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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here,

We aren't going to get past the grace thing on one of the holiest days of the year with some of our elderly family members.  We just aren't.

I don't think we have enough counter space for that, and the logistics would mean the line going into and out of the kitchen would be through the same door.  I just don't see how serving that many people off kitchen counters works in many houses.  [/quote] We do grace before the first person goes through the buffet.   If a person has mobility issues an able bodied person fills the mobility issues person’s plate for them and then goes back to fill their own plate.  Parents tend to help the younger ones too.  [/quote]

Yep this is how it goes. Parents of young children eat last and hope there is enough to go around. It reminds me of that line in A Christmas Story "my mother hasn't had a hot meal for herself in 15 years". After you get everyone what they want, cut their food, and get them settled then you can fill your own plate if others aren't already making their way for seconds.[/quote]

You guys have some paltry gatherings, and some unhelpful guests. I have two kids, and DH and I each make a plate for them and then go through the line. It doesn’t take that long to go through the line, even if there are 18 people or so. I’ve never NOT had a full, hot plate of food (and seconds) even when I was breastfeeding, and even when I was breastfeeding AND hosting. Those who ate earliest are willing to help do small things like hold a baby, refill a 5yo’s milk cup or whatever else a kid may need so that the parents can eat. [/quote]

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