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@Carmie wrote:

Though this table setting is beautiful...how practical is it?

The prettiest tables are filled with food!

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@Carmie 

That's an interesting statement.  My grandmother always had a table so packed with food it was hard to get all the plates, flatware and napkins therein.  I only set the entree on the table and allow the sides and desserts to rest on the buffet and desserts on the bar with extra plates, flatware, napkins and beverages.  

I wonder how others do that.  It would be an interesting thread to follow, to see how each does their family table.

[Sooner]

Traditional maybe to some but we ate Thanksgiving off of Franciscan Starburst dishes!  And yes, the table was full to the edges with foods, the dressing in a long Corning Ware baking dish with the little blue flowers!  

[Carmie]

@Nonametoday   During holiday meals, I serve food from a buffet table.  However, my table also has food on it...like butter, salt and pepper, bread, grated cheese, olives, etc.

Being Italian, we always serve a homemade pasta dish as well as Italian wedding soup along with the traditional items.

My table always has so much on it, that I can't even have candle sticks on it.

I suppose if you have a very wide table, there would be more room.  My table extends to fit 14 people, but by the time all the dishes, glassware, silverware, butter dishes, bread, salt and pepper shakers, etc. are on it, there's no room for holiday decor.

We always have a ton of food and a lot of people.

[Nonametoday]

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@Carmie wrote:

@Nonametoday   During holiday meals, I serve food from a buffet table.  However, my table also has food on it...like butter, salt and pepper, bread, grated cheese, olives, etc.

YES, WE PUT THE ACCOUTREMENTS ON THE TABLE, INDIVIDUAL SALT/PEPPER SHAKERS, TWO BUTTER BELLS WITH KNIVES, BREAD, CRANBERRY SAUCE/GIBLET GRAVY BUT THE TURKEY IS THE ENTREE AND SIDES ARE ON THE BUFFET AND DESSERTS ON THE BAR WITH REFILLS OF BEVERAGES.  That's similar to mine but not exactly.  We do Italian in early Autumn, athough we are not Italian because it reminds my children of early childhood friends, Italian, whose mother taught me to make Italian dishes and we live thousands of miles apart now.

Being Italian, we always serve a homemade pasta dish as well as Italian wedding soup along with the traditional items.

My table always has so much on it, that I can't even have candle sticks on it.

I suppose if you have a very wide table, there would be more room.  My table extends to fit 14 people, but by the time all the dishes, glassware, silverware, butter dishes, bread, salt and pepper shakers, etc. are on it, there's no room for holiday decor.

We always have a ton of food and a lot of people.

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