Why Friendsgiving Beats The Traditional Turkey Day Get Together

Why spend Turkey Day dodging awkward convos with your Trumpy uncle when you could be getting properly crunk with your ride-or-dies? Friendsgiving is the ultimate kick-back where food, fun, and a little puff-puff-pass all come together in one gloriously chill, food-focused national day off. We’re talking dank eats and zero presh to explain your dumb life choices to a bunch of squares.

Real talk: you might catch some heat for ditching the bio-fam on this coveted day of gluttony, but that can be triaged with an early fly-by at the ye olde ancestral get-together. Appease yo momma and make it a BOGO by pilfering a freshly-baked pie. After all, you can’t show up empty-handed to the main event: BUDS-GIVING.

Why Friendsgiving Doms Thanksgiving

Let’s be real: who do you like better? Your self-important finance bro cousin, or “Baked Jake,” that rad dude with no last name who always has bonkers dabs? Throwing down with friends is just less stressful overall. No explaining yourself, no “dressing appropriately,” and for sure no judgmental side-eye based on you serving yourself a full plate of mashed potatoes and mashed potatoes only. Not to mention, stolen pumpkin pie pairs beautifully with a generous side of weed a la mode – the key ingredient for an epic Danksgiving with friends.

Potluck Perfection: What to Bring

If no familial pies are available for heist, don’t have a cow. There are these places called stores that have pies for like $10. However, if you want to get creative and legit COOK, there are endless possibilities. Coordinate with the crew so your T-Day isn’t just a room full of weirdos staring at eight green bean casseroles. It’s cool if you have the wits about you to roast a whole turkey (we don’t) but you can also keep it easy-peasy with a simple side or bitchin’ charcuterie board–just don’t roll up shitbag-style with Cool Ranch Doritios, ok? Friendsgiving demands more of you! Regardless of what you bring or don’t bring, remember to throw in some THC beverages from your pals at Foundry Nation!

Cool. What are We Gonna Do Besides Getting Baked?

What happens at Friendsgiving you ask? Aside from the elaborate spread of bomb dot com Colonizer Day signatures such as juicy, oven roasted turkey, savory homemade stuffing, and everyone’s fave: a freshly-pilfered homemade PIE? Ha-ha. Just joshing you–there are many benefits other than food that make Friendsgiving great! 

1. You don’t have to check your brutal potty mouth at the door 
2. OPEN WEED ZONE
3. Your rad pals are there, not your spooky 2nd cousin with warm-milk-drinker vibes

Check, check and check. As far as activities, we tend to think less is more based on your/our plan to get extremely crunk on THC on Thanksgiving. Don’t bother bringing board games like a nerd–you’re going to be too baked, Captain! Instead, consider some light, conversation-starting background stimulation, such as a curated YouTube music vid playlist, or a series of funny old flicks such as the House Party trilogy or all FOUR (yes, four) Meatballs movies. But at the end of the day, all you really need to bring is yourself, some shareables, and your gratefulness. Spark a pre-rolled joint blunt, crack some THC dranks with your crew, and let Friendship ring!

Friendsgiving for the Win!

TBH, every day at Foundry headquarters is like Thanksgiving–and not just because we love to eat food and yoink pies–it’s mostly because we have a big warehouse stocked with awesome drinks, edibles, pre-rolls, and sick ass merch–and you guys must actually like what Foundry Nation is cookin’ because your love and support is what we’re thankful for that every single day. Enjoy yourselves this Friendsgiving and/or Thanksgiving, and don’t worry, we won’t judge you if you’d rather go win the mashed potato eating contest at your mom’s crib instead of playing Sega with Jake Dabs. Good luck, and God speed.