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Throwback Thursday: Friday night traditions? #TBT

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

It's Thursday!

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When we had young kids, we would try to make Friday nights somethings special. Both because it was the start of the weekend and also to have a carrot for the kids to finish their chores. Like, we would often clean the house on a Friday and trying to get the kids to help us. "We´ve got finish cleaning so we can have our special night!" So we started making homemade pizza on Friday nights and often we'd rent a movie (VHS or DVD). Eat pizza and watch a movie.

Sooooo, what Friday night traditions did you have as a kid or have today?
Let’s make it a great Thursday!
KGM

Comments

Jimmy Seddon

Growing up, Friday night was movie night. We would go down to the local video store and pick out and rent a few movies. Then we would make popcorn (using an air popper) and we'd get to stay up about an hour later than normal.

Amanda Culver_o0ik1x

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Amanda Culver_sw9zwj

Mine was over lockdown.

My children came every other weekend, so from the point I returned them on a Sunday, to when I collected them 12 days later, I'd employ EVERY BIT of my ScrumMaster creativity to put together an activity list for the weekend.
I'd poll freebie sites and charity shops to gather pieces for the next set of games.
My fav was an 'entrapment laser web' (Catherine Zeta-Jones & Sean Connery) woven up and down the garden. The children were divided into teams, one had to guide a blindfolded partner through the web without setting off the (Christmas) bells.
The children's' fav was a blindfolded assault course - only my eldest attempted cycling BLINDFOLDED !

Amanda Barber

When I was a kid, I remember pizza and movie nights on Fridays (rented from Blockbuster, of course!) When my own kids were little, Fridays were often the same. For a while, my husband would even make homemade pizzas on Fridays! Now, we typically go out to eat on Fridays, but with a middle schooler and high schooler, we have a less regular routine since they are so busy.

Stephen.Lugton

Back in my university days, Friday night was Laser Tag followed by pizza night.

After university, and before children, Friday night was Irish pub night.

Now, Friday night is try and persuade the 9 year old that just because it's a weekend tomorrow she still has a bed time night!

Barbara Szczesniak

At university, Friday was Dungeons and Dragons with pizza delivered to the dorm night.

When I lived in the southern beaches of Los Angeles in my early 20s, Friday was volleyball and pizza delivered to the beach night.

Nowadays, Friday night is I'm so glad I'm done working for the week; too tired to do anything night.

John Funk

Growing up Friday nights in the fall always involved High School football. My brother was playing then I was playing, then I was officiating for awhile. As a family outside of that or other times of the year, it was just another night for us, which usually meant gathering around the TV.

Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM

While Wednesday nights were Prince Spaghetti night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbFzstH2Fog I don't recall Friday's haven't a special meaning other than no curfew.

Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_

When I was a kid, Friday nights were always horror movie nights. Now as a parent, we’ve turned it into family game night—each week one of us chooses a board game to play together. And when it gets late, I keep my old tradition alive by watching horror movies with the older kids.

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

Awesome, @Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_ Way to go! That is cool.

Takk everyone for your fun memories.

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Brita Moorus

When I was younger, Friday nights usually meant snacks and watching movies at home 🎬🍿

These days I still like to keep Fridays quiet - good food, maybe a show, and no alarms the next morning 😊 Nothing fancy, just cozy and relaxing after a long week.

Carlos Garcia Navarro

Hi @Kristján Geir Mathiesen , my friend! Thanks for the question! Watching movies together as a family was a tradition when I was growing up. As I got older, I loved going to the theater to enjoy films on the big screen. Later, when I moved to another city for college, Friday nights became a time to reconnect with friends — laughing, talking, and spending the whole night together. Sometimes we’d go out, other times we’d just hang out at someone’s place. Those were really good times. :-)

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

Takk for sharing, @Carlos Garcia Navarro Hope you are doing swell

Gor Greyan

Hi @Kristján Geir Mathiesen,

One interesting and cozy Armenian-style Friday night tradition could be something like “family khorovats night.” Instead of pizza, families gather to make khorovats (Armenian barbecue) — even in winter, some people fire up the grill outside or use the oven indoors. The smell fills the home, everyone helps — from marinating the meat to slicing lavash and vegetables — and the table becomes a small celebration of the weekend.

After dinner, the night often turns into storytelling time or singing old Armenian songs together. In recent years, some families have turned this into a hybrid “modern-traditional” night — khorovats dinner, followed by a movie, keeping the laughter and warmth going.

It’s that same feeling you described — ending the week by bringing everyone together with good food, laughter, and love. ❤️

Ali Umut Terzi

These days, it’s more about sitting back, relaxing, and having a calm weekend — but when I was a kid, it was all about fun and mischief

Daria Kulikova_GitProtect.io

In my family, Friday nights are the time for a good film or board game battle We usually take some food, sushi, or pizza, as they are my daughter's favorite dishes, and we can stay up really late, as the next day we don't need to wake up early

Staffan Redelius

Fridays has always been special but it has changed over the years. When I met my wife we always ate in front of the TV. The shows remained the same for a long time but today it is mostly us old-timers who appreciate these "campfire programs" on linear TV (things that everybody watched).

Today one of the kids has moved out and I really miss the time when the whole family was gathered and we had a whole weekend toghether in front of us.

Jason U

Cmon people... It’s the day off time to grab a beer and hang out with friends!

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