This year I changed the menu to a more traditional Christmas feast: roasted turkey, ham, orange rolls, creamed corn, mashed potatoes, cornbread and apple stuffing, orange zested cranberry sauce, gingered pear tart, and chocolate torte, plus starters. The food felt so festive! I've always done an Italian dinner, which I love, but it was fun to do something different this time.
This is a view of our dining room/living room from the top of the stairs. We set three tables in reds, blues, and creams with accents of green.
A view of the kids' table. Am I really old enough to be setting a kids' table now?
Our picture before the party begins. Every year, we take a picture together before the party in front of our tree.
More pre-party pictures...
I am showing her our Christmas scrapbook, which Kathy Altaras made me for a wedding gift. She has several years worth of pages planned out and I paste in the pictures each year on the designated pages. It is one of my most treasured wedding gifts. I love it, love it, love it, and so does Katie. I am pointing to a picture of Katie and Daddy from last year's McGaugh party.
I am showing her our Christmas scrapbook, which Kathy Altaras made me for a wedding gift. She has several years worth of pages planned out and I paste in the pictures each year on the designated pages. It is one of my most treasured wedding gifts. I love it, love it, love it, and so does Katie. I am pointing to a picture of Katie and Daddy from last year's McGaugh party.