The Lion, The Witch, And The Tea Party (#86)
For dinner, I decided to base our meal on Lucy's first trip to Narnia, when she has tea with Mr. Tumnus. We had a classic British style afternoon tea party. On thing funny about these books and subsequent movies is that despite the fact that Narnia is supposed to be a completely different world, the food there is very British.
The sandwiches were a hit and gotten eaten right up. I will say that prepping the sandwiches took more time than I expected. Also, they took up a lot of space on my dining room table. I think I understand why you see a lot of tiered plates used. It would have been helpful to me to have had that option.
For dessert, I had a few things. Some friends brought the kind of cookies and small snacks you would have at a tea party. We also had Turkish delight, which I put out early during the scene when Edmund is served it. For the Turkish delight, it was purchased through Amazon but from an authentic Turkish company. It was so good!!! I had Turkish delight only once before which I had bought at a candy shop. It was very disappointing: chewy and not very sweet. I assumed that that was what Turkish delight was supposed to taste like. The version that we had this time was vastly better. For starters, it had different flavors, not just traditional rose flavor. It was also the perfect sweetness and consistency. If you want good Turkish delight, I highly suggest that you order from this company.
Like last Christmas, I also had an assortment of holiday cocktails for my Bartesian cocktail machine, which is always a hit at my parties. Last year, I gift wrapped the pods and we had a white elephant gift exchange. I didn't do that this time, because it takes awhile and I didn't want to take too long getting people their drinks. Especially since we had a long movie. I still wanted to wrap them though as a nod to the gifts that the children receive from Father Christmas. So instead of doing a full white elephant exchange, I just had guests randomly pick one and if they didn't like the flavor they got, they could trade with someone.
Anything you would have done differently? Leave your ideas and suggestions in a comment below.
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