Get out your grandmother’s tablecloth and napkins, folks! And remember the good times . . .
Love Those "Hands at Home"
Celebrating the Human Touch
Get out your grandmother’s tablecloth and napkins, folks! And remember the good times . . .
Love Those "Hands at Home" 
The first Thanksgiving dinner I ever hosted included one of the tables collapsing just as everyone was about to sit down. Some how, only one glass broke, and a few olives made it into the applesauce but everything else was saved. That day made some stains but it also has created a memory we all laugh about every year.
I bet you had stains! But, really, isn’t this sort of chaos, shared by people who don’t judge, what the best holidays are made of?!
Would you believe that we are going to use brown paper and red plastic cups for thanksgiving!…..😳 The family says they don’t want the traditional turkey dinner,they want a crab picking fest. So that’s on the menu.😄 The turkey that was to be baked turkey winked at me and said… Way to go! Lol!!
That sounds like a great new tradition for Thanksgiving! And, truth be told, we’re having a Mexican feast here!
You always make me feel so much better about my spotty and marked collection of linens and napery 🙂 It is true what you say and I shall never again try to remove the inevitable stains left by my best friend whenever she visits………….. though I think I shall continue to remove the breakables from around her…… 😀
It’s a lot easier to be mellow about stains on table linens than about broken china and glasses! Your friend sounds like a force to be reckoned with!
I enjoyed reading this again! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. xo Johanna
Happy day to you and yours, too, Johanna! I hope you get some time outdoors and some time to knit!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I am building up to the Christmas celebrations here, which I do in Swedish style!
Thanks, Karen! Your plan for Christmas sound great–I will SO look forward to hearing and seeing more!
Wishing you a very happy Thanks giving! Hope it was a lovely one xxx
Thank you, Kate–it was wonderful!
I wrote a comment yesterday and I don’t see it here…wonder what happened. Anyway, in brief, when I set my table each year I do think of all the women who collected or bought something special that I use.
I did see your other comment, Deb! Your holiday table sounds perfect!!
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with all your heartfelt memories. I truly enjoy your posts about vintage linens, fabrics, etc.
Thank you–it’s so nice to hear that!
I also hope you celebrated a lovely wonderful Thanksgiving because we don’t celebrate that in Belgium! xxx I loved this lovely post! 🙂
Thanks, Sophie! Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday, I think–it’s always good to slow down and be grateful, right?
I remember these types of linens from my childhood. My mother would set a fancy table and the extra leaf was added to the table. At the end of the meal, there were often wine stains on the tablecloth. Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Same to you! I don’t remember anyone getting upset about the spills either–it’s as if they knew that the moment was more important than a silly old tablecloth . . .