Ladies of the church vie for the chance to hostess a table...and then each decorates a table around a theme. Beautifully fragrant pink roses with china to match. Each hostess makes an elegant dessert...the tables groan under the weight of nuts, chocolates, cookies, crackers and more.
Everyone comes a half an hour early to admire all the tables....each hostess has place cards to show where everyone sits.
Over the years all of my daughters have attended with me some of the time. Tonight Liz and Sydney came with me. We listened to the Redwood Children's Choir and a Christmas story told by the pastor. The ladies lit the Advent Candles and read scripture. And of course we all sang Christmas Carols with gusto.
It seems to me that beginning December with this wonderful reminder of why we celebrate the season is perfect for me. Alleluia! Jesus is Born!
Sydney loved looking at all the tables and especially all the goodies at her place. However.....she pronounced the candy cane as "too spicy!"
5 comments:
"Too spicy"...that's cute. It's what my granddaughters also say when something doesn't taste "right". An Advent tea sounds completely delightful. I should think it would be a lot less stressful than a Christmas dinner later in the month.
Pretty tables! Pretty granddaughter! And I agree, candy cane IS too spicy.
Oh Brenda! What a wonderful tradition to look forward to AND to share with all your girls. :-) 'Course, probably even if I DID have something like that to look forward to I'd forget! ;-)
What a lovely tradition! And yes, a wonderful way to set the focus on the birth of Jesus.
The Advnet Tea sounds wonderful.
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