When we built our new house, one of my dreams was to have a dining room that would accommodate EVERYONE for Christmas dinner...and this Christmas, it was so! It was our absolute pleasure to host 23 members of our family and friends for my favorite Christmas day ever! 
A Who-ville theme seemed perfect -- I could just see all the Who's seated at their long tables filled with fun, family, friends and fabulous food! Six different families (all related in some way by at least one member) gathered at our house and of course, everyone needed to know their proper Who name... www.grinched.com provides a great tool to help come up with these fun names -- 
we had Dibble-Moo-Who's and Tickle-Poo-Who's and Giggle-Boo-Who's coming out of the woodwork. I made nametags for everyone and the kids made sure everyone had their own. I also found this great lime green Grinchy tree at HomeSense and couldn't resist. My friend gave me the other funky one (I must admit, I'm a bit of a Who-Ville addict) a couple of years ago.
A Who-ville theme seemed perfect -- I could just see all the Who's seated at their long tables filled with fun, family, friends and fabulous food! Six different families (all related in some way by at least one member) gathered at our house and of course, everyone needed to know their proper Who name... www.grinched.com provides a great tool to help come up with these fun names -- 
we had Dibble-Moo-Who's and Tickle-Poo-Who's and Giggle-Boo-Who's coming out of the woodwork. I made nametags for everyone and the kids made sure everyone had their own. I also found this great lime green Grinchy tree at HomeSense and couldn't resist. My friend gave me the other funky one (I must admit, I'm a bit of a Who-Ville addict) a couple of years ago. 
Red and white, stripes and dots and any wonderfully unique ornament I could find filled the tree, table and house. I even found some great red dishes in the clearance section of the grocery store and picked them up too-- LOVE them!
...and here is the crowd!
Looks like so much fun! You did an amazing job with the decorations too! I'm a big Dr. Seuss fan and would love having a room that was whimsical and vibrant, with crazy curvy furniture and all. Maybe in my dream home. :)
ReplyDeletehi ngan! it has a 'whoot! :) I'd love some crazy curvy furniture as well! thanks for stopping by :)
ReplyDeleteOoooo, Karon, that looks like so much fun!! I love all the color (YES to those red plates!). We had ten for dinner and if I had 23 we would have to buy flatware! :) and chairs! I, too, love the Grinch!!! And what a lovely, lovely portrait of everyone! Happy New Year! xo
ReplyDeletehi cait-- my mother-in-law lives next door and I raided every chair she had...and I had exactly one knife, one fork and one spoon left in the drawer :) my husband built a 6 foot extension for the table...it was snuggly but just what Christmas is supposed to be! Ten is quite a crowd as well-- I'm sure you had a lovely day too :) xo karon
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, and you really did a fantastic job! WOW!
ReplyDeletethanks sue! it was a blast!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous job you did with all the preparations and decorating!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images ~ Thanks for sharing!