I have always wanted to host a huge dinner party so I took this Christmas as my opportunity to do so. Lucky for me JoDee was on board and we set out to host our first annual Cookie Exchange and Gourmet Dinner. We sent out 25 invitations and to our great surprise we had 21 RSVP yes! We were thinking it would be a good turn out if we had 15, so this was an exciting shock :)
We had the invitations made in November because we wanted to give people the opportunity to put it on their calendars way before the craziness of the holidays hit. That being said we put the words Gourmet before we even had a menu. It just sounded better than the word dinner. We had shrimp cocktail, insalada caprese, raw vegetables, spinach and artichoke dip for appetizers, the main dish consisted of stuffed chicken, potato soup, mac and cheese, and green bean bundles and then a sweet potato dessert.
It was so much fun and I got to use every single piece of china I own along with all my crystal. Becca Canfield and her mother graciously let us use their Lismore Iced Beverages so everyone could have the same glasses and Lerin Blackmon loaned me her 12 Days Toasting Flutes so everyone's dessert was served in the same dish.
All the cookies were amazing and the fellowship even better. I loved having 24 bodies squeeze into our living space and seeing how blessed I am with so many friends God has place in my life over the past year. To think that over half of them I didn't even know this time last year!
Not sure how, but we are gonna try to top it next year!
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