I lack the PRETTY HTML GENE, sooo I'm just going to do this as a series of links. :-D
It was really hard to get good pics of Christmas decorated ball rooms, so I just went with a generic.
THIS is what the ballroom will look like generally speaking (ignore the band set-up!)! There will be a
Christmas tree, and lots of matching sort of decorations, and each place setting is like
this.
This cake's ribbons are actually RED, not pink (wtf?). There's a DJ playing a good mix of classical Christmas songs, as well as newer ones. There's a few non-Christmas songs played as well. OH, and before I forget, OPEN BAR.
DINNER:
Beef Wellington (with Madeira sauce) with roast potatoes and asparagus.
DESSERT:
Spotted Dick PuddingI'm assuming that Kenneth McKinnon will give a little speech, a little state of the Aurors thing. (Alie, would you like to have Edgar do a little one too, as Deputy Head? Didn't want to volunteer you without your permission!). Hope would also give out funny little awards like MOST BAD-ASS, only not worded like that, which would go to Moody because he LOST A LEG this year - those sorts of things. Anyone who wants their character to win something funny like that, please do let me know. I hadn't really gotten around to being able to do one for everyone, but I imagine there'd be a lot of moral boosting sort of things.
SO NOW! Were you there? Did you bring a date? Who got so significantly SMASHED that they embarrassed themselves?
(I'd also like to say that Hope used fantastic guilt trips on the caterers, Starlight ballroom staff, and other vendors to get good good deals, so she went WAY under budget. "THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR YOU EVERY DAY. How COULD you charge so MUCH!" :-D Aaaand she would have been running around like a chicken with her head cut off, and if she heard anyone saying nice things about the cake, she would have blushed and skirted away. Also, feel free to comment on
her outfit (and lack of glasses).)