The Coburn Family Christmas Celebration

Pat Flug, Betty Tong, Eliza Flug, Cathi Hatch

Last night I attended the incredible Coburn Family Christmas Celebration with family members Alicia & Michael Hatch with sons Jackson, Spencer and Andrew and Katie & Kevin Laramore with sons Cutter and Boden.  Our hosts, Eliza Flug and Chris Coburn had arranged to have the Seattle Tennis Club decorated as a Christmas fantasy land.  Just inside the dining room was a complete gingerbread village which had been built by caterer extraordinaire, Lisa Dupar.

Jackson, Andrew, Spencer Hatch with Father Christmas

Upon arrival we immediately went to the room with the egg nog and hot chocolate bars and to see the most detailed and elegant Father Christmas I have ever seen.  Jackson and Spencer were willing to participate in the photo op, while Cutter gave Father Christmas a very wide berth.

Jackson and Jackson with Elves

The children were very entertained by the many elves that were dressed head to toe in green and red with jingle bells and had fun chasing the elves throughout the club.  The elves did a wonderful storytelling rendition of "The Night Before Christmas".In addition there were Dickens' carolers and a fantastic Christmas children's craft table under glistening silver snowflakes hanging from the ceiling.

Lucien Postlewaite and Olivier Wevers

We sat in the dining room at tables named after Santa's reindeer.  Our table was the Dasher table where I shared dinner with Theresa Dowell & Greg Jones and their daughter Jeannine, Betty Tong & Joe Miner and their daughters Audrey and Caroline, Olivier Wevers and Lucien Postlewaite and Katie, Kevin, Cutter and Boden Laramore. 

The Dasher Table

The Gingerbread Village

In addition to a beautiful dinner buffet, there was a dessert table that was fascinating for the children with a chocolate fountain fruit, cake and marshmallows to dip.  Because Olivier was coveting the chocolate, Lucien brought him a wine glass filled with liquid chocolate.  It was more chocolate than he had bargained for however.

I had the opportunity to wish many friends a very merry Christmas including Pat Flug, Eliza's mother, Julie & Tom Skerrit, Leigh & JP Canlis, Liffy's friend from high school, Noa Giamelli and many others.  It was truly a spectacular party!