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Our neighborhood had a progressive dinner as our annual holiday gathering up until 2 years ago. It began as three stops, appetizers, main entree and then dessert. But because everybody was expected to contribute to one of the courses, it was just way too much food. So we switched it up to be heavy hors d'oeuvres and dessert. Last year it had dwindled down to one house, bring what you wanted. Less work involved, and we still had a nice evening.
They are really fun if you are just bringing the wine or a cheese ball. Not as much if your house has to be cleaned, stem to stern, and you need to find seating for everyone.
Our neighborhood had a progressive dinner as our annual holiday gathering up until 2 years ago. It began as three stops, appetizers, main entree and then dessert. But because everybody was expected to contribute to one of the courses, it was just way too much food. So we switched it up to be heavy hors d'oeuvres and dessert. Last year it had dwindled down to one house, bring what you wanted. Less work involved, and we still had a nice evening.
Sounds like a winner. Our neighborhood does something similar: we do a Christmas open house or brunch; pot luck and we have a great time. Our church couples group (we keep the groups small, only about 6 couples) do something similar.We have a late afternoon, early evening cocktail party during the holidays. The host and hostess provide booze, we all bring an appetizer and maybe a bottle of wine to contribute to the bar.
It might be something you see more in the midwest and west coast. We were living in CAlifornia when we had several. It is fun and really not that much work if you keep the group down in size. It was more popular a couple of decades ago, so maybe it was before your time.
When my parents were first married (late 1950's) they lived in Evergreen Park, IL and all of the neighbors were close together so they had done quite a few. Once they started having children and moved to the suburbs, though, the neighbors weren't close at all so they didn't have them in that neck of the woods. Perhaps it's also a bit more dependent on the type of neighborhood?
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It was more popular a couple of decades ago, so maybe it was before your time.
