Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton are planning to share another Thanksgiving dinner — and this time, they’re inviting more guests to their annual holiday celebration
The former strangers connected by chance over text in 2016, when she invited him to her holiday gathering. Now they're spreading the love with Airbnb.Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, Eater and other publications.
“I think it is perfect,” Hinton tells PEOPLE. “I mean, me personally, I love meeting new people and building new friendships.”It’s an attitude that has been at the root of their own friendship, which dates back to when Dench accidentally sent Hinton the Thanksgiving reminder text that was meant for her grandson.
Then 17, Hinton told PEOPLE at the time, "The text said, 'Thanksgiving at my house' and it was from a grandma, but I was like, 'When did my grandma learn to text!?' So I asked her for a picture and it definitely was not my grandma."Hinton jokingly texted Dench, "Can I still get a plate tho?" She replied, "Of course you can. That's what grandmas do … feed everyone.
Now, the friends — whose strong bond means they frequently get together, whether it’s a trip to the pumpkin patch, watching the Super Bowl or appearing together on a game show — are looking back on their wholesome tradition. That includes the national mood around the time it began.“Back at that time in 2016, there was the presidential campaign with Hillary and Trump, and there was a lot of bad news of Black people being shot by White cops, and that was very all over the news.
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