The Family Dinner

The holidays are fast approaching (if not already here), and that means togetherness. Either welcomed or not, there always arrives that zenith of the season: The Family Dinner.
The moment when everyone converges around some central location, be it dining room set, picnic table, or beach blanket, and relates.

And from that fertile ground of familial contact often arises a great story. Sometimes beautiful and bonding. Sometimes awkward and avoidable. Sometimes hilarious and heartwarming.

Whatever the case, tell us the story of your family dinner.

It doesn’t have to be a holiday story. Maybe it’s your birthday, graduation, or just a regular Wednesday.

It doesn’t have to be your blood relations, because family is a relative concept.

(and to be honest, I don’t even care if it’s true)

It just has to be your story.

Hit the button that says “Write a response” at the bottom of this page, and take us to dinner.

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