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Next year’s Christmas gifts Three Christmases ago my son and his wife were hosting their first family Christmas dinner. There were 17 in attendance. I had asked my husband’s sister if she would bring 14 salad plates from her Christmas china to use for dessert. (The three children ate from the everyday plates.) My sister-in-law brought the plates, and we set the desserts on a separate table in the den. After the dessert, the plates were cleared away, washed and placed on the antique table in the den for my sister-in-law to pack up. She picked up the first plate and the table leg suddenly collapsed! Seven of the 14 plates broke. I was appalled. I felt so responsible since I was the one who had asked her to bring them. My sister-in-law was completely nonplussed. She said she rarely used the plates, and besides, everyone would know what they would get for Christmas gifts the next year. The following Christmas all the ladies and the one little girl got beautiful bracelets and necklaces made from the broken plates! Everyone who comments on our beautiful jewelry is entertained by the story behind it. Martha Blount, Rocky Mount |
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