Christmas Party

Today was our annual Christmas party!  Normally, this is an evening event, but due to the approaching snow storm, we shifted the time of our party to the afternoon, so that all our guests could get home safely.

-Party Menu-

Meatballs in Pineapple-Pomegranate Habanero Sauce

Individual Veggies & Dip

Assorted Crackers and Breadsticks (Those are Colette’s hands arranging them and sporting her new plaid bow bracelet.)

Assorted Cheeses:

 Toscano with Black Pepper

Cranberry Wendsleydale

Warm Herb Brie Dip (for the breadsticks)

Cave-Aged Cheddar

Cranberry-Chipotle Cheddar

Brie

Assorted Cookies:

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bars

Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Chocolate-Mint Parfait Bars

Yugoslavian Christmas Cookies

Coconut-Cherry Snowballs

Raspberry Bars

Gingerbread Men and Gingerbread Moose

Wassail

Coffee

Tea

Christmas Candy

Colette’s gingerbread house creation this year was a gingerbread church!

Melissa seemed to enjoy all the tasty edibles.

Note the stealth golden retriever.  Let’s just say that this did NOT end well.  Golden retriever = 1.  Theo = 0.  Gulp.  Gone.

And yet more adorable grandkid photos!