Tina Farquain, News Editor

Friendsgiving is a relatively new term. According to the Urban Dictionary, it is the celebration of Thanksgiving dinner with your friends.

College is the place, people say, where you make some of your best life-long friends. For most this is true.

I have made great friends that I can see lasting, and of course I have had those friendships that were nice but quickly wore off. Either way I wouldn’t have changed anything.

Incoming freshmen live in the dorms usually, which is helpful. This way, the new student is kind of required to mix and mingle, at least with his or her roommate. Sometimes the experience is bad, but more than likely it is a good one.

The point is anybody you meet along the way could become a close friend, at least for a little while. These friendships that students forge come out of class projects and awkward cafeteria encounters. Nonetheless, friendship is important in college.

Also being in college, most students are broke. I know being a junior and living on my own, I have most definitely lost my “freshman 15”. So, sometimes food is scarce for students. We, students, sometimes have different priorities.

When the holidays come around I have always been excited about leaving my families and taking the majority of the leftovers with me. This “tradition” is helpful to any student because it gives them a nice home-cooked meal for quite a few days.

Thanksgiving is a time where it is acceptable to feast. What better way to feast than with your friends? Yes, family is very important, but so are the relationships you build in college. Why not celebrate these relationships with some handy leftovers?

Friendsgiving does not have a rich history, nor does it mean the same thing to everyone. People who have celebrated it before have all done it differently, so there is no set way to celebrate.

You can all get together at a friend’s house and bring leftovers from your family. Or you can cook a completely new meal. The food doesn’t really matter. I mean food is food.

The important part is being around those that make you happy. Celebrating a sort of made-up holiday can be fun. What else are you supposed to do after a good meal with your family and crazy shopping the next day?

You have half a day Friday, then all weekend with no school and possibly no work. Kick back and celebrate Friendsgiving.