Monday evening Ron and I conducted a social experiment of Pavlovian degree.
During our first holiday party at Chestnut House, co-hosted with Lou Jane, we crammed our entire guest list from the loft into a space, though no less grand, considerably smaller in scale. Here is what we observed:
1. Shove enough people close together, wrap them in acrylic Christmas Sweaters, and no one will realize there is no heat in the house.
2. Nothing brings a crowd together like suckling pig. Liquor+Gigantic Dead Pig+People=Instant Conversation!
3. Never trap yourself between an armoire and a wall...there is just no escape.
4. True friends don't mind watching for falling plaster and loose floorboards as long as you stuff them with coconut bon-bons.
5. There is nothing like a holiday party , and the gifts that are given to the hosts, to show what your friends imagine your decorating style to be. This year was a wonderful, pleasant surprise!
6. If you want to see a little dog absolutely lose his mind, leave a pig carcass on your dining table overnight, just inches out of his reach.
7. Be thankful Christmas comes but once a year-364 days of recovery seems just about right.
Until next week-
Jon (and Ron and Atticus)
3 comments:
I was surprised that while eating desert next to the pig , all things chocolate tasted like pork.
Wow, sounds like quite a party. I wasn't invited but that's ok, I don't have a Christmas sweater :-(
Please don't mount that poor pigs head onto your wall!
Roast pig!? I had no idea there was a roast pig at the party! I must have been too busy shoveling in the delicious blondies & brownies...
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