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Is it okay to just serve dessert at the baby shower?


I was thinking about having the celebration at 7 PM on a Saturday night with a fruit and vegetable tray and cake and ice cream. Is this acceptable since it's after dinner? Also, is 7 PM an okay time for a baby shower?

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Hi,

Thank you for your etiquette question. The only etiquette rule there is for serving appetizers or desserts at a baby shower is to choose a time that is not considered a "meal time" by your party goers. 7 pm is usually an ok time to use for a party and serve desserts. You can also move it back a half hour to 7:30pm so your guests are positive that dinner will not be included during the party. It's up to you what you want to do but I think you are ok if you want to use the 7pm as your time.

Hope that helps! Good luck planning the baby shower!

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Another way to let your guests know that you are not serving dinner is to put something on the invitation. For my baby shower, my hostess put

Desserts Will Be Served

to make sure my baby shower guests were not expecting a full meal. She served had a chocolate fountain with a variety of fruit and cakes to dip in it. We also had a really yummy pink punch. Hope that helps!

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