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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rent folding  tables, chairs, linens, flatware and lots of glasses from a party rentals company.

Make sure when you tell people to bring things that there won’t be oven or prep space (or say whatever you bring, can it be heated at 350 or whatever). Otherwise the person who volunteered to do sides will show up with raw potatoes and ask for a peeler and a pot to boil them in.

If you are doing a buffet, set out all the dishes way in advance with appropriate serving tools and a post-it saying what goes in what. If you can’t leave it there, take a picture and print it out and then put the stack of all the dishes and serving tools somewhere with the picture (postits in place). That way you can delegate anyone to recreate it or put out food.

Have someone organize a leisurely walk through the neighborhood between dinner and dessert and sacrifice 2 people to stay behind and clear the tables. If you know of someone, hire them to help you clean up for a few hours. [/quote]

I'd make that leisurely walk a few adults taking kids outside for a bit while a cleaning crew of adult guests takes a first pass at cleaning. The rule in my family is that your hosts have done and spent enough, and you need to pitch in and help with clean-up for holiday dinners. Great-grandparents and anyone with special circumstances/small babies excepted. Everyone else pitches in. It would be absurd for OP and her husband to do the bulk of clean-up when their generosity made this day possible for 26 other people. [/quote]

Yes, sure, the hosts can be on the walk if they can leave someone else in charge, but imo make it only 4 people max who stay behind or it will be more harm than good. Otherwise everyone is just running into everyone and putting things all over. I would also call this clean up phase 1. Also, renting dishes/glasses/flatware means you don't have to do more than rinse them, you just put them back in the crates. [/quote]

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