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Originally Posted by 2newyorkers
I have a slightly different suggestion. My mom was one of 12 children. We have had a family reunion almost every year since I was a baby. I have 40 first cousins and many other cousins. The main part of our reunion is just for one day. Plan the reunion with your core family for as long as you like but make one day for a family bbq. Have it at a location that the majority of relatives live. Invite everyone and let them decide how long they want to stay. We usually have between 60 to 90 relatives attend. It so much fun but the day goes too fast.
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There were 13 kids in my Mom's family and we used to have a family reunion at a lake near their hometown. The actual reunion was always the last Saturday in July and was a 2 1/2 - 3 day event. We had to have a pretty good excuse not to be there! Everyone stayed with Grandma, siblings or a local hotel. The reunion was on Saturday for my grandmother (Gramps was gone by then), all her children and the grands. On Sunday, Grandma and her kids and spouses had lunch at a local restraunt and on Sunday afternoon everyone got together again with my Grandother's siblings before they all headed home. We had the reunion for over 40 years but it dispanded a few years ago because Grandma and all but 3 of her kids were gone. My mother and her two remaining sisters still get together every year for a 5 day Labor Day Weekend! They call it Sister's Weekend. (I'm allowed to attend as I drive Mom up there and a cousin comes to do the cooking! Thats it, no one else is allowed on their time together.) Mom is the oldest one living at 90.
My late father's immediate family are all gone but hadn't gotten together for years. But, the descendents of my great grandfather and his siblings get together every two years in the Dakotas for a huge reunion. They celebrate everything German and bring their accordians and have polka dances! Unfortunately, I have never made that reunion but it is on my bucket list.