial director Julie Vadnal’s newsletter that’s all about hosting gatherings big and small\u2014without losing your cool. Got company? Sign up here<\/a> for her emails.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll share a secret with you: I prefer Friendsgiving over Thanksgiving. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t love my family (I do!) but there\u2019s a communal casualness to gathering with friends that you don\u2019t quite get on the big day itself. My rule for corralling friends for an early turkey day? I make it a potluck, so I only have to provide the bird\u2014and the table setting, of course. But I\u2019ll let you in on a second secret: setting the scene with the just-right mix of tableware is my favorite part.<\/p>\n

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I once had a boss who set her Thanksgiving table days in advance\u2014and while that seems a little extra for Friendsgiving, putting together the table is one of the first things you can do day-of so that you\u2019re not scrambling the hour before guests arrive.<\/p>\n

Hear me out: Friendsgiving isn\u2019t for your best china. Instead, it\u2019s a chance to mix and match tableware (especially for those of us who don\u2019t have 15 of the same plate). Sure, my collection of Sabre Bistrot flatware<\/a> isn\u2019t all one color, but mixing tortoiseshell, fern green, and ivory is a cool combo that always works.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s perfectly acceptable to ask your guests to bring side dishes, assigned out by category: salad, potatoes, squash, etc. Need inspo? We have 70+ (!) seasonal side dish ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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