A Cozy Christmas Wedding: A Turkey Feast

Now it was time to eat!

Our dinner began with some borscht and mushroom dumplings:



We picked borscht because we thought soup was a great way to start a dinner in December, we both love borscht, and it was a nod to Mr. Knitting's Polish roots.

Then most of our guests were served a traditional turkey dinner chosen for it's connection with Christmas:



Lots of our guests said nice things about the turkey dinner, but in my (admittedly biased!) opinion, I think the gluten-free vegan option was actually a lot better. I think this might be a first...

Ratatouille:



Those crackers on top were both delicious and fun!:



I had lots of fun pretending to have horns (too many amaretto sours?).

The view of the King's Table that Mr. Knitting and I had:


Guest Photo

This photo actually gives you a better idea of what the lighting was like in the dining room. It was definitely pretty dark and cozy.

While many couples choose to use dinner time to visit tables, we made a point to limit that as much as possible. We figured if we started moving around a lot, our guests would follow suit, thus making it difficult for the servers to do their job. The staff had also told us beforehand that we're the ones that set the pace for the dinner, so if we took a lot of time to eat our food, then dinner would be going on forever. Our wedding was also small enough so that even without table visiting we were definitely able to spend time with most of our guests.

That being said, despite our best intentions we definitely did a bit of table visiting:


Guest Photo

Doing one of our favourite poses:


Guest Photo

I'm not totally sure how this became a thing, but we do it a lot:


Personal Photo


Personal Photo

The meal ended with some ice cream for our guests to enjoy during the toasts before we set them loose on our dessert table. Once again, the vegan option seemed a lot more appealing.

Vanilla ice cream in a chocolate cup:



vs.

Raspberry sorbet:



Okay to be fair, the photo of the sorbet was worked on by our photographer and the vanilla one wasn't, but still. Raspberry sorbet is way more exciting!

Don't worry though, these weren't our real desserts! These were more of a pre-dessert to enjoy during the toasts before the real dessert from the dessert table (which had awesome vegan and non-vegan options!).

I really enjoyed the dinner. The food was really good and by this time all of the stressful parts of the wedding were over. I had a really nice time just sitting there chatting with those around me and just letting it soak in that I was married and that I was actually at my reception dinner.



However, the best part of dinner was definitely the toasts that came right at the end. Stay tuned for the awesomeness!

Unless otherwise noted, all photos by the amazing Josh Levinson.