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[quote=Anonymous]Hi,

This is the OP of the thread about my relative who thinks it's mean to serve foods that children don't like at Christmas.  It occurred to me, thanks to people's responses, that perhaps part of the solution is to serve a buffet, rather than family style.  Apparently that is very common, and we somehow missed the memo.

But I am having trouble picturing what a seated buffet for 20 - 25 people looks like in a regular house, with some of the people elderly, and using walkers.  We have a kitchen, living room, dining room and family room.  Dining room and family rooms are full of tables.  There will definitely be no room in those rooms to set up a buffet because they're pretty tight.  Do people set up a table in the living room for the food?

Also, timing, family is going to want to have everyone wait and say grace together.  Ordinarily I'd say the elderly go through the buffet first, but then their plates will be cold.  Or do we all say grace, and then maybe one table at a time goes, and then they start eating while the food is warm?  How do people handle seconds?  Are people constantly up and down?

I'm also not 100% sure we're doing an indoor meal this year, and if we decide to stay outside due to covid, then that will of course change things too.  But we'll have everyone vaccinated except for one baby so we might go for it this year.  [/quote]

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