Submitted by Granny Squares
40 years ago when my sister was the only person lucky enough to have a basement with a ping pong table, we held all our Christmas family gatherings at her house. Not only did that keep the kids busy downstairs while the adults were visiting upstairs, but come mealtime, she had a table big enough to put everyone around. We could squeeze 20 of us around that ping pong table sitting on folding card table chairs and benches made from wooden crates with planks strung between them.