Tables for Ten

Every year the PWOC (Protestant Women of the Chapel) hosts an event called "Tables for Ten" during the Christmas holiday season. Hostesses each decorate a table and plan a meal for ten ladies. Other ladies may bring food items or help in some other way, but the hostesses are responsible for most of the planning. They even give each person at their table a small gift. It's fun to see the creative ideas for decorations, food choices and gift giving. I'll share with you a few of the photos I took that night.

This is one of several tables set up for the event. Unfortunately I don't remember everyone's theme or the food served at each table.


I do remember the hostesses at this table used a patriotic theme, which is evident from the photo. They served all foods that contained some type of chocolate... even the salad! Sounds like my kind of table! These creative, thoughtful hostesses provided several cute gifts for their guests, my favorite being the apron with "Tables for Ten 2009" embroidered on the front.


You'll notice each table had candles. This is because our dinner was held by candlelight.


These ladies are getting ready to start dinner and appear to be checking out their gifts. If I remember correctly, the theme of this table was snowflakes.


I loved the dishes at this table!


This is the table I co-hosted with a girlfriend. We chose a Campbell's Soup theme, serving homemade pumpkin soup and cheesy chicken corn soup, salad and bread. Everyone shared desserts on a table in the center of the room.


We tried to incorporate the main Campbell's Soup colors with a red tablecloth and place settings consisting of gold chargers, clear dinner plates and white soup mugs. Our gifts were baggies filled with a Campbell's Soup ink pen, post-it notes and a couple of packages of mints that resembled mini cans of soup. We also printed out for everyone individually stamped recipe cards for the soups we served.


Our guests work on a Campbell's Soup trivia quiz we did for fun. Of course there was a prize...


Yes, the lucky winner of the quiz took home a coveted can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup.


Here's our group of ladies. There was a tenth person, but she had to leave early and missed our photo. Several of our guests were out-of-towners we invited from a neighboring military base.

I really enjoyed the evening and hope to have the opportunity to participate in something similar at our next base. It's a fun way to get together with other women and share some faith, food and fun.