Christmas Formal Dining Room

Welcome to my Christmas formal dining room! 

I don't use my silver and china very much during the year,    but it gets quite a work out  at Christmas.

I don't  have  very many "sit down dinners"  during the holidays.      I prefer to have parties where guests can  eat and mingle at the same time.

When I have a party there are  "grazing" tables set up in the family room,    kitchen,   and sun room ...........   

Today though,   I'm going to share a tour of the formal dining room.

The cabinet in the corner is where I display 99% of the china and crystal that belonged to my mother.

This is my mothers wedding china........

and her crystal

This is one of my favorite pieces that belonged to my mother.

This was my mothers favorite  tea set.

I love collecting tea cups and pots.

 

This is one of the tea sets that belonged to my mother.

 

More tea cups and pots on this side of the dining f room

The big table in the formal dining room is one of my "grazing stations"        I usually have the meat and cheese platters on this table.       Cheese and crackers on this end........

Meat and bread on this end.........

Dips and chips in the tiered stand.........

I scatter sweet goodies on the buffet........ 

I hope you enjoyed the tour of my formal dining room........come back soon.......or better yet,   drop by for one of my Christmas parties!