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Why do I do this to myself every year?!? I invite my friends and clients over for what I call the "pre holiday madness" party with the goal of having a drink and one more relaxing evening before the holidays grip us all totally in their clutches for the season. But I think it's gotten too big... and my house has gotten to small! A few years ago I lived in a giant loft (the main room as 80 X 30) and I could have had 500 people and it wouldn't have mattered. But now I live in a 4 story townhouse--so the floorplates are small--and everyone always tries to jam themselves into the damn kitchen anyway. (Why is that BTW?)
So help me... do I have enough food and booze? I have two cases of wine (one red, one white) and 6 bottles of prosecco. One of each bottle of all sorts of the hard stuff with cranberry juice and orange juice, club soda, seltzer, and various sodas. And three cases of beer.
For food I've go four (or is it 5?) kinds of cheese, smoked salmon, 6 (yes SIX) pounds of shrimp cocktail, crackers and chips, three kinds of dips, spiced nuts, and desserts up the ying yang. That doesn't seem like enough, does it? I want to avoid hot food because in past years the HH has spent the whole time in front of the oven putting things in and taking them out and I can't mingle with everyone along so I told him no hot food this year. But do I need more cold stuff? What though?
Argh! Don't get me wrong, I'm exceptionally thankful I have this many people that want to come to my house... but next year I'm moving this party to a restaurant or something!
So help me... do I have enough food and booze? I have two cases of wine (one red, one white) and 6 bottles of prosecco. One of each bottle of all sorts of the hard stuff with cranberry juice and orange juice, club soda, seltzer, and various sodas. And three cases of beer.
For food I've go four (or is it 5?) kinds of cheese, smoked salmon, 6 (yes SIX) pounds of shrimp cocktail, crackers and chips, three kinds of dips, spiced nuts, and desserts up the ying yang. That doesn't seem like enough, does it? I want to avoid hot food because in past years the HH has spent the whole time in front of the oven putting things in and taking them out and I can't mingle with everyone along so I told him no hot food this year. But do I need more cold stuff? What though?
Argh! Don't get me wrong, I'm exceptionally thankful I have this many people that want to come to my house... but next year I'm moving this party to a restaurant or something!