In celebration of our beloved 105-year-old country we hosted a fancy little dinner party on the 6th of December.

I really put my best foot forward and took great care with the decorations and food. Food and drinks are of course the most important part of every gathering, but I think it's almost as important to have everything set up beautifully.

I managed to snap a few photos during the day and a few more after dark before the guest were seated.

I had a lot of fun doing the cake and I was pretty proud of my creation, even though it didn't turn out absolutely perfect, always room for improvement. The cake is chocolate and cranberries, decorated with freeze-dried raspberries, rosemary, and a dusting of gold for good measure. I also added frozen cranberries when I displayed the cake in the evening but I didn't have time to take pictures of it, too busy serving.

The man entertained the quests and served some bubbly, while I finished the dinner. _{Don't worry, the heels were on me feet when quests arrived, this picture was taken before.}

I made a lot of food, enough to snack on for the rest of the week probably, even though I packed some of it to-go when my parents left for home. What is not pictured here is the main course side of the table, which was sautéed moose, mashed potatoes and baked colourful carrots. Of course there was also wine, home beer, coffee and tea.

It snowed pretty much for 24 hours prior to the party, which made for a gorgeous scenery, but the man was not happy as he had to plough the snow twice during that time.

I had made some ice lanterns, and my dad brought two big metal buckets of secret sauce that blazed in the yard all evening. I think we had the best lights in the whole village.

Now I'm off to do the clean up after the dinner party!