The Skating Chef is adorable even though I don't quite understand the whole holiday dishes thing. I s'pose that's one of those totally optional, fun things. And it might make a bigger difference if you actually entertained a lot.
Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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WindSparrow - Oct 24, 2008 4:45:28 am PDT #9086 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Trudy Booth - Oct 24, 2008 4:46:20 am PDT #9087 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Oooh! So exciting!
I have been collecting Spode's Christmas Tree pattern for years now even though I didn't have room to put up a tree nevermind deal with a second set of dishes.
And now I dooooooooooo
Barb - Oct 24, 2008 4:47:12 am PDT #9088 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I'm a Christmas geek in that "Good will towards man" sort of way. Plus, for me, the chefs rock because they're winter, as opposed to Christmas-centric. I actually pull them out and use them from Thanksgiving on.
vw bug - Oct 24, 2008 4:52:23 am PDT #9089 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Well, I did talk myself out of buying a whole new set of dishes [link] so I figure I deserve SOMETHING Thanksgivingish.
Ginger - Oct 24, 2008 5:00:08 am PDT #9090 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have been collecting Spode's Christmas Tree pattern for years now.
High-fives fellow Spode Christmas Tree collector
Trudy Booth - Oct 24, 2008 5:02:16 am PDT #9091 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
::boogies with Ginger::
I have everything for four or five at this point. We're going to use them all through Advent I think.
Toddson - Oct 24, 2008 5:02:59 am PDT #9092 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
psst, vw - wineglass charms are fairly easy to make - finding those particular charms might be difficult, but making them is easy.
WindSparrow - Oct 24, 2008 5:09:08 am PDT #9093 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm a Christmas geek in that "Good will towards man" sort of way. Plus, for me, the chefs rock because they're winter, as opposed to Christmas-centric. I actually pull them out and use them from Thanksgiving on.
Now that makes sense to me - wanting a change of dishes now and then, so you aren't using the same old same old. I guess I was kind of wondering if people used Christmas dishes just the one day, or the whole month, or what. Mind you, I'm not dissing the dishes, just not quite understanding - kind of like I don't really understand people who don't love chocolate. I can accept them, love them, but never quite understand.
vw bug - Oct 24, 2008 5:13:02 am PDT #9094 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
psst, vw - wineglass charms are fairly easy to make - finding those particular charms might be difficult, but making them is easy.
Yeah, I considered it, but I already have the following projects to finish before Thanksgiving:
- Cover new cushions for the couch
- Put border on tablecloths and make matching napkin rings
- Finish throw quilt for bedroom
- Make slipcover for futon
I do have limits!
SailAweigh - Oct 24, 2008 5:13:39 am PDT #9095 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I have a Lennox Christmas platter that I keep forgetting about. It's in it's box, somewhere. I don't put it in with the general dishes, so out of sight, out of mind. I need to put it somewhere more accesible, because I will use it if I see it.