MOVE OVER MARTHA

I'll try to be brief.

Everyone is so busy 

❋❋❋ after all, it is Christmas Eve ❋❋❋

I had the place to myself all day 

yesterday.

the one and only item

on the checklist ... 

SET THE TABLE ... 

(no fair peeking, Ang)

If you're at all like me, this is the crowning glory.

Somehow even the food tastes better

with a pretty, styled centerpiece and table ware.

I lamented ... 

green and red Christmas plaid was in my plan from the get go.

I stewed, and sighed.

It just wasn't coming together.

In mid stream, I changed the plan.

Toile, glass, and oodles of vintage nativity pieces.

A little of this and a lot of that.

I foraged the house and the craft room ... scratching my head as I went.

Tiny tree stumps, glitter, shipping tags, a burlap runner,

front and center

THE CHRIST CHILD

after all this is HIS birthday.

I have to admit

we are not eating until

4 p.m. tomorrow, but I've strolled past the table hundreds of times, since finishing.

Noticing tiny new details with each re-visit.

It's kind of like the Marshall Fields windows on State Street.

Magical, mysterious and because of the

CHRIST child, majestic.

It took an unexpected turn from green and red to THIS ...

I'm so glad it did.


Merry Christmas


and

❋❋❋ move over martha ❋❋❋

zee menu

Turkey with Stuffing

Sirloin Tip Round Roast/a jus  

Glazed Baby Carrots  

Petite Green Beans with Hollandaise 

Organic Garlic Mashed Potatoes /Gravy

Corn Chowder  

Fresh Cranberry Sauce   

Baguettes

Champagne

Pumpkin Cheesecake

with Bourbon Praline Sauce

wine and cheese at 1:00p.m.

Dinner will be served family style at 4 p.m.

Merry Christmas