On Sunday afternoon, I hosted the sweetest party! I really like the idea of attending a Christmas party and I know it's common in other countries but not so much in Belgium. So I invited over a few friends (19!) to gather around the tree with festive cocktails and cookies.
I am a bit sad because I absolutely had NO time to take proper pictures of the buffet and decoration that I wanted to show you! I'm so disappointed! But I think it can demonstrate that the party went very well!
We could drink some hot chocolate with either marshmallows or whipped cream, a cranberry cocktail (first with vodka and then with gin), an Irish coffee (whisky, coffee and whipped cream) or a Baileys on rocks.
To eat, we had homemade cookies (a Nigella recipe) and brioche (a Mum recipe) that I baked, a cheese platter with grapes and crackers, some olives, little verrines filled with pears, roquefort cheese and bacon, crackers and dips (tapenade, hummus, eggplant/paprika/tomato and other absolutely divine spreads from the supermarket), a Flammeukueche made by the boyfriend and finally exquisite homemade bagels from Holy Bagels that we had with cream cheese, avocado and smoked salmon.
We could drink some hot chocolate with either marshmallows or whipped cream, a cranberry cocktail (first with vodka and then with gin), an Irish coffee (whisky, coffee and whipped cream) or a Baileys on rocks.
To eat, we had homemade cookies (a Nigella recipe) and brioche (a Mum recipe) that I baked, a cheese platter with grapes and crackers, some olives, little verrines filled with pears, roquefort cheese and bacon, crackers and dips (tapenade, hummus, eggplant/paprika/tomato and other absolutely divine spreads from the supermarket), a Flammeukueche made by the boyfriend and finally exquisite homemade bagels from Holy Bagels that we had with cream cheese, avocado and smoked salmon.
I had made little cards that I framed saying things like "EAT everything/Reheat if it's cold" and another one listing the drinks we proposed. I set lots of my cute red ornaments on the table: red baubles, a few stripy candy canes, red and white candles, fresh cranberries in hurricanes... So sad I have no photo! I loved my red and white paper straws! I think using THEM and post a picture means I am a REAL blogger now haha!!
We also played Christmas music all night and the boyfriend showed a Youtube playlist of Christmas cartoons and films on the television.
I think everyone enjoyed the food and drinks as well as being there! I'm kind of sad I couldn't talk to everyone but we heard some pretty happy awesome news and I just went to bed with a big smile on my face!
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