Thanksmas 2017! A Festive Tradition!

For 7 years we have held an annual Thanksmas gathering at some point between late November and early December. This year we held the festivities a little later in December due to other commitments but the result was the same. An evening of great food, great company and a fair amount of merriment. In some ways the later December date added a little extra Christmas sparkle to the evening.

Thanksmas, for those new to the blog, combines all the greatest things about Thanksgiving - think American food, focusing on thankfulness and then Christmas - think the roast dinner, the crackers, the festive dress.

The menu this year:

• Turkey
• Green bean casserole
• Honey roasted parsnips and carrots
• Bacon tossed sprouts
• Corn bread + cornbread stuffing
• Roast potatoes
• Candied yams (sweet potatoes + marshmallows)
• Mac & cheese

Dessert:

• Chocolate tart
• Pumpkin cheesecake

We catered for 12 friends and this year had an added extra of snow! That's right Birmingham brought the snow....for those guests leaving that night it wasn't a big deal. For those staying overnight it led to us digging out their cars the next morning! A first for Thanksmas.

The queue to take a seat in our lounge!

 If you are interested the history of our Thanksmases can be found here.....

The first Thanksmas post is here

The second Thanksmas round up is here

The third Thanksmas and first in our Birmingham home is here

The sixth annual Thanksmas details are here

And so the tradition is over for another year. I t took us three days to eat the leftovers and get the house back to normal but we loved it and can;t wait to do it all again in 2018!