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usually we do but notthis year I bought special plates and got some old glass wear down and used them to drink some champagne that son had brought well his wife bught really didnt like it but we did use the glass wear. its around 70 years old green glass with clear stems

I suggested to the family that we use paper plates on Thanksgiving, and was not given a warm response. I did, however, use plastic plates on Christmas. On Thanksgiving, we ran the dishwasher 3 times, which I thought was crazy and a real waste of time and energy. I bought nice plastic (disposable) plates and glasses for Christmas dinner and clean up was a snap. I actually did buy some plastic bowls as well for the green beans and potatoes. I figured, if I have to clean up, I am going do to what is easy for me. Yes, I did get some negative responses about the plates, but then again, I cooked all day, and cleaned up by myself so the negative comments went in one ear and out the other. I will say, I do love the beautiful plates I have for the holidays, but sometimes you have to do whatever is easier and the plastic plates were far easier.

i have to say that i love antiques too and use them every chance i get. i dont like to use paper products that much but as i am in the same boat as you, i ocassionally do use them. but i am still fortunate, i have 2 heathly teenaged girls that can wash up for me!

hi Aunty I used to do that often on holidays when w e had onur owbn apartment even though like you I l ove pretty glassware and dishes. After a couple of guests once broke an antique plate I went to pretty and durable paper plates for several holiday dinner with just family as I would have felt odd if we had other guests.But Antique lady so much paperware now is really attractive and most people would say nothing or might even compliment you on the unique paperware.

It is so funny...I came to MyLot for a few minutes while waiting for guests to arrive for New Year celebrations and this year I decided on paper plates! I just put them all in the kitchen just before I sat down to type this. I too like pretty glasses and dinner sets but I don’t own a dishwasher, except for my husband and he’ll be in no condition to wash up by the end of the night! (LOL) It does bother me a little too especially because my mother is coming but what the heck I want to have fun!

No I can't say we did. I don't like eating off paperplates. The only time I use them is for a cookout during the summer months. Otherwise it is hard to cut meat on a paper plate. Plus if you have gravy or sauce it doesn't work really well to me. During a cookout its usually hamburgers and hotdogs with salads which is alot more managable on a paper plate. Glad your guest didn't mind. I like to wish you a Happy Healthy New Year!

I think overall when it comes to Entertaining, unless you are having someone over that you are wanting to impress, it is definately a lot cheaper in the long run and easier clean up to do it this way. And since you have a lot of Health issues the easier for cleanup is always the Best. If your guests complain, I guess they are not wanting to take your situation into consideration. We now entertain on paper plates, etc. all the time.

I love those pretty glasware and dishes. My husband must have went to antique shops to get my Christmas present this year and I was very impressed with what he got! In fact one dish fit perfect inside a relish tray that I got somewhere else, now if I could find the lid to go with it!!! I usually get dessert plates and napkins, but I am to cheap to buy the really nice paper plates and everything. Of course, there is 20 of us when we all get together. We have bought plastic plates, then ran them through the dishwasher!!! Yesterday at my daughter n laws, she ran out of silverware, so I washed it and all the plates up so we could have dessert, her mother commented on "... ,,, washed all the dishes!" Not real sure what that met! but I am still able to do it, even though at home I am spoiled with the dishwasher! They have one too but it was faster to just wash them. My best friend built a new house a few years ago and her husband wanted a dishwasher and she didn't. I told her she didn't have to use it everyday, but they are self employed, and it would be really handy and she would like it, when they had worked hard all day then come in and she still has to cook and clean up afterwards! Also wonderful for when they have company and you can just load it and enjoy your company!!!! They did finally put one in and she told me later how much she really did enjoy it! I think it was wonderful that you used the paper products, gave you time to enjoy that family!! Happy new years to you!

We did not do a big Christmas dinner this year, not at dad's or at my brother's, but we used pretty dishes. I guess it is one way or another. Because we do such major stuff at Thanksgiving, we did not do a lot this Christmas. We used paper goods at Thanksgiving.

