Christmas Tea

This past week was spent in preparation for a Christmas Tea that we hosted for the 22 wives of the Pastor's College students, plus five other ladies who play a big part in their time here at the Pastor's College. We had several helpers, and so we had 33 ladies here for a tea - including Jeff Purswell's 87 year old mother, who was just a gem! (Jeff is Dean of the College)

I know this is a lot of pictures, but they are all so gorgeous so none of them could be left out! Yet, at the same time, none of them really do justice to the beauty and spirit of the day...

Even Martha Stewart couldn't out-do this centerpiece that Catherine made!!

After seeing this gorgeous, tempting spread of tea sandwiches, scones, cookies and fig cake, I really wanted to be a guest at this tea instead of the hostess!!

This is Catherine Hall (who reminds us so much of Danny's sister Cathy!) and her daughter Claire. She is the mastermind, chef, and decorator of this entire event! She is the queen of hospitality in my opinion, and I have to admit that selfishly I wanted to host this tea just so I could learn from her!

The details were amazing, even down to cranberries frozen in ice cubes to add to the water glasses.

This is just a shot of my Christmas village this year, which I set up on top of the piano. I was able to spread it all out and make it really look like a village! Love it!

This is a shot of our nativity scene in the foyer. I love this representation of the real meaning of Christmas.

"If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: "God with us." We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth!"
[John F. MacArthur, Jr.]