Sunday dinners...still in style or a thing of the past?

Hello my wonderful friend How are you? My mom use to cook sunday dinner all the time not sure what happened I miss that, maybe I will do this myself it is fun and gives everyone a reason to get together and sit around chatting and joking just enjoying each others company wow I completely forgot about this Good question my friend I will ask my mom what happened to sunday dinner lol

There was a time when every Sunday businesses closed down except for maybe a gas station and the local pharmacy. We all went to church and then gathered together as a family in the afternoon and had dinner and so much fun. That was back in the day where God was important. Today, money is more important and we have lost so very much. No one could understand this time unless they lived it. It was not a perfect life. It still had many problems but this was like an island away from the cares of the world for a day a week. Somehow we were further ahead for it all. I long for those Sundays and the fun and food with the family.

As a family we were always spread apart by many hours driving so only gathered at Christmas time which was always great fun. Now technology has moved on and we can 'video conference' over the Internet and keep in touch with the family and, more importantly, the children as they grow up so fast. Trouble is, though you can see the food you can't smell or taste it online! haha

I guess that was avery good memory for u it is me but we haven't done that in years. My family is all gone but my kids & they are too busy most of the time for a tradition like that. . i don't believe people do that like they use to. I know the ones around me don't. I can just taste some of my bigmama's fried chicken . Hope your sunday is going well. jo

You are so right about the big Sunday family dinners. When i was a child we always went to Grandmas. and i miss them so much. before my husband and i moved all the kids did come home for Sunday dinner. and all the holidays. but now since they are so far away we can not do it any more, and i have to settle for just a few times a year.

Hi Karen, these afternoon Sunday dinners were also very popular in the UK when I was growing up but we didn't have them as it probably would have felt strange to eat at a different time for one day. It's just something I never was used to and didn't do myself either, I suppose I just prefer to have my dinner in the evening.

That is taking a trek down memory lane. Grandma and Grandpa are long gone. I am Grandma now. The family has dwindled to 2 kids, 1 divorced and 1 grandchild. The family gathering is more likely to be an outing at a restaurant or the grandson's birthday party. The cousins have scattered and barely see each other apart from the bi-annual family reunion. To be honest, nobody really cares anymore. The younger generation has nothing in common.

That is so ironic, I have just finished my Sunday roast, which we still have every Sunday! Today we had roast beef and all the trimmings! My favourite roast is pork. However we don't all eat together, as I prefer to take my meal upstairs and watch television or work on the computer as I eat, bad habit I know, I have my reasons without going into them. The dinner is so filling that we don't have any room for dessert. There is only three of us so we don't partake in games, father watches football or sport all the time. I guess in this day and age you see family style dinners lessen as technology takes over.

We have this kinda custom here as well. Sunday, mass holiday, was supposed to be the day when people used to eat good, enjoy, talk,socialise. Today, thingsaredifferent though. Sundays are no longer the holiday for many and people love to socialise through texting and networking. My mom make sure to carry on the heritage and we all love it tahgt day. It's a grandtime for our family. Sadly, its becoming smaller and smaller.

Well, as I'm not american I can't really relate to this sort of tradition. Anyway, I think it's very sad that this tradition is being lost. People are getting to be more selfish and losing interest in spending quality time with their families. I hope this can turn around still, somehow.

Our family never did the sunday dinners. I tried to get them to start but no one wanted to make the effort. We see each other pretty often, but my sister had moved like 45 min away, so we don't get to see her as much. I suggested dinner like once a month so we could all get together. It never happened. I think all families should start doing the family dinner thing again. Everyone is so far apart now and nothing is personal anymore.

We love dinners or even sunday lunches with the family including the extended families. This is our time for bonding and keeping ourselves updated of what has happened in our lives. I remember when we were still small and it seems there's abundance for all, we have this reunion lunches or dinner for every celebration or bi-weekly. But, as my mother grew old and so her sister, it became less of it. Now that my mom is gone, what we do is within our family circle and we only do see each other once a month to keep the bonding spirit alive. We share our food and we just keep it that way. We want our children to see the tradition alive and maybe one of them may keep it continually going to the next generation. The bonding moments we had were fun and i miss that tremendously.

In our country, there is no tradition like that only when someone in the fanily is having birthday, anniversary or any occasion to celebrate.

Yes, it was a lovely tradition. I feel that when it comes to family, we really need to make the effort. It is really good for the younger generation to have exposure to the elders. It is something lost in this society, yet it is very important.

In India, there wasn' so much a fixed day for the suc gatherings. Generally every family kept inviting other families to dine at their house. And many a times they would as well, but these days its not there anymore. And this comes from a 20 year old. Well I used to live in gurgaon and there occasionally people would come over and have dinner or we'd go to someone's place and have dinner. Not in kalyani, with my aunt and uncles. Here people rarely seem to travel around. Same boring montonous lives.

Sadly, in our family, the Sunday dinners at Grandma's are a thing of the past. The grandma's are long gone and no one has carried on the tradition. I would, but I'm too poor to do that, my grand kids live elsewhere, and they all have such hectic schedules, there would be very few available Sundays. I sure do miss those get-togethers. Every body always brought their favorite dishes, which became my favorite dishes!

I don't think dinner together every weekend still in style. In my country, Indonesia thus tradition is held occasionally, like when we celebrate idul fitri for moslems after fasting for a month... When we meet to each other family, it have more value when we meet in some occasion only. We can share may stories after we don't meet for a few months or years maybe

we still do. but its no longer complete now because of my dad's passing. each family brings a dish as well and share it with everyone. but there is always that thing lacking, father's being very playful to grandchildren giving little presents after finishing a game. we hope to be able to keep the practice for so many generations. ann

HI, we use to have them also, but now I think it has ended due to divorces in ours and the mixed visitation times...oh those were the good ole days, stuffing our selves and then sitting around laughing and doing the..hey remember when, for hours..then packed up our kids and went home, anxious for the next Sunday to come.. Grammie

I believe that Sunday dinners are still in style. It's important to keep close family ties, since blood is thicker than water. Also, it's a fun way to spend the last few hours of the weekend before having to face the horrible day we call MONDAY. I think that Sunday dinners should never become a thing of the past, because they're a great foundation in our lives and help us when we become older and have our own families, and grandchildren.