Some Christmas evenings are not parties at all; they are six people, one long table and a lot of candles. This invitation was drawn for those. The paper has the weave of real linen, olive and bay branches curl around the heading, and two brass candlesticks stand at the bottom with their flames just lit. The hosts’ name is handwritten in warm copper.
Send it for a Christmas Eve supper, a dinner for old friends in the week before the holiday, a quiet anniversary dinner in December, or a small gathering for grandparents who prefer calm to crowds. A family name reads naturally here; so does a single host.
Keep the table honest: white cloth, real candles, greenery from the garden rather than the shop. In your message say what time dinner is actually served, so nobody arrives at the candles already burned down.
