Christmas Party Fare

Guests had already arrived so my pictures were taken fast!

I spent this past week in preparation for our

annual Christmas Party. My youngest daughter

helped me bake and create all the treats

then my husband and she provided the entertainment

last night.

It is always fun to bring together family, friends,

Church members and neighbors to celebrate

this Christmas season.

Last year, I made Brown Sugar Brie en Croute

a recipe I found on  Jacqueline's blog, Purple Chocolate Home.

It was a hit.

This year I tried her Lemon Cheesecake ball

and her Chocolate Chip Pecan ball.

My husband really liked the Lemon cheese ball

and the younger folk really liked the Chocolate Chip Cheese ball.

I also made her Symphony fudge.

The menu included:

Bar-b-que meatballs

Bar-b-que ham cubes

Cubed cheese

Brocolli and baby carrots with dip

Grapes

Chips and salsa

Petit Fours

Pecan Tassies

Fudge

Truffles

Cream Puffs

Cheese balls (lemon and chocolate chip)

Brie en Croute

Nuts and Mints

Coffee

Percolator Wassail

Punch.

I make a very easy punch.

It is equal parts 

Sprite to White Grape-Cherry juice

(any white grape juice combination works nicely)

with dollops of Raspberry Sherbert added.

After the party I always make note of what was popular.

Always it is the meatballs and the Brie is popular.

The grapes and cheese cubes always disappear as well as

the cream puffs.

I placed the decorative sugared fruit in a bowl after clean-up

The best part of the celebration is the company – it was fun

to see them participate in the games and Christmas songs.

It is always fun to bring joy to someone’s heart.

I have so missed sharing and visiting as I have become accustomed

to. This week I plan to catch up on emails and to share all

the wonderful things that have been happening here!

I want to thank Jacqueline for sharing her wonderful recipes

that helped make our party a success!

So inspiring!

Christmas Party Fare

Each year, my husband and I host a Christmas Party for

family, neighbors, friends and Church members.

My tasks are to decorate the house and to prepare the

party fare. 

My husband is in charge of the entertaining.

He does such a superb job of it too! He provides games and music.

This year he created a ‘Bingo’ game where the guests where to

ask each other questions about themselves and the holiday.

If they were able to fulfill one of the questions in the square they

would put that person’s name in that spot. 

The house was full of delighted voices and laughter. 

The other two games we play are an ornament exchange .

Each guest brings a wrapped ornament. 

The guests draw a  number  and when their number is called

chooses a packaged ornament from under the tree.

The twist is if someone likes your ornament they can ‘steal’ it and

you then have to go and to choose another ornament. This

can become quite fun and raucous! Some ornaments become

popular by their beauty or by their quirkiness! 

The third game is a left-right game where  we distribute 10 to 12 gifts

and my husband reads a revised ‘Night Before Christmas’.

Each time the word left or right is said the guests pass along

the gifts until at the end the ones left  holding the gift wins their prizes.

After  all that, my husband sings then  reads Luke chapter 2.

In all the fun and merriment, we wish to share with all

our faith in Jesus Christ and our joy in His coming.

He truly is the greatest gift to all mankind.

 The Menu

Meatballs

Cheese Cubes and Ham

Baked Brie and C rackers

Chips and Dip

Sugar Cookies

Caramel Fudge

Chocolate Fudge

Showballs

Cherry and Pistachio Bark

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate Bavarian Cookies

Brocolli Salad

Wassail

Punch

Coffee

I would like to thank Jacqueline at Purple Chocolat  for sharing her recipe

for the most delicious Baked Brie! Wish I had a photo of mine -

my guests began partaking of it as soon as it came from the oven!

My husband gave it rave reviews! You can see a beautiful 

version of it at Purple Chocolat.

Recipes

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Credits
Snowflake Recipe Card
1st Floor Flat Blog


Brown Sugar Baked Brie
Purple Chocolat Blog