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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is funny that you are posting about this because our conversation around the dinner table on Thanksgiving Day was about the china, crystal and silver.  We talked about the heritage of the items and the stories we associate with them.

I read an article a few years ago in WaPo that said that people are turning away from the old stuff.  For some reason our family is different.  My sister and mother and I are in the midst of scouring E-bay, Replacements, estate sales and every other place we can think of to add to our sets so that as our families get bigger with weddings and babies and such that we can handle the population explosion.  Our children are also asking about specific sets (Nana's china, Great-Grandma's china, PeePaw's crystal).  So we are also working under the philosophy that we want sets of 12-14 of everything to pass along.  It is a pretty tall order.

As we were setting up on Thursday, I asked the kids what they thought about using all of this "old fashioned" stuff.  One of the teen boys said that it was "stunning" and the rest of the kids agreed.  I think they were right.  The table looked absolutely stunning with 100 year-old crystal and china and silver.  And it pleased us all that we had such a wonderful connection with those relatives who have gone before us.

Anyway, we look at it as our effort at reuse and renew.  I think my grandparents and great-grandparents would be thrilled!  Sorry if I'm offering a different take than the title but I did want to chime in with the perspective of our family, which as per usual seems to be going against the current.[/quote]

God, you sound smug.[/quote]

What set you off?  The fact that we have it and use it OR the fact that the kids appreciate it?

Given that my great-grandfather brought his entire family here to escape the Holocaust and that with a 6th grade education managed to establish a wonderful foundation for his family, I'll take smug any day.  So when we talk about specific items we do say things like 'this was the first set of china that grandma bought when...' and then 'this was the celebration china that grandpa bought grandma when...'.

Our children are fourth generation.  It will be over my dead body that they forget what it took our elders to get them what they've got now and what they soon will pass down to their children accompanied by their own accomplishments.

And, btw, your tone?  It sounds jealous.  But be careful before you ask to walk in my shoes or the shoes of any of my elders.  I think that you will find the shoes are much too large and that you won't be able to wear them let alone climb out of them.[/quote]

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