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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^Except some of us have china and want to use it. It would be harder for me to go out and buy mismatched stuff! I would have to actively go out of my way to buy mismatched "casual ware."

If you don't organically have mismatched table ware because, say, Aunt Edna gave you four plates, and you bought four plates in Mexico, and DH had three plates from his great-grandma, then it looks so forced and Pier 1-ish to do the "faux casual mismatched" thing.[/quote]

I'm sorry, I thought everyone in the position of hosting like this had more than just one set of good china. My apologies![/quote]

I have service for 18 and typically have 12 guests when hosting my ILs, 14 when hosting my side. Tell me, exactly, why I would need another set of china? To host [b]"like"[/b] what, exactly?[/quote]

[quote]I have two sets: one with a simple platinum pattern (service for 18), and one in a holly berry pattern (again, service for 18).[b] But I don't need to "mix and match" them to serve all of my guests on any given holiday or gathering, so why would I?[/b][/quote]

To make it less formal than a formal setting, as was requested for ideas in the first post? I mean, nobody says you have to, but if you are looking for ideas on how to use china while balancying the formal with more informal ...

Are you OP?[/quote]

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