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Holidays & Celebrations

Part 1: Everything You Need to Know About Galentine’s Day, f/k/a Valentine’s Day Eve – Party Ideas!

Hopefully you have seen Parks and Recreation Season 2, Episode 16 (if not we’ll forgive you, this time), where Leslie Knope invites her friends to a Galentine’s Day brunch. You may be wondering what does “galentine” means? To define galentine, simply look to your friends or the girls and theys who you admire most. Friendship love is valid and real and now we have an excuse to celebrate! It is a Valentine’s Day for friends on the day before Valentine’s Day.

February 13th may be the very best thing you can celebrate and you won’t have to wonder what to do with your friends on Valentine’s Day any longer!

So you may be asking “how to celebrate Galentine’s Day?”, if so, you’re in the right place because we have the answers to ALL of your Galentine’s Day questions. Keep reading this series for Galentine’s Day party ideas, the best Galentine’s gifts, and what to write in a Galentine’s Day card.

Galentine’s Day Party Ideas

Some of the best Galentine’s Day activities would, of course, include a Galentine’s Day brunch, in honor of our patron saint Leslie Knope. Luckily, the day before Valentine’s Day in 2022 falls on a Sunday. Sunday, as we all know, is the best day for a girls brunch party. Hopefully, someone in your group of gals loves to play hostess, however, now that restaurants are a bit safer, that’s always a good option too. You can have each guest bring their favorite breakfast or brunch food to share. If breakfast isn’t your thing feel free to make a baked brie or a cheese plate filled with berries and a good cabernet soaked asiago.

If brunch feels a bit passé, here are a few other Galentine’s Day ideas. While these ideas may not be exactly what Leslie had in mind, we were not invited to the Parks and Rec Galentine’s Day episode writers room, so feel free to make your Galentine’s Day your own! There is no wrong answer to “what is a Galentine’s party.” All of your Galentine’s are different so all of your Galentine’s Day party activities can be as unique as them!

  • A Final Girl themed horror movie watch party, nothing screams girl power (literally) more than seeing a blood covered heroine survive the zombies or possessed family members. We’d suggest Ready or Not, Cabin in the Woods, Jennifer’s Body, or The Descent.
  • An at-home Taylor Swift show: have your gal pals dress as different Taylor eras and come prepared to sing All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) (10 Minute Version) at FULL volume.
  • The perfect backyard/park picnic. Cottagecore at its finest. Raid a Trader Joes for your favorite snacks and cheeses, grab a few bottles of sparkling rose or spice up some seltzer with some muddled berries and mint, and don some flower crowns.

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