My granddaughter and her new mother-in-law did dinner this year for both holidays. She found some nice styrofoam plates with holly and ribbons on them that were very attractive. Thin but substancial so they worked fine. I'm not sure how much they were so don't know if it was that economical or not.

I went to my daughter´s home for Christmas so I didn´t do anything besides what I promised to take. But one of my best friends did exactly what you did. They went for Christmas (and the rest of the weekend) to his mother´s home as the old lady is very ill and the caregivers go to their own homes for Christmas. But Dixie and Humberto work all week, they wanted to see their children and grandchildren too so it was paper plates and glasses. I heard that glasses were so nice it was a pity to have to throw them away. But they would not have been able to have any kind of celebration if they had had to wash dishes afterwards. Merry Christmas, Jo!

We do not do the disposable dishes thing here. More out of a care for the environment than anything else, but we do not mind if we are served on paper plates at a party or picnic. You would have loved a store that we came across while we were travelling a week ago today. We had stopped over for two nights in a town called Katoomba which is perched on the side of a cliff in the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney. My wife and I had driven into town, leaving our children back at our accommodation, thinking we would be gone for about 30 minutes. We discovered a huge antique store though which had us mesmerised for about 45 minutes. As soon as we entered, it was like we were sucked into a time warp. We were shocked to see the time once we had left the store and we still had to get a few things. There were all sorts of things in the store, some of which I was horrified would be in an antique store as I remembered having them in our house when I was growing up!

Yes, I'm also loving glassware and dishes. You can view some of them here: www.themilliondollarnewspaper.com Happy lotting!

Hi Antiquelady.. any excuse calls for a celebration in my household-for the more unexpected occasions..disposable cutlery it has to be.. and the bin is usually bursting at the rim by the end of the night! But Mum goes through so much effort for Christmas and such occasions- so the fine cutlery, dishware the whole shi-boogle is perfectly placed at the table.. and I (9 times out of 10) ends up with the clean up- gives Mum a well deserved break..but I have 3 younger lazy bum siblings- well, especially after they have just stuffed their faces! (",)xx.

sometimes i do it as well if i am holding a party where i will be having lots of guests... cleaning up dishes is a very tedious task and it is easier to just use paper plates and cutlery to save time and efforts... take care and have a nice day...

I would have done if there would have been many of us but there was only Mike Mel and Me so I offered to do the Dishes as Mel had cooked and there was not that many But it is a good Idea and do not feel bad about it you did great

we have a small family, I think the most we ever had was 8 people at the table. My sister always helped cooking and would do things like stir the gravy. I took over the dishes after dinner, so while mom did all the "early" stuff, putting the turkey in the oven and most of the pies, she didn't have to clean up. Now, the roomie's mom has gone with paper plates for parties for as long as the roomie's been my roommate - that's 11 years. I think she also does a lot of paper for meals during the week. And, because I'm pretty useless in the kitchen, I unloaded the dishwasher and loaded it again. Then I washed the hand stuff. After we ate, I unloaded it again and loaded it and washed the rest of the hand stuff that was there. The roomie's mom appreciated that I stepped up and did that, because the dad is the normal dish washer, but he was being a putz on Christmas. I knew that she was about out of room if the dirty dishes weren't dealt with, after all, they have to go SOME PLACE. And washing dishes is something I can do, don't mind doing and would help her out the most at that moment.

Yes, i did that too this Christmas and even last Christmas. It helped a lot that i don't have to wash those used utensils anymore, because i was already tired from cooking them myself. In fact some of the foods were just ordered so as not to tire me that much in preparing them. They were made for that purpose . . . easy disposal! LOL What's important are the foods on the table for everybody to partake.

This is a very good thing that you try a new thing in this Christmas day. Best of luck for this new try and achievement.