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Post by JeriJet on Jul 16, 2014 10:58:35 GMT -5
Same with my family.... The Waltons didn't move around very much that I remember.... perhaps only when the script or camera angle required it in some way ??
We didn't move around either growing up. We had our own chairs and that's where we sat.
I was just remembering that, even when a "holiday table" included more relatives, my Mom and Dad still sat at the two ends.... My paternal grandparents sat on either side of my Dad.... my younger sister always sat next to Mom, even when she was old enough to cut her own food !!
Another thing -- we always used cloth napkins at my parents' home..... and the five of us in the family had our own silver napkin rings, which came down from various ancestors -- none had been purchased for any of us !! ... I still have mine, and both Mom's and Dad's.... I should really try to figure out the origin of each, along with all my genealogy research
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Post by Ruthie Mae on Jul 16, 2014 11:25:31 GMT -5
We didn't move around either growing up. We had our own chairs and that's where we sat.
I was just remembering that, even when a "holiday table" included more relatives, my Mom and Dad still sat at the two ends.... My paternal grandparents sat on either side of my Dad.... my younger sister always sat next to Mom, even when she was old enough to cut her own food !!
Another thing -- we always used cloth napkins at my parents' home..... and the five of us in the family had our own silver napkin rings, which came down from various ancestors -- none had been purchased for any of us !! ... I still have mine, and both Mom's and Dad's.... I should really try to figure out the origin of each, along with all my genealogy research
During holiday meals, it was usually the same seating arrangement at my house, but sometimes, I was relegated to the "childrens' table." We didn't always have a table only for children, though; it depended on how many people were there.
I loved reading about the silver napkin rings! How exciting it would be to find out where each one came from.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Jul 16, 2014 12:58:46 GMT -5
I would sit down by Elizabeth also. Seemed a little less formal at that end. We sit wherever in my house but my father in law had his favorite place at his table and you better not sit there!
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Post by RebeccaLee on Jul 17, 2014 20:12:23 GMT -5
In the winter closer to the stove by Olivia...in the summer well near Grandma at the end.
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Post by patriciaanne on Jul 17, 2014 20:17:06 GMT -5
We didn't move around either growing up. We had our own chairs and that's where we sat.
I was just remembering that, even when a "holiday table" included more relatives, my Mom and Dad still sat at the two ends.... My paternal grandparents sat on either side of my Dad.... my younger sister always sat next to Mom, even when she was old enough to cut her own food !!
Another thing -- we always used cloth napkins at my parents' home..... and the five of us in the family had our own silver napkin rings, which came down from various ancestors -- none had been purchased for any of us !! ... I still have mine, and both Mom's and Dad's.... I should really try to figure out the origin of each, along with all my genealogy research
I always use real napkins, and tablecloths (unless it's a bit less formal and we're just using place mats). I love setting the table, especially for holidays and tea parties. I enjoy picking out napkin rings. I found beautiful silver napkin rings at Blarney Woolen Mills when I was in Ireland in 2012 (we brought my parents there for their 50th anniversary). I've used them for the last two Christmases. I got silver chargers to match. (Prior to that I was using brass chargers.)
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Post by sdw on Jul 18, 2014 10:05:07 GMT -5
I like to set the table,especially our dining room table when we eat their on holidays or when we have company.
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Post by RebeccaLee on Jul 18, 2014 10:09:53 GMT -5
I do too! Setting the table that is....you know what would be cool and I hope to do it when we are moved to our retirement town is have friends over for tea...and use my teacups and the sort. Teapot on tray...dainties on a tiered stand ...that sort of thing. Bring out photo albums like when John-Boy took the Scottish lady to the ocean
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Post by patriciaanne on Jul 18, 2014 13:36:16 GMT -5
I do too! Setting the table that is....you know what would be cool and I hope to do it when we are moved to our retirement town is have friends over for tea...and use my teacups and the sort. Teapot on tray...dainties on a tiered stand ...that sort of thing. Bring out photo albums like when John-Boy took the Scottish lady to the ocean Oh don't wait until you are retired! That's what I did one year for my birthday. I took the day off and had a tea party and invited my friends. I had so much fun researching recipes online and in my tea magazines and recipe books. I served several varieties of tea sandwiches, had lovely little desserts (yes, on a 3-tiered tray!) and different scones, muffins and tea breads. My mother couldn't attend because my birthday is in March and she's in Florida then. So she sent be a beautiful fruit bouquet. I served tea, of course, but also served punch in my beautiful cut glass punch bowl. I had my pink tablecloth on the table, my white crocheted place mats and dainty little napkins. I used my Donegal Irish tea set (which has a rose pattern). I have candlesticks and napkin rings and bud vases that match my tea pattern and I used all of them. I had little bouquets of roses on the table and scattered rose petals down the middle of the table, if I recall correctly. That was a fancy tea. But you can also do really fun, informal ones.
I also like to collect antique serving pieces for my tea table. I have sugar tongs from 1790 and also antique tea strainers and a lemon dish and lemon fork. I love "gracious living." But I also like going out and getting dirty doing farm work and being with my horse, so I'm pretty well rounded. lol
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