'Tis the season for guests, gifting, parties and hospitality.
Lewis List short list:
1) never show up empty-handed
2) do unto others as they would have you do unto them
(give people what they want, not what you would want)
(give people what they want, not what you would want)
3) remember to express sincere appreciation
4) leave before they wish you were gone
5) a guest has a responsibility to contribute to a fun party
Thought y'all might enjoy the below quotations from the Quote Garden.
I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine. ~Alfred North Whitehead
Haven't had this problem but love a host's foresight
The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. ~Author Unknown
Sweet
Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
Bittersweet
Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. ~Victor Borge
'tis the visiting Season
We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Easy one. Added "ice cream" to the grocery list.
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. ~Samuel Pepys
A guest room is my favorite byproduct of moving from N** to A*****.
Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post. ~Charles Beresford, telegram reply to a dinner invitation
Amazing....a good line to follow a bad date.
Fish and visitors smell in three days. ~Benjamin Franklin
Classic and I overuse it. Constantly.
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. ~Ward McAllister
I echo his sentiments wholeheartedly. In the event of my unexpected demise, please follow suit.
Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
WWJD
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. ~Author Unknown
Bittersweet
Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. ~Victor Borge
'tis the visiting Season
We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Easy one. Added "ice cream" to the grocery list.
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. ~Samuel Pepys
A guest room is my favorite byproduct of moving from N** to A*****.
Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post. ~Charles Beresford, telegram reply to a dinner invitation
Amazing....a good line to follow a bad date.
Fish and visitors smell in three days. ~Benjamin Franklin
Classic and I overuse it. Constantly.
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. ~Ward McAllister
I echo his sentiments wholeheartedly. In the event of my unexpected demise, please follow suit.
Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
WWJD
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. ~Author Unknown
The guest I try never to be.
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