Mother's Franciscan "Apple" for Christmas...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the Christmas holidays start to wind down this week with the celebration of "Three King's Day" or "Los Tres Reyes Magos," I wanted to share one more Christmas table from my mom's dinner with her brothers and sister. I was flattered when she requested that I make a centerpiece and do the table for her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPogh4plhRffZkWV5jXJtF3tGvCQ_gTobwD2t5Esqo3bKcU_D7NmoNX7PPFbcasaCygTQ9uLeCiyL0HVW2nWXScpAZowjA5-A2VqKJZl7k_SHK8HhdXDZAivlthafOt7e30gL969h_w/s1600/2011xmasmom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPogh4plhRffZkWV5jXJtF3tGvCQ_gTobwD2t5Esqo3bKcU_D7NmoNX7PPFbcasaCygTQ9uLeCiyL0HVW2nWXScpAZowjA5-A2VqKJZl7k_SHK8HhdXDZAivlthafOt7e30gL969h_w/s1600/2011xmasmom1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She wanted a centerpiece based on one I did for a Christpher Radko "Holiday Celebrations" <a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2009/12/christopher-radko-christmas-table.html">HERE</a>. We also decided that instead of one of several of her Christmas patterns, her Franciscan "Apple" would be perfect. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtM2VPiJ_Q_TrK9w8Km1GffVaqfVZ8iCV15IEf2AWa122iG1sYhud5_zv9VEYeFnVUfwaWl70NtYUNbo2Tdr9eIqa8LAgW7uWkwOpy4IEDM9tOi_u-2gLbpcwe6lcqykFmLkBqOxmJA/s1600/2011xmasmom2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtM2VPiJ_Q_TrK9w8Km1GffVaqfVZ8iCV15IEf2AWa122iG1sYhud5_zv9VEYeFnVUfwaWl70NtYUNbo2Tdr9eIqa8LAgW7uWkwOpy4IEDM9tOi_u-2gLbpcwe6lcqykFmLkBqOxmJA/s1600/2011xmasmom2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdFGnlO7sLo7y7Y_asQEoGJS8ihyU9M_R1-i8ZTK8yKMLWUxqwDgAntTOn4yUw9ox_4Hlf6Vm17eyVhVbCFcDjiBzt6QuxHlghk2VRKVK6s5ixWNmO_A8Sf0bpEO8vgyvLn4akGkSMw/s1600/2011xmasmom5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdFGnlO7sLo7y7Y_asQEoGJS8ihyU9M_R1-i8ZTK8yKMLWUxqwDgAntTOn4yUw9ox_4Hlf6Vm17eyVhVbCFcDjiBzt6QuxHlghk2VRKVK6s5ixWNmO_A8Sf0bpEO8vgyvLn4akGkSMw/s1600/2011xmasmom5.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These arrangements already had apples and berries. I pruned some of her shrubbery and added lots of white pine, cedar, boxwood and something I'm not sure of the name but it has a waxy leaf. No, it was not poison oak! I love, love, love how it came out! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUpZ8S8kNF4OaMf4A7qHy6GNUrpmdV8L1t1u3ijCp-tcztLiRrFGwD-LWkHe7CbTEN8E2ciy91gLuX59WNe8HSTKGXauFDbI9x7ZdD8rqmR8rb5Gj05GKdQtXHi0m0Ma5oOk5K7_pZg/s1600/2011xmasmom6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUpZ8S8kNF4OaMf4A7qHy6GNUrpmdV8L1t1u3ijCp-tcztLiRrFGwD-LWkHe7CbTEN8E2ciy91gLuX59WNe8HSTKGXauFDbI9x7ZdD8rqmR8rb5Gj05GKdQtXHi0m0Ma5oOk5K7_pZg/s1600/2011xmasmom6.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo_lZqw0og7kb4DOAySeNErBT2ARnhHKVeK3z_p708iCLoLODILF-jw0Q7ZddRLBszZfy0l8yEiVJcN1sldwjevoYYh_lQ63LYjmjfwT26R_27B8eMpmNT9ODb79fhpuB9iC16pp_CQ/s1600/2011xmasmom7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo_lZqw0og7kb4DOAySeNErBT2ARnhHKVeK3z_p708iCLoLODILF-jw0Q7ZddRLBszZfy0l8yEiVJcN1sldwjevoYYh_lQ63LYjmjfwT26R_27B8eMpmNT9ODb79fhpuB9iC16pp_CQ/s1600/2011xmasmom7.