A Night with the Shepherds Table 2019

Welcome to our home that we have transformed 

for a special night for our Young Single Adults, 

for a night in Bethlehem, A Night With The Shepherds.  

We greeted them in our outfits that we brought 

home from Israel years ago. 

Tables were set low on boxes and covered in 

purple satin tablecloths.  The stone floor was 

covered in various rugs so people could sit on the 

floor if they chose to.  Pillows were strewn around 

the edges.  Of course, the tree was lit, and lighting 

was kept soft and low. 

We have done a couple of dinners like this 

with our children, but this was on a much 

larger scale as we ended up having about 85 

people attend the dinner.  

Something new was to drape the room with 

purple, orange and hot pink fabric, and then 

to add lights to it.  We were trying to create 

a tent like feel. 

We had the stable made out of plywood about 30 years 

ago, and it has survived yearly use for our 

Christmas Eve Nativity.  I added the blue backdrop 

last year, and we tape it to the window and then backlight 

it.  We also had a custom made manger, but someone 

borrowed it and left it and it disappeared, so I 

purchased a kit online to make a new one a couple 

of years ago.  My collection of lambs gather around 

the manger.

Brass chargers were used on the table for food and 

disposable plates.  Electric candles softly lit the tables. 

I added greenery and grapes to the tables. One of the leaders 

walked in and just gasped.  He said he had been to a fancy 

restaurant in New York and the food had been served like 

this, on low tables.  

We had the food brought in from a restaurant in Salt Lake, 

Souvlaki.  They have the softest, most amazing pita, 

wonderful chicken kebabs, savory rice and a fabulous 

Mediterranean salad.  That made my job easier.

I just made the Chocolate Pistachio Baklava, and 

put out dates, nuts, grapes and some chocolate.  

And of course, prepped the house!  It was a huge hit, and the 

Young Single Adults ate and ate, and visited, and stayed into 

the late hours, enjoying our Bishopric Christmas Dinner. 

Tonight I have a home tour dinner party with 
my craft group, and rather than take all of the 
Bethlehem items down, we decided to remove 
the extra rugs, put some of the furniture back, 
but leave the draping, stable and low table.  They 
have all seen my house before, and we thought 
this would be a fun change for them. 

The food will be presented on the single low table 

tonight, and I added some purple pillows around the 

room to tie everything together.  Hope they enjoy it! 

Just one more big party after that, but I think I 

might leave the living room like this - the 

dramatic draping is just too fun!  Hubby is sooooo 

supportive and fun.

(If you are interested in this gorgeous throw,

click here.)

Thanks for coming to visit our Christmas party table.

I will be posting it with 

Tablescapes Thursday

and 

Love Your Creativity