January 11th is National Sunday Supper Day #SundaySupper this is a #Holiday I had never heard of before today. Had you? I love how the holiday was created to gather family around the dinner table because I hate people not sitting down and spending time together over a homecooked meal.
As a child in my parents home we always had dinner at the dinning table and there was no, tv on. When I had Suzzane I also made sure we always sat together at our dinning room table and no, tv was on. The same was done in my sisters home.
When David and I were first married we kept this rule up with his children. Through the years the tule has gone away and now, we eat in the living room and the tv is on. Charlie goes up to his room with his food. Charlie is now 17 and it will not be much longer till he is working and he may even think of moving out.
Even though I know Charlie and David will fight me on it I’ve going back to Sunday’s are #familyday and we spend time together even if David is working. Dinner will be around the table even if its the coffee table in the living room.
There will be no, tv on so we can actually talk to each other. Once dinner is done we will either watch a movie as a family or play some of our board game or color together. Then we will take the Dogs out for a walk before everyone leaves to go back to there own rooms.
There is no, reason a family can’t spend 6 to 7 hours together during the week. This includes making dinner as a family and cleaning the kitchen up together as a family. Remember this may be the only time we get with our families all week. Come and join me and let’s take one day back for our families and create #familyday.
This year I wanted to let you know National Sunday Supper Day is observed annually on the second Sunday in January, which falls on January 12th this year, to encourage families to gather around the table to enjoy time together and bond over a meal.
The founder of National Sunday Supper Day started the movement that led to registering the holiday as a way to stay close to her oldest daughter, who left home for college. She inspires people to return to the traditional value of shared meals and family times. Her hope is that one shared meal a week will lead to more of them in homes.
Isabel Laessig a mother of four, entrepreneur, and blogger, founded National Sunday Supper Day and its associated movement when her oldest daughter left for college. She mentioned the thing she would miss most is cooking and enjoying family meals with her and the rest of the family.
National Sunday Supper Day has been observed annually since then on the second Sunday in January to encourage families to gather around the table to enjoy and bond over a meal. January happens to also be National Supper Month.
Life can get really busy for it to be genuinely hard for us to sit down and share a meal with family. This is why National Sunday Supper Day is important. According to Laessig, she was inspired to start her blog and celebrate the first virtual Sunday Supper in 2012 together with eight bloggers who are “passionate about bringing families together to cook and eat together.” The holiday seeks to strengthen the family bond by helping us spend more time with our family even when we are constrained by our work schedule and daily activities.
Laessig’s amiable and compelling personality and passion for helping to strengthen family relations have been instrumental in her collaborating with top players in the food and wine industry to promote the day. Her strategic marketing campaigns promote family values and bonding in a fun and practical manner. National Sunday Supper Day gained momentum a mere few years after it first launched and continues to influence family culture across the country to this day.
National Sunday Supper Day Activities
- The best way to celebrate National Supper Day Activities is organizing a family meal is the best way to celebrate National Sunday Supper Day. Gather your family and friends to prepare and eat a delicious meal and bond while enjoying your meal.
- Help spread the love of National Supper Day Activities and share an interesting recipe of the food you prepared for supper with others to help them get inspired to celebrate National Supper Day Activities.
- If you know of people such as older widows and single moms in your area, you could expand the family unit by inviting them to participate. It may even be an idea to do share the meal with a group or retirement home in the area, encouraging their family members to join in.
Things You Should Know About Isabel Laessig
- Foodie founder Isabel Laessig also started the Food and Wine Conference and is a known foodie.
- Did you know National Sunday Supper Day, has a pledge called The Sunday Supper Pledge that is their mission statement for inspiring families to enjoy a meal together at least once a week? I don’t know about you but I am off to print the pledge off to hang up in our kitchen. You should do the same.
- National Sunday Supper Day founder, Isabel Laessig, was born in Portugal but immigrated to the United States when she was six years old and didn’t speak a word of English.
- Now here is something to inspire us bloggers Isabel Laessig has more than two million followers on Twitter and regularly blogs recipes.
- Isabel appears regularly on shows including the Daytime TV Show on NBC, The Morning Blend on ABC, the Family Foodie, and the “Great Tampa Bay” on CBS. Now, if you will excuse me I’m going to see if I can find her on tv.
Why National Sunday Supper Day Is Important
- I would like to remind you National Sunday Supper Day reminds us to gather our friends and family to eat together today but if you were to ask me we should do this more than just one day a week.
- National Supper Day was specially initiated to help remind us to take time out of our busy schedules to share supper with our family members but friends can become family so invite them as well.
- National Sunday Supper Day for sure encourages commitment and the very idea behind National Sunday Supper Day is to commit to enjoying memorable times with family.
- Sunday Supper Day helps us create a good habit to have dinners with family which is a good habit to foster.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
