Birthday party the weekend before Thanksgiving?

[Anonymous]

I'd like her friends to be able to come. I think the weekend AFTER Thanksgiving would be out, but what about the weekend before? Are most folks here or out of town?

[Anonymous]

It's fine, very few people would be away then

[Anonymous]

My kid’s BD is mid-November. We have better turn out at his party between Halloween and Thanksgiving than we do for our July Bd kid.

[Anonymous]

We've had birthday parties that weekend for 9 years, no problem.

[Anonymous]

Sure. But a lot of people have Friendsgivings on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, so I'd do it Sunday or Saturday morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's fine, very few people would be away then

+1

[Anonymous]

Yeah I don't think this should be a problem, it's not like the weekend before Christmas when a lot of people will be gone.

[Anonymous]

I'd think either weekend would work. We don't travel for Thanksgiving, so we'd come the weekend before or after .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure. But a lot of people have Friendsgivings on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, so I'd do it Sunday or Saturday morning.

Very few people do this.

[Anonymous]

I agree that the weekend before is better than the weekend after... but just to be devil's advocate... with FCPS giving Wednesday off the past couple years I think some people that travel are starting to leave the weekend before to avoid some of the craziness. I think you're probably safe but if FCPS ever decides to give the whole week off, all bets are off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. But a lot of people have Friendsgivings on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, so I'd do it Sunday or Saturday morning.

Very few people do this.

huh? We've been going to the same friendsgiving for 10+ years now. Nearly everyone we know also goes to one. They're special because the food is amazing and you're with awesome company of your choice.

[Anonymous]

We also do a Friendsgiving the Saturday before and know a lot of people who have them as well.

[Anonymous]

Thanks all!

[Anonymous]

Ask the parents of her closest friends if that weekend would work for them. They're the ones that matter the most anyway.

Also, I have a DC with a late December birthday, and I always pitch his party as a chance for parents to drop their kid off and get some last minute shopping/errands done. Their eyes usually light up when you put it like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. But a lot of people have Friendsgivings on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, so I'd do it Sunday or Saturday morning.

Very few people do this.

huh? We've been going to the same friendsgiving for 10+ years now. Nearly everyone we know also goes to one. They're special because the food is amazing and you're with awesome company of your choice.

I've never heard of this. It isn't a big thing. You are much more likely to have kids with sports games and such any weekend in fall or spring than kids who have to go to "friends giving".