Last Christmas, Mike and I invited a few people over to our house to show off our decorations and enjoy eggnog out of moose mugs. It was a very small group, but it was one of our favorite nights of the year and one that I'll always remember sharing with some of our best friends. But this year, we opened up our Mobley holiday party to a bigger group of people, because the more the merrier, right? And with everyone being inundated with different holiday obligations and other parties, our goal was to try to get ahead of all the madness and kick off the party season in the best way possible. But Michael and I do NOT take entertaining, OR Christmas decorating lightly. There were so many errands to run in anticipation of our fun-filled evening that we had to divide and conquer in order to accomplish everything before people showed up for our Mobley Christmas kickoff. There was to decorations to buy, flower arrangements to make, exterior illumination to configure, food to be cooked, floors to be swept, and candles to be lit. But we miraculously pulled it off before our first visitor arrived at 5p on the dot.
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| My little sis came! |
As you know, Mike never misses an opportunity to wear a costume, but his Christmas outfits are unlike anything you've ever seen. He has multiple Christmas patterned pants, Santa Clause ascots, not one but TWO Christmas blazers, holly embroidered turtlenecks, and more Christmas printed ties than any fully stocked Brooks Brothers store. I'm always amazed at how he pulls together a different getup for each holiday event. We asked everyone else to come in festive attire as well, and everyone looked great! We had a wonderful array of cocktails that included eggnog (of course), champagne cocktails, holiday winter lager, and bottles and bottles of stinky, peaty scotch.
We had a wonderful turnout at our Christmas kick off party, and it was so great to have all of our friends in the same little apartment. We even had a special surprise from my Uncle Mark from Connecticut who came out to Manhattan for a "guys night" in the city. We were both so pleasantly surprised when he walked through our door. Luckily the weather hasn't gotten too terrible yet, and we were able to take advantage of our beautiful outdoor space which Mike so beautifully illuminated with red and green Christmas lights. Winston loved every second of entertaining the nonstop attention from beautiful & great smelling women.
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We kind of look like the Tommy Hilfiger commercial..
"Don't you just love the holidays?" |
People were blown away by the level of detail and attention Mike and I put into our Christmas decorations. One of the best compliments that we got from the night was when someone told us that they felt like they were at a real "home" instead of a Manhattan apartment. That's one of the nicest things you could ever say, and it meant so much to hear that because as small as our space is, I think every day about how to make this place feel like a home. I'm glad that we could share not only our booze and treats, but our home as well. And I've said it once, and I'll say it again, home really is where the heart is. So while our decorations and impeccable attention to detail might make our place feel festive, our friends and the holiday cheer radiating from everyone in our 290 3rd Ave apartment really made our place a "home". What a wonderful first holiday party of the season!
As you know, Mike never misses an opportunity to wear a costume, but his Christmas outfits are unlike anything you've ever seen. He has multiple Christmas patterned pants, Santa Clause ascots, not one but TWO Christmas blazers, holly embroidered turtlenecks, and more Christmas printed ties than any fully stocked Brooks Brothers store. I'm always amazed at how he pulls together a different getup for each holiday event. We asked everyone else to come in festive attire as well, and everyone looked great! We had a wonderful array of cocktails that included eggnog (of course), champagne cocktails, holiday winter lager, and bottles and bottles of stinky, peaty scotch. 
We had a wonderful turnout at our Christmas kick off party, and it was so great to have all of our friends in the same little apartment. We even had a special surprise from my Uncle Mark from Connecticut who came out to Manhattan for a "guys night" in the city. We were both so pleasantly surprised when he walked through our door. Luckily the weather hasn't gotten too terrible yet, and we were able to take advantage of our beautiful outdoor space which Mike so beautifully illuminated with red and green Christmas lights. Winston loved every second of entertaining the nonstop attention from beautiful & great smelling women. 
People were blown away by the level of detail and attention Mike and I put into our Christmas decorations. One of the best compliments that we got from the night was when someone told us that they felt like they were at a real "home" instead of a Manhattan apartment. That's one of the nicest things you could ever say, and it meant so much to hear that because as small as our space is, I think every day about how to make this place feel like a home. I'm glad that we could share not only our booze and treats, but our home as well. And I've said it once, and I'll say it again, home really is where the heart is. So while our decorations and impeccable attention to detail might make our place feel festive, our friends and the holiday cheer radiating from everyone in our 290 3rd Ave apartment really made our place a "home". What a wonderful first holiday party of the season!
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