Eldest/First Daughters Holiday Market Meet up!

This December, and are bringing eldest daughters, firstborns, and caregivers together for a cosy, joy-filled community trip to the 🎁✨

The holidays can be a lot — especially for eldest and parentified daughters who are used to carrying the emotional labour of the season. This event is your reminder that you deserve to experience the magic, softness, and rest without being responsible for everyone else.

Expect warmth, connection, laughter, and a chance to explore the market with people who understand your story.

🌿 Eldest daughters
🌿 Parentified daughters
🌿 Daughters from immigrant homes
🌿 BIPOC firstborns
🌿 Anyone who holds emotional labour in their family

If you want a gentle, supportive space to enjoy the season on your own terms, you belong here.

Alchemy Society is a sanctuary for reflection, care, and connection. We create tools and experiences that help BIPOC first and eldest daughters, caregivers, and emotional laborers slow down, tend to themselves, and explore who they are beyond what they carry. Rooted in culture and shaped by community, our work honors the often unseen labor of those who hold and nurture others.

Home Girls Unite (HGU) is a community interest company uniquely supporting eldest, parentified and daughters from immigrant families. Our mission is born from the founders’ lived experience and a collective frustration with the lack of support. We aim to provide safe spaces where the eldest daughters can be seen, heard, and understood online and offline. We strive to amplify their voices, raise awareness of lived experiences, and empower them to lead happier and healthier lives.

Together, we’re creating a holiday moment that honours your labour, celebrates your softness, and offers you a season of ease.

✨ A warm, welcoming group stroll through the market
✨ Time to shop, explore, and treat yourself
✨ Connection with fellow eldest daughters
✨ A break from family expectations
✨ Zero responsibilities — no planning, no mediating, no caregiving

This is your space to be held, not to hold.

📍 Meeting point will be sent before the event
🕒 3:00 PM sharp

🧣 Warm clothes
💳 Spending money if you'd like to shop
🤎 A willingness to connect
✨ Yourself — without the eldest daughter responsibilities

This is a free community event, but registration is required so we know who to expect. However, to make sure no sister misses out, please register only if you’re certain you’ll be able to attend.

Union Square Holiday Market is outdoors and wheelchair accessible. Please message us if you have any specific accessibility needs so we can support you.

Let’s spend the holidays surrounded by people who don’t expect you to parent them.
A soft, joyful afternoon awaits you.

We can’t wait to meet you.

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