The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 and has been celebrated ever since. But in recent years, a new way to celebrate has emerged: friendsgiving.

Thanksgiving with friends, or friendsgiving, is becoming a new tradition, and not just for the food. Senior Amy Terry and her friends began friendsgiving as a reunion.

“It originally started when I didn’t celebrate thanksgiving last year because I was in London,” she said. “We had one when I got home and it was the only time that the whole group got together.”

Terry and her friends don’t eat a lot of meat so they gather around a table with “a lot of carbs” such as potatoes and stuffing and macaroni.

For senior Bailey Grinter, her gathering will be highlighted by cheesy potatoes, pie and old friends.

“We wanted (a friendsgiving) and we wanted to hang out with some of our friends visiting from college,” she said.

According to USA Today, friendsgiving is becoming more appealing to young people. Family may be a plane ride away, so millennials are creating their thanksgiving at home with friends.

For one couple in New Jersey, they got the idea from the TV show “Friends,” where the characters celebrate every thanksgiving together.

The EHS tech crew hosts their own friendsgiving every year, which they have dubbed “techsgiving.” Senior Luke Dawson will be participating in his fourth techsgiving this year. He joked that it started “a few hundred years ago, when the first technicians ran a show and everything went well.”

The tech crew celebrates by talking and occasionally playing board games.

“It’s different because it’s a time to celebrate and be thankful with your friends, not family,” he said.

Whether it’s on TV or within friend groups at EHS, friendsgiving may be a tradition that will be celebrated in many more dining rooms in years to come.