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Daisy Maldonado
Nov 26, 2021
Family reunites for Thanksgiving
(TikTok/@jennashelburne)
Last year’s Thanksgiving looked differently for a lot of families.
Threatened by Covid many were unable to go home or visit their parents for the holiday festivities. Others withheld from celebrating the day altogether as they dealt with family in the hospital or other distressing circumstances. It was an undeniably hard situation for many. This year, however, things have gotten a bit better thanks to the vaccine rollout and cases have since noticeably decreased.
While we’re still not completely out of the woods just yet, many families were able to reunite this Thanksgiving for the first time in nearly two years, resulting in heartfelt emotional moments—with some even being a surprise. Luckily, some captured these reunions over TikTok, and we’d be lying if we said a tear didn’t escape our eyes while watching.
Scroll below for the best videos of families reuniting for the holidays. Warning: you might want to have a box of tissues ready.
Not to be dramatic but this pup’s reaction made my whole year
@noellllleeeee Couldn’t even get a hug in😭 #thanksgiving #surprise #dad #family #puppy
Mother left shocked after seeing her daughter outside her door
@jennashelburne flew 5000 miles back home to surprise my family for thanksgiving 🥰 #fyp #surprise #hawaii #virginia
Facetime surprise leads to brotherly reunion
@niccisdad Fun fact…. FaceTime and screen recording doesn’t work…..had to take the recording from my wife’s video and splice onto my screen recording #family #surprise #brother #thanksgiving #holidays
She’s coming home!
An impulsive decision to hop on a flight led to mama-daughter bear hug moment
@juheepatelxx impulsive flights home lead to the best surprise #surprisingfamily #homeforthanksgiving #fyp #nyc
Grandson visits grandmother in nursing home facility
@cking_1423 Thanksgiving surprise 🥰 #thanksgiving #family #surprise #fypシ #lgbt #viral #blowthisup
Happy father smothers daughter in kisses
@hijabibeee #thanksgiving #friendsgiving #turkey #family #surprises
After 686 days this family got to reunite
@gracieandkoda_thegoldens 686 days in the making #reunited #reunion #thanksgiving #thankful #scotland #florida #family #covid
Daughter and dad dance it out
There’s even a reunion at the happiest place on earth, otherwise known as Disney World
@madisunnyk After being separated for almost 2 years because of covid.. I flew to surprise my mom at Disney World! 🥰🥺 #surprise #reunion #reunited #disney
Grandmother meets baby for the first time
@samantashyne Surprising my grandma in Canada 🇨🇦🥺 #Canada #CovidBaby #SerenaSingh #NathanielSingh #Travel #Reunited