Comments on: Giving Thanks With Style

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:20:37 +0000

Though, actually, come to think of it we barely have room for plates with all of the people we stuff at a table – even with a buffet. It usually takes something like three tables lined up end to end stretching halfway across the house to fit all of us – 12-13 down each side!

By: Margo

Margo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:56:20 +0000

It was not done wit the most po of faces, it must be said…

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:31:24 +0000

@Margo That would be some people’s idea of hell! I’d love it, though. We never had much order to our holiday tables at my family home. It was a free for all where everything was concerned… people, plates, food…

@Little Red and @Elisabeth Maybe they have a buffet set up? My paternal family almost always has huge holiday meals with tons of guests, and plates, glasses, and everything else take up most of the room on the table. All of the food is kept on a sideboard. Granted, most people — The Beard and I included — don’t have a convenient sideboard in their dining rooms or kitchens.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:46:12 +0000

I am constantly in awe of people who can pull something like that off! We’re planning on having over 20 people staying at our house (4 bedroom!) for Thanksgiving and finding and affording matching table ware, tables, flatware, etc, is almost impossible! Sooooo darn beautiful, though . . . eeks. If only.

And ditto, Little Red – where the heck do you get all that flat space? Is there room for food anywhere?

By: Little Red

Little Red — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:16:42 +0000

I don’t know where people all that flat space for all the decorative stuff on a table after all the place settings?

By: Margo

Margo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:34:03 +0000

This brings back memories of the Very Important Job of Correct Table Arrangement at my family get-togethers, from cutlery placement to seating order – if you were lucky enough to be entrusted with that gig, you had to draw up the perfect table (male/female order, no partners sat next to each other). So much fun.