You set out the chairs.
We handle the sign-ups.
Creating an event takes three minutes — about as long as it takes to knot a garland. Your listing goes live the moment you publish, searchable by zip code across the whole neighborhood.
Set your date & time
Pick any day in December — or all twelve. Recurring events supported.
Drop your location
A church hall, a backyard, a community center, or a Zoom link.
Set your capacity
Intimate circle of 12 or open-door celebration for the whole block.
Write your invitation
Tell people what they'll taste, hear, or make — in your own words.
Guests arrive carrying
warm dishes and cold cheeks.
Registration is a single tap on the attendee's side. On yours, it's a clean list of names — with dietary notes and headcounts — waiting in your inbox before the first car pulls up.
Name your gathering
Where is it happening?
Write your invitation
The table is full.
The fire is bright.
Real hosts. Real gatherings. Real neighbors who found each other through a listing and left with a tradition.
"I've run the Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper at our church for eleven years. Last December was the first time I didn't lose a single RSVP to a sticky note. Gather sent me a headcount at 5 PM and I made exactly the right amount of kutia."
"Our Diwali-to-Christmas mela draws families from six ZIP codes. I used to manage registration in a spreadsheet. Now I post on Gather and the list fills in 48 hours. Every family gets a confirmation in their language."
"I host an open-door tamale party every December 23rd. My neighbors two streets over found me through Gather last year. They brought their abuela. She taught everyone her family's masa recipe. That wouldn't have happened any other way."
Your gathering
belongs on this list.
Free to list. Free to attend. The only platform built specifically for the people who keep holiday traditions alive — not for algorithms, not for ads.