SC - Restaurant Supply

[Hoon, Twila]

Apparently the broken and damaged dishes were most often replaced before
Lent and Easter and Christmas and Epiphany when the households expected host
the greatest number of guests and personages of rank, so the house would be
displayed at its best.  

Bear  

> >Ceramic bowls were replenished once or twice a year, just 
> before the high
> >Holy Days.
> 
> This piqued my curiosity. Could you explain this bit please? Was
> there a reason this particular time?
> 
> Iasmin