Eyes wide with delight, my eldest grandchild announced,  “This is the best I ever saw.  It’s a glass table!”

For Christmas Eve several family members joined us, including three of our grandchidren.

Our 6 year-old grandson eagerly helped us get the celebration set up.  We could not have our Christmas party until Grandpa finished milking.  Hence, we had until 8 P.M. to finish the “set up”.

On the farm, “functional” is quite  normal.   Only on special, festive days do we get out the “beautiful”.  I purposed to make our table of Christmas goodies look special.  I spread a festive red tablecloth on the dining room table and overlaid it with a white lace one.  We garnered each setting with a glass snack plate and it’s accompanying glass teacup.  Shiny stainlessware added sparkle to the table.

Although paper, plastic and styrofoam plates have their place and can be an advantage sometimes, their absence made this table very special.  The old glass plates made the evening celebration a fit way to celebrate birthday of our King Jesus.  Our traditional Christmas goodies never looked better.
photo credit: Wenda Grabau
photo credit: Wenda Grabau