The week after Christmas, we went on this special tour of the French Quarter, where for two days 5 historic homes were opened up and you could walk through them, and one of them, which was owned by a local debutante society, was even set up with punch and cookies for everyone to have, and after this (older) (white) lady spoke about 19th c. Christmas traditions from the area, they opened up these doors at the end of the hall to show the beautifully decorated table.
To clear, several younger (white) girls who were dressed up as maids were walking around with trays, and you'd put your china cups and plates on them.
To one, who was about 10, I was like, "Great costume!", and when she thanked me, I asked her if she'd prefer to be a servant or out enjoying everything with everyone.
At that, her nose wrinkled up and she grimaced and she said she'd rather be doing something else.
Upstairs, a lady was showing us around a room, and she opened up this small historic cupboard and showed us this enameled pot the size of a small stew pot, but with a small handle on it.
"Now does anyone know what this is?", she was like, and when no-one knew, she was like, "A chamber pot!".
"Wow," I was like, "That's kind of big. And I thought people were smaller back then."
"Maybe they used it multiple times?", she suggested, helpfully.
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