Or any manner of activity where the group was small and conversations danced and rambled. It used to be just the night fire, gathered around in the warmth of a small secure light, after the efforts and travails of the day. Wrap the day into a soft maybe-leathered pouch or decorated packet of ideas, all the while as the fire warmed and the flames crackled and bellies were filled and muscles eased from the long day's efforts. I think there is a deep part of our collective memory that needs to be together from time to time just to revel in the getting through it all. Any random activity will do, as long as we hear and speak, banter and gaze into someone else's eyes.
Cadences can vary, topics - any.
Familiar, new, fanciful or dire. They're just the frame. To be together is the glow of the soul. We all search for that deep important and warming campfire to be around from time to time. It satisfies us.