Twelfth Night
Purple Fried Okra carries on a family tradition of having a Twelfth Night party, on or as close to Twelfth Night (Jan. 5) as possible. Because I didn't get to host a Christmas party of my own, I decided to have my own Twelfth Night party to celebrate the end of the holidays. I must say that I'm a big fan of this tradition: I can take advantage of after-Christmas sales and don't have to compete with other Christmas or New Year's parties. Doubleplusgood.
So, the party was fairly laid-back, in part because I felt cruddy last week. I did a lot of sitting and talking. No dancing, but no napping either. I had a table full of treats: the biggest hits were Oreo truffles, white trash and Blue Grilled Cheese's pizza dip. Other nibbles included fig and cream cheese bars, chocolate graham bars, eggnog cookies and white chocolate cranberry fudge. As is my habit, I had too much food, so I sent guests home with doggie bags of treats to share or enjoy later. Keeping such goodies around would seriously damage the fitness challenge. The party itself was quite a setback, so I'm glad I have another week to make up for lost ground.
Dinner last night: Gumby's pizza and Pokey sticks (too lazy to cook)
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Even your mother came to my 12th Night party! She was an imense help. It was fantastic, I did very little food (and had others bring it potluck style), and it seemed like everyone had a great time. Blue Grilled Cheese showed up bringing special-made party CDs, and one guest even started an enormous (key word: ENORMOUS) fire in the fire pit on the back porch. Even strung lights and hung ornaments on the deer head. Have a case of wine leftover, and so much beer it was hard to fit into my car to take home - wah wah wah. Will share with anyone interested.
Posted by: Purple Fried Okra | January 9, 2006 03:25 PM