However, I dug around in the archives, and found the photo I took some years back of the table laid for Christmas lunch at my daughter's house. It was a big old Victorian villa in Manchester and had plenty of room for all the relatives from old to young. We all had a lovely time there.
Things have changed now, and I doubt very much that there will ever be such a big gathering again. We are all getting older, and the younger members of the family are scattered, and anyway, don't seem to want to keep to the old traditions.
I shall hold on to my happy memories and continue to enjoy the food, which hasn't changed in quality or variety in any of our families!
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Looks splendid, Gilly! My first photo is Thanksgiving at my sister's house. It's a huge amount of work for her, but the rest of us love it!
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Oh that's too sad about letting go of family traditions, I guess that's where we as most of us are now the elders we must keep these traditions alive. It's fun to change them up a bit, but no matter how a table is set, it's the family and friends around it that make it glow! I like this touch of decorating up for the napkins that your daughter did, (my children even all grown up) still expect and enjoy seeing a decorated table! More memory making stuff right!
I found Christmas tables too. I guess our Christmases now are usually for two with the family scattered about the world.
Delightful table you had here.
Oooh , that looks fabulous!
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