Well, it finally came, and happened. It was 30 degrees Celcius (86 Farhenheit) today, blazing sun and generally about as unsuited to a big meal as you can imagine!
This was our table back in 2009, but the lovely cloth is in service on our Christmas table in the shop, and we wanted to get the children involved. So, this year:
My nieces making crackers in hot pink, lime and orange, and cutting snowflakes out of wrapping paper. They are all getting so grown up, I can't call them children any more (Jess who is 18 next year took exception to me saying it, but they are growing up so fast!)
Some of the output of their labours
The table coming together. White paper table cloth - what a wonderful product it is! It also covered the buffet, and we have plenty left over. The Embroidenator made the cute glittery Christmas trees.
Dinner begins. I popped out of the kitchen to take this photo - only about half way through dishing up such a big group at this stage. My littlest nephew Peter has a keen eye for a camera!
And after all the food is eaten, the crackers pulled and the eaters dispersed, all that is left is carnage. The Embroidenator contemplating it all, and probably feeling the heat!
Jess made a gingerbread house. It is so beautiful, noone could bear to eat it!
The
bunting was a great hit too. And I got a couple of very special presents I will share in another post.
Merry Christmas to you all, with much love from me.
Wonderful day , merry Christmas x
ReplyDeletePop, crack, pop! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Natalie
A lovely Christmas - at least the weather was good. Here in Sydney we had an electrical storm and pouring rain and I did a BBQ outside! NOT fun.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Maryanne. I wish it would cool off though.
ReplyDeletewah! did you cook for all these people?
ReplyDeletethose crackers are lovely and the table looks great!x
Oh Sian you would not approve. Chicken (free range though) and stuffing, with newly dug potatoes, beans and peas, roast kumara with peanuts (kumara is a sort of sweet potato native to NZ) and for pud we had a gluten and dairy free christmas pudding with lemon sauce. It was delicious! :)
DeleteI heard about your super-heated Christmas Day. It was cool and wet down here. Thanks for your comment on Father Jack and also for becoming a Follower! I get itchy fingers looking at all these crafty blogs but I'm just not in a crafty mental space for the time being.
ReplyDeleteStill I can drool. Happy New Year :-)
Merry Christmas! It was a stinker on Christmas day huh? I had to drive around seeing family in a car with no air-con. I nearly died.
ReplyDeleteErk, I can imagine how unpleasant that would have been!!!
DeleteWowee, possibly the other extreme from my Christmas weather!! Looks like a grand (scale) but shared family Christmas, and the cracker making, I bet , is always a hit.
ReplyDeleteIt's the first year I involved the children in the table setting - usually Mum and I do it all ourselves. Now we've done it though, we're never going back! :) It meant they were occupied until dinner, and so we got it all out of the way and dishes done before presents. I always miss that bit when it is first as I am so busy. SO I enjoyed it all a lot more :) And they enjoyed it too, clever things that they are! :)
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