Definitely an effort was made here to make the meal spread look larger, fancier, and more home prepared than it really was. The addition of the oven rack for the duck was a nice touch, but perhaps it was just reheated.
"You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me."
--Pink Floyd "Brain Damage"