Annual Grand Christmas Ball

Opulence and plenty of it. Gold chandeliers, velvet drapes, crystal bowls full of figs, golden trays of salmon and caviar blinis, quality champagne by the bucketload, lots of gorgeous hunks in tuxedos.

Calm down Laura. You mghtee some peppermint or even paracetamol.

Maybe we can have a spit roasted pig?

By golly, LauraNorderr you've got expensive tastes
and a partridge in a pear tree, kittylester!

now, where are we?

Quails' eggs in quince jelly, decorated with Quavers (just to bring the tone down a bit)

Restorative massages by Lemon 's renowned assistants

Simmer down ixion.....I have George Clooney on speed dial
( from his days spent chained to the Nespresso machine in The Argy Bargy Bar) so have had a word in his shell like....the result being he will spend a few days here at Christmas and be staying overnight for the Grand Christmas Ball. He is hoping that a few ladies will fill out his dance card.

Turkey vol au vents, Cook makes a terrific terrine too.

Under footmen.....you can never have too many to lend a hand.
All ours are vetted by me and I have very high standards. That’s why they all closely resemble a young -ish Sean Bean.

Will we have our own Valets and can mine look like Rufus Sewell (or be the real thing)

I shall wear my voluminous velvet ball gown in a really vibrant violet colour. And, I shall be very vivacious - well till about 8.30.

I do not like champagne or fizzy anything so I will bring my own dry white.

Lemongrove can your chefs cope with so many different palates? We have to maintain standards.

Can I join in with all this XS please?

Certainly Acorn Y not ?
Your yellow ballgown was the talk of the town last year!

Zoom party meeting, for those who can’t make it due to snowy conditions.

Whoops, must have spilt my zabaione all over it. I'll wear I different one this year.

Alas Charleygirl we don’t have chefs here, it’s just Cook and me and a girl from the village ( she does the washing up.)
However,we have vast freezers here to accommodate all the things that Lord L shoots, although since his sight is going a bit, the last time I checked there was a badger and couple of moles in there.

Bold non bio (other brands are available) to soak gowns covered in spilled food

Crackers. In the mood for pulling something. ?

Double cream - lashings of it to swirl on top of liquer coffee’s.

Ermine decorated knickers and a box of Pantyliners for anyone with a slight leak ?

Sounds like there’ll be plenty of frolicking around the estate, looking forward to it enormously.

We’ll be needing eggs for breakfast in the morning so a few dozen geese a laying will come in handy.

Horses for the sleighs we may need if it is snowing heavily.
How wonderful that would be.

ice cubes for the drinks will be imperative as will exotic ice sculptures which will melt with the all heat emanating from the women around George.

Jugs and jugs of mulled wine. Hic ! ?

Keeping thermals on under posh frock. Knitted scarf for even more warmth.

LOGS on the fire, and bring gifts for the tree.