Family is gone out, door bell rings while I'm in the bathroom.. I'm thinking it might be a delivery of some sort since I did all of my shopping online and at this time of year the various delivery companies are working all sorts of days and hours..
I come out of the bathroom, open the inside door, and there's a business size envelope stuck inside the storm door hand addressed to: "The Ladies and Little Lady Of The House" - unsealed.. I open it up and it's a very nicely decorated, computer-generated tri-fold invitation..
On the front page it reads: "Our Fourth Annual Neighborhood Christmas Cookie Exchange" (we've lived here 3 years now) and there's a pretty photo of a plate of Christmas cookies..
Inside it reads:
"Please bring 4 dozen homemade cookies to exchange.
Date - time - and place.. (From the house # it sounds like it's a decent distance down the street - a direction we never have to travel in order to exit the neighborhood..)
"Enjoy refreshments, music, and time with your neighbors and friends."
"RSVP ____________ or ___________ at (phone#)"
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These are not people that any of us know.. This is a very nice neighborhood though - very nice homes - and all of the people we "have" met are very nice, polite, clean appearance, well-behaved children, etc..
So - "if" this was something we were interested in - when they say "4 dozen homemade cookies", they mean a dozen of each of 4 kinds - right? Not 4 dozen assorted cookies?
Although the scheduled Christmas cookie baking day here isn't until the day after this event, I could easily whip up 4 dozen cookies the "day of" -if anyone was interested in attending..
Which brings me to the next question.. I have read over and over on the DIS how many posters here won't eat homemade goodies from people they don't know personally, haven't seen the insides of their homes, etc..
If this invitation had come to your home - from the neighborhood - would you even consider it?
And can we please try to keep the responses on this topic? Thanks!
I come out of the bathroom, open the inside door, and there's a business size envelope stuck inside the storm door hand addressed to: "The Ladies and Little Lady Of The House" - unsealed.. I open it up and it's a very nicely decorated, computer-generated tri-fold invitation..
On the front page it reads: "Our Fourth Annual Neighborhood Christmas Cookie Exchange" (we've lived here 3 years now) and there's a pretty photo of a plate of Christmas cookies..
Inside it reads:
"Please bring 4 dozen homemade cookies to exchange.
Date - time - and place.. (From the house # it sounds like it's a decent distance down the street - a direction we never have to travel in order to exit the neighborhood..)
"Enjoy refreshments, music, and time with your neighbors and friends."
"RSVP ____________ or ___________ at (phone#)"
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These are not people that any of us know.. This is a very nice neighborhood though - very nice homes - and all of the people we "have" met are very nice, polite, clean appearance, well-behaved children, etc..
So - "if" this was something we were interested in - when they say "4 dozen homemade cookies", they mean a dozen of each of 4 kinds - right? Not 4 dozen assorted cookies?
Although the scheduled Christmas cookie baking day here isn't until the day after this event, I could easily whip up 4 dozen cookies the "day of" -if anyone was interested in attending..
Which brings me to the next question.. I have read over and over on the DIS how many posters here won't eat homemade goodies from people they don't know personally, haven't seen the insides of their homes, etc..
If this invitation had come to your home - from the neighborhood - would you even consider it?
And can we please try to keep the responses on this topic? Thanks!
