A Christmas Medley of Friendship Tea Party

The teapot is sleeping in this morning.  She used twelve and a half gallons of water to brew 27 pots of tea the past two days.   

Invites

The Table

Tiered Servers

Sweets

Opera Creams

Dolce Candied Grapefruit

Mint Medley Squares

Tinkling Lemon Triangles

Savories

Poco Pesto Bites

Beet Harmony on Endive Leaves

Notable Meatballs

Sandwiches

Cucumber Notes

Pimento Bells

Harmonic Ham Salad

Forte of Pork and Horseradish

I didn't get a photo of the scone course

Eve Hill's Kensington Palace Cream Scones

Christmas Candied Fruit Scones

Lemon Curd

Red Raspberry Jelly

Spiced Wine Jelly

Weddelshire Cream

Tea Friends

Sparkling Pear Juice has became a Christmas tradition for our gathering along with . . .

Christmas Crackers

We read this party script from Maxine

The tea friends were quite expressive while reading their parts.

It was a fun activity and gave us lots of laughs.

The teapot handed out my gifts for the gift exchange

We each received a handmade umbrella from one of the ladies.

This is a very talented group.  Each umbrella reflected our personality.  Mine featured Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

The next day we turned around and did the entire thing again, this time it was with my Aunts.  We no longer get together at Christmas, so it is always fun to share time together. 

 These Christmas tea parties started back in 2006 with my aunts.  In 2012, I started making it a two day event and inviting the tea friends the second day.

Tea Party with My Aunts

My grandson's tea goodies on the second day.  

He wouldn't miss a tea party and drinks his share of tea.

Casablanca from Mariage Freres was the favorite tea with the tea ladies.  The Aunts favored White Raspberry Ginger from a local tea room and St. Nicks from Simpson and Vail.

Sips and Smiles

Teresa