Feeding yourself with turkey weighing equivalent to your own body weight and meeting your family at grandma’s, are the traditional thanksgiving customs that have been followed for generations. This year it will come to a halt due to the unavoidable circumstances that are currently going on around us. Thanksgiving this year will be slightly different, and we won’t be able to meet our loved ones, so then virtual thanksgiving will be the next best thing to the traditional thanksgiving .
You’d be thinking, what can you do this year to have the same amount of fun you had during the regular course of the traditional Thanksgiving celebration. Well, the virtual world is to the rescue replacing everything we have enjoyed traditionally; screens have still made it possible to stay connected with our families, friends, and all the lovely people in our lives. For that, all you need is a good camera for video calling and a stable internet connection so that the call doesn’t drop, and you do not miss out on any of the precious moments. In this article, we will provide you some fantastic virtual thanksgiving ideas.
Here Are The 6 Best Virtual Thanksgiving Ideas for Celebration in 2020:
1. Decorate Your House for Virtual Thanksgiving
Just because this time you are celebrating thanksgiving virtually doesn’t mean you should let the festive season die. Decorate your house with the thanksgiving house decorations so that wherever you decide to be in the house during the video call, you will have a beautiful background to keep the spirit of Thanksgiving alive.
2. Share and Create the Same Thanksgiving Family Recipe
The relations created through cooking and sharing a meal are the most precious, especially on Thanksgiving. Because you’re all going to dine in separate households, indeed out from the window is a traditional pot luck dinner. So get the conventional family turkey recipe or any of the traditional recipes that your family follows every year. Share the recipes with your family so that all of you can prepare and eat the same meal to enjoy a virtual thanksgiving celebration.
3. Decide a Theme for the Party
A thanksgiving theme should be decided for the party; the decorations and music in the background set the party’s mood. Everyone should be wearing the same themed costume so that the feeling of union is all in the air, be it virtually. Something funny would be exciting while deciding the dress code for the thanksgiving dinner. Together, decide on a theme and have your cousins, grandparents, or family friends choose their theme for the night.
4. Do a Netflix Party with your Family
What’s more fun than the whole family coming together and watching something heartfelt or hilarious, or watch a go-to movie of your family in order to reminisce the good ole’ days. It may seem why waste time sticking to a screen, but in a virtual thanksgiving celebration, you’re anyway going to be stuck to the screen, might as well enjoy your time. You can even randomize the draw for selecting the movie or take a poll, anything that suits your needs.
5. Play Family Games and Activities
Games and activities are part of every family meeting, so even if you all are not meeting in one place, that should not stop you from enjoying games. There are literally thousands of virtual games to choose from to play and have some fun with your family. Some of the games that you can thoroughly have fun with are, Thanksgiving Charades, Thanksgiving “Would you Rather” Questions, Guess How Many? and many more to choose from, so pre-decide the games and spend some quality time with your family.
6. Share What Everyone is Thankful
As the name suggests, Thanksgiving is for being thankful for what you possess in life. Though traditionally, it started as a day for the blessing and as offering thanks for the harvest of the previous year but has continued to be a festival to be thankful for everything and have a native American dinner, which consists of large meals and families coming together.
So, during the video chat, everyone should create a list to share with everyone what they are thankful for and spread positivity in everyone’s life. You might feel that things are falling apart, but everyone has got something to be thankful for, and that needs to be shared.
This Thanksgiving may not be the same as every other you’ve ever celebrated, but it’s sure as hell will be fun, and you will be glad that you celebrated it in a very unconventional way. Have a safe and sound Thanksgiving with your family, and be thankful for the excellent health that you and your family carry with yourselves in such a condition that we are living in.
