To think that mismatched Christmas serveware is acceptable?

[Feedingmybaby]

Over the past few years, I have started picking up random bits of Christmas themed serveware for Christmas buffets etc. We’ve accumulated quite a few bits now and DH thinks it looks messy as none of it matches (it’s all a mixture of green, red, gold and cream but from different sets.

I like the fact that it doesn’t match (it reminds me of my grandma’s stuff as a child!). What would you think?

I've got a welsh dresser full of china and none of it matches. It all holds food in exactly the same way.

It sounds lovely. I’m not keen on too much matchy matchy and prefer to gather odd bits I really like over time

It sounds nice and full of character.
I'm really surprised he mentioned it. Most men wouldn't notice or care about the plate they eat from as long as its big enough to fit the food onto.

The thing about having nice matching sets is that you (well, me anyway) feel afraid to use it so it barely gets to be enjoyed anyway. Much more relaxing to have some nice mismatched stuff. The colours all sound collectively christmassy.

I think the mixed crockery and odd chairs etc all add to the fun!

"servewear" is pretentious and bourgeoisie IMO, just dump it all in a trough and let people put their faces into it like pigs. It saves time washing up too.

Id love that. Can fit more food in a dog bowl 🙌

If you’ve got the time or money to worry about things like that, you’re doing well!

Crockery is all mismatched in our house as it gets broken and I can’t be bothered to be precious about it.

Matching dinner sets, to me, are the kind of thing people put on their wedding lists in the 70s and 80s. No judgement there, just a different time!

We wouldn't have the space to store an entire Xmas themed dinner service. I put a festive runner and nice napkins on the table and use our usual set.

I like mismatched crockery, but also I don't have Christmas serveware. I think the issue is that there's probably quite a big overlap between people who care about having seasonally-appropriate tableware and people who care about having matching tableware, and it turns out OP's DH is in both categories. Either that or he cares about matching but doesn't like special Christmas ones and would rather just use whatever they normally use that already matches.

wtf
is your dh running a posh hotel?
normal people just have stuff that they use to eat / serve off
I can't imagine having the headspace to care about something like this

YABU to call it serveware.

Sounds great! But then I would say that. All of my crockery is mismatched, I was fed up with sets slowly being broken. It's all very pretty now and if I break a plate it just doesn't matter in the slightest.

I set a lovely Christmas table and I purposefully use mismatched China. Have him scroll Instagram…it’s all in style. Love the liveliness of the patterns which coordinate but do not match.

So it wouldn’t work for me! 🤣 but equally I don’t look at my MIL mismatched stuff and think well this ruined Xmas!! 🤣. If you like it, then it’s fine. If you husband is in charge of Xmas dinner and he doesn’t like it then he should order a matching set

I can't stand the thought of having a separate set just for Christmas - but if it makes you happy, knock yourselves out. I've got drawers full of old plates and bowls from older sets where half have been broken just in case. But the day to day plates are what we use even for special occasions.

Much more authentic and homely than all matchy-matchy.

I have a whole bunch of serving dishes, platters and whatnot, all collected over many years, and none of them match. Some have patterns on, but most of them are plain white, so nobody is going to notice that the white ones aren't from a matching set. I don't much care what other people think anyway.

We have one Spode patterned Christmas Tree plate, which MIL gave me as a present about 25 years ago. It carries Santa's snack & drink and a carrot on the hearth every Christmas Eve, and on the day we use it for mince pies.

😅😅😅
I bought a cat saucer to serve olives in as it is the perfect size

I bet your cat was really disappointed... 😂

Oh I wouldn't mind if the bowls have not eaten from before!

Sounds absolutely fine. But I have never known anyone who even had Christmas tableware!

We use mismatched crockery year round, most of it things I thought were pretty in charity shops or craft markets. At Christmas I just add in a couple of extra Christmassy bits

It sounds fine. Growing up, we had Christmas Day at our grandparents' house. The crockery was largely "best" china (i.e. a 1950's wedding present), with whatever serving bowls were best suited to holding different vegetables, but some of us ended up with mismatching plates and chairs and things due to the sheer amount of guests. While I miss my grandmother's excellent cookery, I do not miss having to balance on the wonky stool that my uncle made in school woodwork classes in the 1960's!

Whst is it called then? I don’t mean a standard plate set, but things like serving platters and little nibble bowls etc.

I do not miss having to balance on the wonky stool that my uncle made in school woodwork classes in the 1960's!
I think that sort of thing makes for great Christmases and memories! We had a dining table with fold-out leafs and one year an uncle was sitting at the folded-out bit and it collapsed and dumped his Christmas dinner in his lap. It's still a funny story and a good memory.