Amazing Christmas Tea Party

Oh, my word, how does one even explain how awesome

 my friend Sharyn and her Aunt Pat's

afternoon Christmas Tea Party was to attend?

It all started with an invite that came in the mail.

What a joy to have that among the catalogs and bills!

Warning: very heavy pic post

These two are just so danged cute -

 always dress in period maid servers costumes.

This time there was some festive "bling"

 added to their apron fronts!

For starters we were all given a Kir Royal.

Then we were given time for some fellowship,

then a nice bit of history/trivia about

England's Yuletime traditions that Pat read to us.

There was a test afterwards for a prize, and I actually

WON!!  : - )

I won a large Wood Wick (WW) evergreen scented candle with

one of those wood crackle wicks.

If you haven't tried one, you must - such a neat gift!

Sharyn has the most beautiful home -

everywhere one looked was something festive and beautiful!

She is so warm and welcoming.

Being invited to her house is truly special.

I just realized I didn't take a picture of her huge 

red and gold gigantic Christmas tree. Ugh, dang.

This is the gorgeous decorated chandy over the dining table.

They had two tables.

I took these before the food came out because

I was afraid I would forget once the food came.

And I mean to say my poor  pics with the low lights

don't do anything I am sharing justice - it all was

SO pretty!

The to-die-for exquisite menu:

Halfway through my soup I remembered

 I hadn't taken a picture yet, so see?

 I really DO forget!  Often!

The smoked turkey salad tarts

were topped with pomegranate seeds!

There were two kinds of scones -

plain and chocolate chip!

Everything was sooooooooooooo delicious

and beautifully presented!

But the absolute end-all-be-all surprise of the day

 was this incredibly awesome idea for a specialty dessert!

SNOW GLOBE DELIGHT!

It was a caramel and chocolate cake

 with white frosting that had shimmery dust on it

to make it look like snow,

 and a little "Santa" gnome, trees and a little gingerbread man!

The gloBe had edible snow speckles on it to look like sleet!

ISN'T THIS JUST THE CUTEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN?

Then to finish off the meal they provided gorgeous and 

perfectly British party "crackers" for us to break open.

They each had trivia questions, a little prize and a paper crown.

But wait - there's still even  more!

Each guest received a huge party gift bag

 with a theme to "get us started!"

It contained pretty little gift bags, magnetic Shopping List, 

tape, gift tags, ribbons, candy -

 all nice things to help us prepare for Christmas!

As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

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