SUMMERSGIVING

On the Saturday after the Summer Solstice, gather your friends and family to celebrate Summersgiving! This day is designed to combine all the fun of summer with America's favorite Thanksgiving food. It's a celebration of life, rooted in gratitude, to be shared with the friends and food that make life fun.

#Summersgiving

Everyone has a favorite holiday food or tradition. Luckily, Summersgiving provides the opportunity to bring them all together under the sun and stars for one big celebration. Make a feast and share the dishes that signify celebration with a broader crowd of friends and family. Let the joy and fun memories grow year after year!

HOW TO OBSERVE SUMMERSGIVING

Grab the turkey (what Thanksgiving dinner would be complete without one?) and serve it along side your favorite holiday foods, and enjoy them in celebration of the day. Or, reinvent the holiday classics and share your Summersgiving favorites on social media using the hashtag #Summersgiving. Be sure to invite all your friends and family and tell everyone it's time to party Summersgiving-style.

HISTORY BEHIND SUMMERSGIVING

Around the year 2009, Robert Solomon created a Thanksgiving BBQ with his best friends to celebrate summer and all the food he thought he could only have at Thanksgiving. He loved turkey and all the rich side dishes that come with it. They drank cranberry martinis into the night, and Summersgiving was born from a love of great food, great drinks, and great friends.

In 2019, the Registrar at National Day Calendar proclaimed Summersgiving to be observed on the Saturday after the Summer Solstice annually.