{"id":29681,"date":"2015-12-14T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=29681"},"modified":"2015-12-14T20:21:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T01:21:45","slug":"a-christmas-brunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=29681","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Brunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year we entertain our friends Missie and Ed for a special Christmas meal.\u00a0 Most years it is a nice sit-down dinner, but this year I decided to follow my own advice<\/a>, and\u00a0 serve brunch instead.\u00a0 We tail-gate with Missie and Ed for UK football games, and so, it is nice to see each other in a calmer atmosphere wearing something other than Kentucky blue.\u00a0 It was even more special because Jordan is still here and was able to enjoy it with us.\u00a0 We thought you might enjoy seeing the table that we set for the Christmas brunch.<\/h3>\n

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As you know, I am a traditional red and green girl when it comes to Christmas decorations, and setting the table is no different.\u00a0 I decided to use our red and white plates instead of our wedding china, and it made the table look more festive and not quite as formal.\u00a0 By the way, owning red and white dinner plates is a smart investment if you enjoy mixing up your table settings for the holidays.\u00a0 I use these plates for Valentine’s Day, Memorial Day, and July 4th.\u00a0 By changing the accessories and colors of everything else, they are very versatile.\u00a0 Something like these<\/a> would be perfect.<\/h3>\n

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I paired the red and white with our green depression glass<\/a> and green glass chargers that were used at Cory and Josie’s wedding<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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I like to use this basic cream colored table cloth<\/a>, and I recently bought new ones in two sizes.\u00a0 That way I have one that fits the table normally, and one that fits it when the leaves are in.\u00a0 Using a basic background gives me the chance to layer in color in some other way, and also, it can be dressed up or dressed down.\u00a0 This time I added a plaid, flannel runner that I made to give the table another pop of color.\u00a0 Our silver pattern fit right in with everything.<\/h3>\n

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We started the get-together with some good conversation while sipping poinsettia cocktails<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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When it was time to eat, we all feasted on vegetable frittata<\/a>, cheese grits, spinach salad, and these biscuits<\/a> along with some homemade blackberry jam<\/a>.\u00a0 Rather than serving a sweet dessert, the finale was plain yogurt drizzled with honey and topped with pomegranate seeds.<\/h3>\n

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One of the advantages of serving brunch is that you still have the whole afternoon to do other things.\u00a0 We hit the movies!!!\u00a0 How about you?\u00a0 Have you done any Christmas entertaining yet?<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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Each year we entertain our friends Missie and Ed for a special Christmas meal.\u00a0 Most years it is a nice sit-down dinner, but this year I decided to follow my own advice, and\u00a0 serve brunch instead.\u00a0 We tail-gate with Missie and Ed for UK football games, and so, it is nice to see each other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29681"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29681"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29698,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29681\/revisions\/29698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}