Friendsgiving celebrations

It’s Friday eve and exactly one week before the best meal of the year – Thanksgiving.

Many people already started Thanksgiving preparations. This Ohio mom closed off her freshly cleaned rooms nearly three weeks in advance with some hilarious instructions about who can enter and how until Thanksgiving Day.

Anyway, others will soon celebrate Friendsgiving – Thanksgiving with friends instead of family, traditionally celebrated not on Thanksgiving Day.

D.C. and Iowa apparently celebrate Friendsgiving a lot – or at least judging from Google searches.

And of course, at any Fridendsgiving celebration there must be some turkey and pie.

This story was originally published November 17, 2016 at 8:22 AM with the headline "Friendsgiving celebrations."