Bring Back a Memory Night
Bring Back A Memory Night
Here's a great tip for when you are setting a special table for
a family gathering or for close friends. It can be a birthday
party, a family reunion, an elaborate dinner, a holiday or
anniversary - the more people the better, although any number
can "play." For your place cards and seating arrangements use a
"picture-from-the-past" of each dinner guest. Raid your scrap
books and picture albums for old photographs or "commemorative"
photos to place at each table setting. Each guest finds their
picture-place-card and during dinner tells a story relating to
the photograph.
>From Great Grandparents, to Aunts and Uncles, to Grandchildren,
to extended family or close friends--each person can tell a
story about that time in their life, and when or why the
photograph was taken. Add a lot of giggling, good food, good
fun, and good memories, and be sure to embellish your stories!
You could even do "theme dinners"--all the photographs must be
baby pictures and everybody guesses who's who before they sit
down. Or the pictures might be all high school graduation
pictures, or who caught the biggest fish pictures, or the most
outlandish hair-do pictures, first-car pictures, everyone's 10 -
year birthday party picture, or Halloween-costume pictures, or
even you with a favorite pet picture!
Have fun, as you top off your dinner with a "photo finish."