A Christmas Cup Of Tea, Pleasanton, CA., 12/21/2013

Today Janice held " A Christmas Cup Of Tea " For her family and close by neighbors at her home. Bami, Parisa and I did various job in helping set up and prepare for the occasion. In addition to a number of neighbors who attended Nicku ,Corey, as well as Corey's mother and sister attended. This was a beautiful activity and her house was so beautifully decorated for Christmas in addition to the decorations just for the tea.A couple of ladies at Corey and Nicku's church operate King Alfred's Bakery & Cafe and Janice hired them to provide various sweets for the occasion and they did a magnificent job and their product was just delicious. They also made hand painted party favors for every one. A photograph appears of these later. You see one of my jobs was quality control. That job entailed tasting the product at various stages to see if it met standards which are very high. They had to be tasted just as they were out of the oven or through the preparation line and again when " I " placed them on the table. You know they could have lost some of their flavor. I am happy to let you know that I found none that failed to meet standard.

As guest arrived they were greeted and asked to prepare a name tag and shown around the house and specifically one table of books and other literature which Janice used to explain that she wanted to start holding a ladies bible study in her home and offered the ladies the opportunity to sign up for the study. Several ladies indicated a interest in attending. Janice had prepared a framed document printed on Christmas paper with a beautiful border explaining what " A Christmas Cup Of Tea " is.

                                                  A Christmas Cup Of Tea

A Tea is composed of 4 parts 

" Sweets " these are the tasty treats which are sweet to the palette

 " Scones " which are the biscuit part of the tea which can be flavored and is served with jams, lemon curd and clotted cream.

" Savory " items are a heavier bite sized finger food meant to hold over a lady in Victorian times until she was served dinner which was typically very late in the evening.

" Your Cup Of Tea " this is as varied as the hand that holds the cup!

And Now You Know.....

Then she had another framed document printed on the same type of Christmas paper which told  today's " Christmas Cup Of Tea Offerings ".

Sweets

Chocolate Brownies w/sugared Raspberry on the top

Peppermint Meringue Popper

Pecan Tasties

Cream Cheese Cake Patites Fours

Mini-Carret Cup Cake w/Cream Cheese Frosting

Mini- Red Velvet Cup Cake with Almond Butter Cream Frosting

Christmas Petite Fours

Assorted Candies

Scones

Cream Scones

Lemon Poppy Seed Scones

Cranberry Orange Scones

Savories

Cucumber Sandwiches

Egg Salad Sandwiches

Petite Cheese Souffles

Mini Quiche

Petite Chicken and Mushroom Souffles

Open Faced Salmon Sandwiches

Drinks

Wide assortment of hot tea, punch, coffee and water to drink

First I want to show you the decoration that specifically pertain to the Cup of Tea and In another posting I will show you the overall Christmas decoration in the house. I just hope that you are not too hungry or whatever when you see the goodies to follow.

Table In Entrance Foyer Where Guest Are Welcomed

Tables Of Reading Material That Janice Used To Help Explain Her Plans To Hold A Bible Study In Her Home

Parisa Is Preparing A Cream Cheese Finger Sandwich

Jessica & Lily Owners Of King Alfred's Bakery &Cafe Who Prepared Many Of The Goodies For The Occasion. They Are Standing With Janice. Their Business Card Is Shown Below.

Business Card

Mini- Carrot Cup Cakes On Left & Mini-Red Velvet Cup Cakes On Right As They Arrive

Pecan Tasties As They Arrive

Chocolate Brownies With Raspberry

Peppermint Poppers

This Is A Gift They Made For Janice. All Items are Eatable. The tea pot is a pound cake.

Another Variety Of Cake With Raspberry

This Is a sampling Of The Party Favors They Made. Virtually No Two Were The Same. 

Great art Work.

Each Favor Bag Had This In It. John 3: 16 " For God So Loved The World That He Gave His Only Begotten Son That Whosoever Believes In Him Should Not Perish But Have Everlasting Life. What A Great Testimony.

Starting To Set The Table With All Sorts Of Goodies

The Table Is Ready

The Table Is Ready

The Table Is Ready

The Table Is Ready And Of Course In The Middle Of The Table Ia A Tea Cup 

Christmas Tree

Some Of The Ladies Who Attended " A Christmas Cup Of Tea "

Now after seeing all that sweet stuff if you didn't gain a few pounds come by and I will give you a couple off me I picked up from all that official tasting I had to do. Janice wants me to tell you that she had a Dr. Furhman shake in the morning and some Furhman chile for dinner and not a single item off the table. Seriously it was a wonderful experience and I am thankful I had the opportunity to be present and help Janice. Just think a few more days and it will be Christmas day, I have a couple more postings to get done and perhaps i will be able to work on them. 

Until then remember that God loves you and so do I.

Comment: " When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins. " Colossians 2: 13-14.

Grandpa Bill