Twelfth Night breakfast tomorrow!

[pegkerr]

Here is our table, set for tomorrow's breakfast. I offered to make scones again, but the girls voted for coffeecake, served with cocoa, so I picked that up from the store. I think I picked some nice little things (after Christmas sales, of course!) to go in the stockings.

Table set for our Twelfth Night breakfast

The gold-rimmed plates are from my great-grandmother, and the holly-rimmed green mugs were a gift a couple of years ago from one of my attorneys. And the napkin rings I picked up at Walgreens for 29 cents each this week.

I love our Twelfth Night custom. It's just such a lovely way to bid farewell to the Christmas season.

Comments

[penmage.livejournal.com]

I love your traditions. Both the Christmas morning breakfast and this Twelfth Night breakfast are such a lovely way to recognize and celebrate a holiday.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

It is nice. I leave the tree up until the end of the first week of January, for much the same reason, letting go of the season.

K.

[aome.livejournal.com]

I love our Twelfth Night custom.

I love hearing about it, too. It's nice having 'dress-up' occasions for the table, and a last little set of inexpensive presents is a nice bonus.

[nickel234.livejournal.com]

Wow, what an interesting tradition! I'm not sure I've ever heard of it before! Your family seems very fun!

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

It's something I started about four years ago, and we really enjoy it. The first night we made it a dinner, but we had such trouble scheduling it the next year that we made it a breakfast, and that works very well, so we plan to continue it that way. I fill the miniature stockings with after-Christmas sale stuff, so it doesn't cost too much.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

What a lovely table, and lovely family, you have.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I love twelfth night, too. I like to leave the tree up, and have a party on the night of the fifth. But health says "One party a recovery period" so it will just be W and I, and perhaps some friends casually tonight.

[mareklamo.livejournal.com]

Cool custom!

I would not dare to set our table overnight, as our cats would be sure to investigate. I love our cats, but I don't want their hair on my plate.