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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 12:15 pm
Rules 1, 2 and 3: this is a simcha, not a stress party. Keep it reasonable for the level of work you can put into it, so you can enjoy yourself and actually pull it off.
Rule 4: delegate. Your neighbor/friend/mom says "how can I help?" Show them the to-do list, and let them pick from there. You're life will get easier.
Rule 5: if you're the Baal simcha, then have a friend with a lot of older children transport the stuff to the location. Child labour is wonderful, and transport/set up/clean up will be stress free.
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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 3:27 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | What dishes/plates did you use for serving?
What did your setup look like?
What did you put out?
Colors?
And pages to look at for ideas?
And off topic - would love recipes for blended fruit drinks to serve |
what I would maybe want to eat...
salads- 3 choices
3 dif color drinks
munchies
flavored popcorn in small cups
peanut chews
chocolate covered pretzels
candies nuts
biscotti
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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 3:30 pm
amother [ Beige ] wrote: | Please don't expect your friends to do the entire job for you, especially their older kids.
Certainly if people offer, feel free to take up their offer to help out. But their children should not feel obligated to clean up after your simcha-- this is a huge job and is taking advantage. Unless you are paying them.
I would have been extremely resentful as a teen to give up my limited free time to clean up the aftermath of someone else's party. |
Guess it depends on the friends.
For my last Brit, someone with a big car and older children literally took the whole transport/set up issue off my hands, and it made a huge difference.
The kids weren't pressed into service. They were begging for tasks, and loved helping. Two carried things, one organized the tables, one took my toddler. Enough hands and an organized set-up plan allowed me to actually enjoy my simcha, and focus on the baby that needed me.
No one was forced into this
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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 3:38 pm
EishesYo wrote: | what I would maybe want to eat...
salads- 3 choices
3 dif color drinks
munchies
flavored popcorn in small cups
peanut chews
chocolate covered pretzels
candies nuts
biscotti |
It's a kiddush. One needs to be able to make a mezonot.
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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 3:39 pm
Elfrida wrote: | It's a kiddush. One needs to be able to make a mezonot. |
good point!!
so what mezonos would you serve aside from the biscotti?
cheese cakes?
choclate oozzing babaka???
mhmmmmm
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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 6:17 pm
Will friends, coworkers or family be sending you anything?
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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 7:08 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | I think so |
Do you know who and what?
This was a big help for me.
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Tue, Jan 12 2021, 8:48 pm
If you’re in Lakewood, I am pretty sure there is a Gemach for serving pieces and props. Anyone know the name?
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Wed, Jan 13 2021, 7:00 am
Clear, glass and mirrors is the easiest because they match any color tablecloths and napkins.
Get clear plastic silverware and cups too.
The tables looks really nice with some height. If you have tall glass vases that can be filled with cookies or a cake stand on a leg, use them.
You can put 2 square glasses upside down and balance a rectangular mirror across them and put miniatures or mousse cups on that.
Put salads in clear plastic bowls with clear serving spoons. Square or rectangle bowls look very classy.
Put a box upside down under one of the tablecloths, in the back center and put either a vase of flowers or a fancy cake on it as the centerpiece. Then add some tall items on either side of it and some height, but not as tall, in front of it.
Use mirrors or flat serving trays in the front of the table and distributed around the taller items.
I like to do a small table or the end of one table for the drinks and cups. Stack the cups in 3 stacks of different heights.
Salads also go together one one side with small plates and forks.
If you're serving hot food, group them together too along with plates, forks and knives.
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