Hosting a fabulous Christmas dinner party is a wonderful way to connect with your girlfriends……AFTER Christmas. For several years I hosted a friendly lady’s dinner party each year after the Christmas hubbub settled down. It would be a night for just hanging out with my good gal friends, eating a delicious meal and relaxing after the crazy holiday. I so miss this event as I have now moved south, but I still have all the go to suggestions on how to pull off the perfect dinner party. Mid-Life Goddess rule # 9 (here) states “A Goddess lives to Entertain and be Entertained!” Being a Hostess with the “Mostest” is a…
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What are your Thanksgiving Traditions?
What are your Thanksgiving traditions? Turkey or Ham? Big family dinner or small group of friends? Travel or Stay Home? I have collected a group of traditions from my sisters and girlfriend tribe — we’ll call it a Friendsgiving twist on some traditional ways to celebrate Thanksgiving. Our Family Traditions For years, while my daughters were little ones, my mother-in-law and her sisters would show up on Thanksgiving day and take over my kitchen. My contribution was a clean kitchen, a couple of decorated tables (adult and kid versions), and wine. She and her sisters would laugh, bump into each other cooking their various specialties and drink their wine. I…