Christmas Dinner aftermath

 

I got so behind on Christmas Day, that I didn't get the table set with all the sparkling Wedgwood dishes, Silver and Crystal until it was all coming together in the kitchen and I didn't have time to take pictures. Can you imagine? So, here are post dinner photos. The aftermath. It was beautiful and fun. I am definitely doing it just like this next year. Oh....and for the record, even the fussy eater at the table loved the Figgy Pudding!!!

 

 

"Now bring us some piggy pudding, Now bring us some piggy pudding..."

 

I must share the cutest Christmas story with you. This exchange happened about 25 years ago. My husband Allan can be the funniest person....

Allan hums and sings a lot. Every day. He has an affinity for Christmas Carols....year round. About 20 years ago he was in the kitchen singing the song We Wish you a Merry Christmas....."now bring us some piggy pudding, now bring us some piggy pudding" I stopped him and I could barely get out "did you say {snort ha ha snort gasp} Piggy Pudding?". He said "yes". I said, now I am getting that crazed kind of laughing where you can hardly speak..."it's actually Figgy Pudding" He just kind of looked at me for a minute and said "well, that's ridiculous, that doesn't even make sense". Honestly I was laughing so hard I was hysterical. Trying to recount the story for my co-workers the next day, I had to leave the room, I couldn't get the story out. Ahhhh, good times, good times.

So here is the actual song if you are so inclined. There are several versions of it.

This is the one I grew up with.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Chorus:

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

And a cup of good cheer

We won’t go until we get some

We won’t go until we get some

We won’t go until we get some

So bring it right here

So bring us some figgy pudding

So bring us some figgy pudding

So bring us some figgy pudding

And bring it right here

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Repeat chorus three times

Gifts wrapped and silver polished

I cheated with the silver this year and used my mothers silver cleaning plate. I really enjoy cleaning silver, and like to leave tarnish in the grooves...a nice old patina. However, I am running out of time, so the plate it is. I must say, it sure looks clean!!

The flash created this gold shine. I love it. Let's all pretend that my old battered silver is actually gold!!

No flash...and the silver as it actually looks.

Another shelf done, most of the Wedgwood is clean and shiny

 This teapot, cream and sugar was a gift from Allan for Mother's Day...
one week after I had Noel.

All washed and polished to a shine

Two shelves of dishes done!!! One to go.

Wedgwood dishes are washed and put away!!

I took two hours tonight and washed my 73 year old Wedgwood Embossed Queensware dishes. I really took my time, even using my little Lee Valley nail brush to wash out all the blue grape and vine design around each dish.

Washing the dishes

Drying and stacking

Back in Great Grandma's china cabinet

The other side

Two shelves left to go