Breakfast on Christmas Day is a simple meal
at our house around the
Christmas Holly
Breakfast Table
The table is set in the breakfast sunspace before Christmas day so
we can enjoy it longer and so
making breakfast on Christmas day is easier.
After all, there are stockings and presents to open, you know.
A simply-set table with a simple centerpiece and
a faux holly swag hung beneath the breakfast lamp
complement the holly decorated dishes and placemats.
The meal is simple also.
Slices of walnut apple raisin bread on the oblong holly tray,
eggs, scrambled or basted, and
crisp bacon slices
is a quick and easy breakfast.
Coffee to drink for some.
Others prefer eggnog on this special day.
My brother and sister-in-law gave me the coffee server for
Christmas many years ago.
I think of them each time I use it.
Red background with holly sprigs placemats are new this year
from HomeGoods and go with the Holly dishes by Villeroy and Boch.
Place cards are not really needed, but these holly-decorated
place cards are perfect with the dishes and placemats.
I've had them for years and enjoy using them for
decorations, not for actual place cards.
The bare tree, fresh and natural, brings out the greens in the
placemats, dishes, and birdcage paper napkins.
Its fragrance says, "Christmas," in our house.
The sterling silver flatware, Meadowsong by Towle, was a
wedding gift from my parents.
The birdcage napkin with its cheerful bird reminds us of the birds
singing their "meadowsong" right outside the breakfast windows.
The faux holly swag hanging from the wall lamp
echoes the holly prints on the dishes, placemats, and place cards.
The simplicity of the swag fits in well with the
simplicity of the table setting and bare, fresh tree.
Sometimes a simple centerpiece is the the most stunning.
The rustic bird appears to be pecking a berry in the candle ring
surrounding it.
Reminiscent of the real birds outside the windows,
this one also brings smiles to our faces on Christmas day.
The twist of its head gives this little bird real personality.
The Christmas holly breakfast table...
Asymmetrical designs reflect the asymmetrical aspect of our day.
Stockings opened before some get out of bed,
presents opened before breakfast, and
a simple breakfast to tide us over until a late afternoon lunch.
Then it's off to see a Christmas day movie.
A tradition started when I was single,
living in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.,
and far from home on Christmas day...
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For my first Christmas day movie in 1969
there were only two or three other people in the theater.
Nowadays, the theater is full for a Christmas day movie.
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