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Only a dinner plate for the buffet dinner, and I should have gotten a photo of the beautiful ruby glass compotes they used for dessert, but didn't. No charger, just the woven round placemat, which takes up so little space. Honestly, I do not like to see an empty charger on the table while people are filling their plates so we opted not to use them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OScSmvkfBiWVafi2hMR0q0G3ZGk3hNdaWB7Vq7eMG5cfeRW9wbbKMvBbPbCBKdKKe5qUV_BhXGGb5tSPXxgRpKMK-hTGoOvs0X8UqD38_d-72asQiN5zUgogvyvNgAoefYfsOYlY3g/s1600/2011xmasmom8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OScSmvkfBiWVafi2hMR0q0G3ZGk3hNdaWB7Vq7eMG5cfeRW9wbbKMvBbPbCBKdKKe5qUV_BhXGGb5tSPXxgRpKMK-hTGoOvs0X8UqD38_d-72asQiN5zUgogvyvNgAoefYfsOYlY3g/s1600/2011xmasmom8.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm4fd3rNmKSoGWV63hHGPX8sTBFhO2GuapbZv9Tb2yvlvlcUjVquMsdW1DHcE0qrXmjcvvlWEnR2kSvjlkbrq2mOveIa4-jF34xQivgz26Y3NVdBU4vAgMlKUI7-7GxzmEPR8jsUjBw/s1600/2011xmasmom10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm4fd3rNmKSoGWV63hHGPX8sTBFhO2GuapbZv9Tb2yvlvlcUjVquMsdW1DHcE0qrXmjcvvlWEnR2kSvjlkbrq2mOveIa4-jF34xQivgz26Y3NVdBU4vAgMlKUI7-7GxzmEPR8jsUjBw/s1600/2011xmasmom10.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGqzPpm6ucypBTCAHFKYhUjM9OpKlg8-qb5USzKxmpDGdalSE4n9Vr1mEosYhRbNLwkjmnllrmUFPymRuNldkszXL546TWFsclsqL0ZAQC4JMNsywN_4CF7_qSQmBCJ9lckcccpbCsg/s1600/2011xmasmom11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGqzPpm6ucypBTCAHFKYhUjM9OpKlg8-qb5USzKxmpDGdalSE4n9Vr1mEosYhRbNLwkjmnllrmUFPymRuNldkszXL546TWFsclsqL0ZAQC4JMNsywN_4CF7_qSQmBCJ9lckcccpbCsg/s1600/2011xmasmom11.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSoje_RD49HojGjxpPBeDNIH1XLQaEQS0ri2kJRn24pKPCBu0W-0mEYr9Vg24ZQdOuU5I-UxEMokhKoRFQZP9qWCQkmmp32ULhDYOciCO7tqgO9aA8QF5J48drB5eLU7K_IPLwQHWcig/s1600/2011xmasmom13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSoje_RD49HojGjxpPBeDNIH1XLQaEQS0ri2kJRn24pKPCBu0W-0mEYr9Vg24ZQdOuU5I-UxEMokhKoRFQZP9qWCQkmmp32ULhDYOciCO7tqgO9aA8QF5J48drB5eLU7K_IPLwQHWcig/s1600/2011xmasmom13.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqrE38EmNA8aLEL7TCEUAwN0BwmOH2lunQWCIHhrgwfN2sfj21W2Lyu9NHPVWktBp1JfSGohNsYSC8Kpe_ntN1nMXhSG1rdYIa_EoT7M_1MwFb9_n4gPi8IPQGHpD0GFuP6MaBR8EEA/s1600/2011xmasmom14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqrE38EmNA8aLEL7TCEUAwN0BwmOH2lunQWCIHhrgwfN2sfj21W2Lyu9NHPVWktBp1JfSGohNsYSC8Kpe_ntN1nMXhSG1rdYIa_EoT7M_1MwFb9_n4gPi8IPQGHpD0GFuP6MaBR8EEA/s1600/2011xmasmom14.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I really need to borrow some of this from her because she has an extensive collection and it is so beautiful on a table. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So there you have the last of the Christmas tables! We will be celebrating "Los Tres Reyes Magos" Puerto Rican style with pork roast, rice and beans to end the holiday. The kids will leave boxes with grass under their beds tomorrow night to feed the three king's camels. In return, the three kings will leave gifts. I LOVE this tradition because it focuses on the birth of the Christ-child and not Santa. Plus, it extends the Christmas holidays just a little longer. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks so much for stopping by:-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anita</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be joining:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Tablescape Thursday</a></div>

Mother's Franciscan "Apple" for Christmas...

As the Christmas holidays start to wind down this week with the celebration of "Three King's Day" or "Los Tres Reyes Mago...

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