if you host holiday meals

[pantsparty]

Yes, I would judge.

[speckledfrog]

I avoid it because I have some eco-guilt. I would not at all judge if someone else did it, I know how much easier it is!

[Deleted]

When I host my family I use china. However, there's only 10 of us.
When it's Hs family which easily gets 35plus, I get plastic. In my defense though, I buy the "nicer" looking stuff. Ha. I'm not washing all that, nor do I have that many dishes. I'm also not about to store extras for the twice a year it happens.

We are also all pretty casual, so no one cares.

I don't care what other people do. If you have me over and feed me I'm happy.

[rugbywife]

I certainly don't judge. We have regular white dishes for 6 and our nice dishes that coordinate (white and silver) for 10. If we are having more than 16 we won't be sitting anyways (so more cocktail style) and then we use paper because, frankly, I don't feel like doing that many more dishes.

Last week there were 16 of us for dinner...I used both sets that we had but gave the 3 kids paper plates.

[pantsparty]

Dec 21, 2013 17:04:16 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Dec 21, 2013 17:02:16 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

Yes, I would judge.

i don't have china.

i'm going to be serious and say i don't even own a single wine glass.

LOL! You don't need china to host the holidays. I was kidding. Do you want us to bring wine glasses?

[Deleted]

Our family gatherings are casual. Paper is just fine. We would rather hang out than have someone in the kitchen cleaning that many dishes and utensils.

[mcmel]

I wouldn't judge. Hell, it probably wouldn't even cross my mind.

[pantsparty]

Dec 21, 2013 17:06:47 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Dec 21, 2013 17:05:55 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

LOL! You don't need china to host the holidays. I was kidding. Do you want us to bring wine glasses?

i can get some wine tumblers, no worries.  i am going to costco tomorrow i think. need to do last minute christmas shopping for H (havent gotten him anything yet)

M'kay, just let us know if you need anything.

[ECB]

We host T-giving. We dont' have "china", but I do have my THanksgiving dishes!

We actually bought a box of cheap wine glasses that I seriously only use at t-giving. We only have 4 regular glasses - so we have a box for big parties.

As for "would I judge" - in the end, no. A part of it does depend on the size of the party. 35 people? Most people don't have nice dishes for that many. So no. For 10? I wouldn't judge, per se, but I would wonder why we're using paper/plastic for such a small group.

[wannabe]

The hub would kill me if I even entertained the thought of disposables for a holiday dinner.

[statlerwaldorf]

We have large family gatherings, so it makes sense that the host wouldn't have have China for 50+ people. I only have 8 place settings. The only thing I'm picky about is having a real wine glass, but I always bring my own since I know my mom doesn't have enough.

[Deleted]

Anyone who would judge is in the minority.

Only really conservative people care about such things.

[CurlyQ284]

I use my special Christmas plates but its about 10 people. Any more than that and I would use paper/plastic. DHs family holidays are about 35-50 and there is no way on earth anyone should use real plates there.

[poopedydoop]

If I am eating food that I didn't have to cook, I give the dinner party two thumbs up.

[sushi]

I don't judge other than the Eco friendly side.

However I personally feel the holidays are the best time to go all out with the nice stuff. That's probably the influence of my gramma. She's pulled out the fine China, silver, and crystal. She'd set the table a couple days ahead, and we'd get lessons in proper placement of the 3 forks, dessert spoon. Basically she was Emily post

[papie]

I judge paper plates and plastic for environmental reasons.  So much waste for no reason.  But I am a hippie who refuses to use paper napkins ever.  Well, I finally compromised for summer, DH said cloth napkins outside to eat ribs and burgers was overkill. 

[papie]

Dec 21, 2013 17:27:07 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Anyone who would judge is in the minority.

Only really conservative people care about such things.

and hippies!

[starlily]

Depends on the size of the crowd. 10+, I wouldn't judge. And I wouldn't expect china ever even for a smaller crowd - just regular plates.

[Deleted]

My take is this -- somebody is inviting you to her home for dinner.

I judge nothing. I'm being hosted and fed.

[papie]

Dec 21, 2013 17:54:25 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

My take is this -- somebody is inviting you to her home for dinner.

I judge nothing. I'm being hosted and fed.

Touché!

I promise I would judge silently.  Nobody would know!

[pirate]

I like being fancy when I host, but I don't really care what other people do. Especially if you're hosting more than 6 or 8 people. I went all out hosting 19 for Easter one year and I had to go out and buy plates from Walmart because we didn't have enough even with our everyday dishes and china combined.

[notoriousmeg]

I use china b/c I have it and that's what we did growing up, but I would not judge someone who was hosting.
The idea of not having a single wine glass makes me sad though. Actually writing that out though i'm judging myself, not you.

[aussiecrush]

The thought wouldn't occur to me to judge. I can't remember the last time someone hosted us, I'd just be glad for the food and friends.

[leancuisine]

My family is huge so we just do paper plates (at least they are fancier Chinette plates). Honestly it is so much easier than having to clean all those dishes and my family genuinely does not care. I haven't hosted for large groups outside my family, but maybe then I'd use china. When it's just one or two people I just use our regular dishes.

[bronxgirl]

I love using my china/crystal/silver and rarely get an opportunity to do so, so I always pull it out for the holidays. However, the other meals I've attended have been a whole range. I certainly don't judge what type of plates someone is using to serve me a meal they cooked and paid for.