I started with a 12 piece set of Phaltzgraff Christmas tree stoneware about 20 years ago when my daughters were young. We would use them every day from the day after Thanksgiving until the first week of January. I then bought 4 place settings of solid red Fiestaware dishes to be able to serve my Christmas day company, too. Two years ago, both of my daughters got engaged and our Christmas dinner expanded to 12 people. I was able to find the same Phaltzgraff dishes on Ebay and added a couple more red Fiesta pieces. I love using those dishes for the 6 weeks each year! We have the tall 42" cabinets in our kitchen, so I'm able to store all the dishes on the top shelves of them. I swap the Christmas tree and red dishes out with my every day dishes so that when we're using them, they're in a convenient cabinet near the sink and dishwasher.