This photo has generated a lot of messages from my brother. He remembers building the red willow crib by the tree with our Dad.
This is a picture of Christmas past; check out the slices of baked ham with radish roses, a raisin sauce would have been served hot in a gravy bowl is on the stove kept hot, cheese stuffed celery with pimento olives, cranberry sauce, a three tiered crystal serving dish with assorted desserts along with a plate of white fruit cake. In the oven would be side dishes, cabbage rolls and pyrohies to be served piping hot along with mashed potatoes and gravy.
All the side dishes would be added to the table to be served hot after grace. A steam pudding with a brown sugar sauce would finish the meal. My menu is very similar to my Mom's. Got to love tradition! Do notice that there are no wine glasses on the table, serving wine was not the norm. Orange Pekoe Tea would have been served with the desserts!
By the fresh spruce tree is a birch wood candle holder that my dad made and my mom decorated with fresh spruce and red ribbon and red candles yearly. Yes, that is holly on the table. A bowls of oranges and nuts are also on the coffee table.. Not sure where that box of chocolates is!
My mom always sliced the turkey in the kitchen before plating it on a large platter along with the dressing.
This was a new red dress that my mom had bought for me for Christmas and wanted a picture of me in it.
Check out the black phone on the end table by the couch.
The Christmas tree is a fresh spruce that my Dad would have chopped on his farm.
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