Jewish family gathering

22 people
4 dozen bagels
2 pounds of whitefish
2 pounds of lox
and 5 tubs of assorted cream cheese...

We hosted our first big family holiday at our house yesterday, and it was not a disaster!

The past few months have happened fast. Buy a house, get married, try and settle into married life. But we felt that the time had come to have EVERYONE at our house for one of the Jewish holidays. We wanted to ease in with an easier holiday. Yom Kippur involved no actual cooking. Just slicing, cutting, and arranging on platters.

Both of our families were here to celebrate with us. Parents, grandparents, siblings, niece, nephew, Aunts, Uncle, and cousins. The total was 22 people. With bridge tables set up and mother nature cooperating, we had plenty of seating room, and the kids were able to play outside. Families got along well as always, and wine flowed nicely all night (with some 2 buck chuck brought down from MA).

Are we ready to host this many people plus more for Thanksgiving? Probably not, but we'll give it our best try. Fried turkey??