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How the tradition of “Friendsgiving” can help you and your friends

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at FIU chapter.

We wouldn’t have made it through life without some of our best friends. Although sometimes best friends do everything together, going to the same college isn’t always one of those things.

So what’s the perfect way to keep in touch with your friends from home? Friendsgiving!

Oftentimes, we guilt ourselves for not keeping up with our friends as often as we like, especially if we went to college away from them and simply don’t see them as much anymore.

Juggling classes, deadlines, and new friends takes over once you step foot on your new campus. However, no matter what path you or your friends may be taking, coming home for the holidays is on everyone’s agenda.

That’s where Friendsgiving comes in. Planning it for when you’re all home is the perfect way to stay in touch with friends from home, and it can potentially fit in to everyone’s schedules when they are home, no matter how busy.

The best thing about Friendsgiving is that you can do it with your friends from college as well as your friends from home!

The first thing that you want to do is bring it up with you on a day when you all have no plans and will all be in town. Organize the event if you want it to be potluck style or at a restaurant. Discuss a dress code and a time to meet, and dietary restrictions and allergies, too, to keep everyone safe.

This is a Great way to catch up with all your friends at once without having to plan to go to lunch with seven different people on seven different days. Not only will you now make a tradition out of the night, but you guys will also be able to catch each other up to speed on what’s been going on at your schools! It’s a great way to keep in touch with both friends old and new this upcoming holiday season.

Kelsey is a pop culture, style and life writer for Her Campus. She covers multiple topics pertaining to current events in culture such as celebrity news and trends as well as lifestyle trends that are constantly trending online on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter. She hopes to be a writer for a fashion magazine eventually or a bestselling author. Culture is her main topic of choice because Kelsey Loves to stay current on all the latest trends. Kelsey is currently a senior at the Florida International University working towards her Bachelor's degree in communication focusing on the Organizational Communication track. In her free time Kelsey likes to spend endless hours on Pinterest creating the perfect mood boards for all of the different scenarios she creates in her head, Go thrift shopping based off of her everchanging wardrobe and personal style, hang out with friends and family, going to the movies theaters to watch the latest blockbuster, Spend her money at Tjmaxx, and watch her favorite guilty pleasure reality tv shows The Bachelorette and The Bachelor she may hate to admit that she watches it, but ask her who got sent home last week and she'll answer you before you even finish asking her.