Well, I had a couple of parties this year, both outside of a regular meal time, around mid-afternoon. I served lots (really lots) of finger foods and snacks, both cold and hot. You'd think people never eat - both parties I was eaten out of house and home! But seriously, half the folks invited seemed to act like they expected the party would feed them for dinner, even though it started at 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Every cracker, every morsel, every stick of celery was devoured! Am I missing something here?