Just did an hour-long thanksgiving zoom meeting with my family.

[Iggo]

15 people on 8 screens.

From age 89 at the oldest down to a guy who just turned 3.

Surprisingly, it did not suck.

I was dreading it all week, even looking for ways to get out of it. But after an hour and fifteen minutes, I was actually kinda bummed it was over.

Glad I didn't ditch.

[blaze]

1. I'm glad you didn't ditch too!

Mom and I dined together via Skype and I was surprised at how satisfying it was.

Glad your visit went so well!

[Iggo]

4. Yours, too!

[Phoenix61]

2. Maybe the only good thing to come out of this mess

People are taking advantage of technology that has existed for years. It doesn’t replace in person but allows folks who wouldn’t otherwise be able to participate to join in their fun.

[Iggo]

5. Yeah. Went off without a hitch, too.

People in their 20s have been raised on tech. The people in their 50s and 60s are all working from home and are using or are familiar enough with the tech. The babies (except for the youngest) are all doing distance learning. And the olde guy lives with us so no problem.

All in all, a really good experience.

[kimbutgar]

3. I did one today also with relatives I haven't seen in a long time.

What a great way to not feel lonely on Thanksgiving day. They all had so much fun they asked to do it on Christmas Day.

[Iggo]

6. Yeah, we're definitely doing this again for Xmas.

[barbtries]

7. We did too,

unlike you, i set it up and anticipated it. we were in CA, NC, and CO. After the ZOOM call some of us stayed on and played Jackbox. It made our thanksgiving so much better.

[Staph]

8. My family and I just finished our Thanksgiving zoom

From my 97-year-old Mom to a couple of her one-year-old great-grandchildren. Seventeen people and two cats on eight screens. From West Virginia to Texas to Arizona to Korea.

It was wonderful. We avoided politics, as one in-law is a ruby-red republican. The rest of us are true-blue Democrats, with one gray libertarian.

We're already planning a Christmas Zoom!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I did a zoom meeting with some family today.

Five screens, 8 people altogether.

I hadn't seen any of them in person for over a year. It was nice. I hope to do it regularly.

[Music Man]

10. My family (my parents and all my siblings/their spouses) Skype every Sunday afternoon.

We chat and play the Jackbox games. It's been a nice tradition, and we Skyped this afternoon as well.

Sometimes I have "Zoom fatigue," but in general, I really look forward to it and can be sad any days that we can't meet or one of us is unavailable. The fact that my full family has now made it habit to chat once a week is a pleasant side effect to come out of this whole situation.

[Grammy23]

11. We had a Zoom family get together yesterday after everyone had finished

Eating their Thanksgiving meal. We were in FL, NC and MS. We chit chatted for a little while then we played a Family Trivia game on Kahoot! put together by our daughter-in-law. She sent out questions ahead of time to have material to make the trivia questions. The call lasted almost exactly an hour and was just about the right amount of time. We will definitely have a Christmas Zoom time! It was good to see everyone and have some fun together!