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Menu Pickings for Your Christmas Wedding Reception
When you are trying to decide on the menu pickings for your Christmas wedding reception you will have many fun
options to choose from. You are going to have to sit down with your caterer and decide on appetizers, soup or
salad, main course, and of course desert. You can plan some items that are family favorites and you can plan items
that are little bit unexpected but will still fit with the season. Anytime you sit down to plan a Christmas dinner
from then on you will be filled with the memories of planning your own wedding feast. Make sure you have scheduled
lots of tastings and give you, your fiancée and your chef time to enjoy the planning process.
The first things guests will receive when they come to your winter wedding reception are the appetizers during
cocktail hour. If you are having a winter wedding reception in a colder climate then a great thing for all your
guests is something that could warm them up. Imagine if your guests walked up to the bar and instead of ordering a
cold mixed drink they were greeted with a hot cocoa station. You could have the staff at the reception set up a hot
cocoa table complete with different types of marshmallows for the kids and alcohol mix ins for the adults. You
could complete the selection by beginning with desert cookies for the hot cocoa or warm mini sandwiches or Swedish
meatballs.
When you and your love come in and everyone is ready to sit down for a great Christmas meal a lovely way to begin
is with a soup or salad. Think of all the wonderful soups that you could have this time of year. There is the
option of a traditional tomato soup, a butternut squash soup, a broccoli and cheddar soup or a potato soup. Try to
keep the soup smooth but at the same time rich and full of warmth. If you opt to go with a salad instead think
about layering the greens. Baby spinach makes a great throw in to a traditional iceberg salad and you could even
add candied walnuts and goat cheese on top to add flavor.
Menu pickings for your Christmas wedding reception are as unique as pickings for any Christmas feast. Do you wish
to serve turkey carved up at each table, or ham? Are you from a strong Italian background and wish to serve
lasagna. When people think of Christmas dinner many people are fond or the cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes,
candied yams, creamed corn and green bean casserole. Make sure that when you are planning your winter wedding
reception menu you keep in mind the side dishes.
Finally you want to make sure that you have fun and festive deserts for your Christmas wedding reception. There is
of course the wedding cake that you can decorate with snowflakes, have tinted green like a tree, done up in blue
with a large star or decorated with a red and white candy stripe. Along with the cake you may want to have
additional sweets for your guests. You could have a pie table with apple, pumpkin and chocolate mousse. You could
have the old fashioned deserts like grandma used to make such as cream puffs, Hungarian cookies or fun shaped sugar
cookies.
When you are planning your menu pickings for your Christmas wedding reception take a moment to think back about all
the good memories you have as a kid during the holidays. You may decide to go very traditional or to add new ideas.
There is no limit to what you could serve during the holiday season.
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