{"id":2022,"date":"2014-03-30T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2014-03-26T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T12:37:23","slug":"the-family-that-eats-together-stays-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-family-that-eats-together-stays-together\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family That Eats Together Stays Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Or Forcing Your Family to Mingle<\/h2>\n

One difficult part of a family reunion or party can be getting your family to mingle during meal time.  We usually have each family group sitting together- the Maddox family, the Wynnes and the Stewarts all sitting in their own little group.  It\u2019s not that we don\u2019t like each other or don\u2019t get along-we just gravitate to our  own family group.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a fun way to mix things up.  Put a pieces of colored tape or ribbon on each chair or seating space (if you\u2019re dealing with picnic benches)  When everyone has begun eating announce that everyone sitting on a yellow space must switch places with another yellow.  A few minutes later have pinks switch and so on.<\/p>\n

DO NOT make it too complicated!  If you have green switch with pink and yellow with red, nothing will happen- everyone will remain in their original seat.  If you\u2019re family is compliant and seems to enjoy the mixing up you could try switching two colors at a time but for the most part it\u2019s best  to focus on one color at a time.  You don\u2019t have to mix people up all in one meal- keep the colors on during your entire reunion and only do a couple of swaps per meal.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the meal you can announce \u201cRainbow Mixup\u201d and everyone has to switch places.<\/p>\n

HINT:  Choose a meal that doesn\u2019t have a lot of plates and silverware etc. to be moved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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