Typically, the traditional way of celebrating Christmas involves gathering around a dining room table to share a holiday meal with loved ones. Since the dining table is usually such a key element when celebrating Christmas, the setting should serve as an eye-catching backdrop that sets the tone for the holiday feeling you wish to create. Leave the dining room table set to serve as a decorative accessory throughout the Christmas season. Does this Spark an idea?
Rustic Christmas
If you enjoy being in the great outdoors, set a Christmas dining room table setting that utilizes natural elements to create a welcoming holiday feeling. Instead of using a tablecloth, set a red or green table runner down the center of your table, and set matching place mats at each seat. In the center of the table, place a silver tray topped with sprigs of pine needles, silver and gold ornaments and a pillar candle. Spray pinecones with spray adhesive, sprinkle gold glitter on top of them and set them in silver tealight holders; arrange the pinecones along the runner. Set each place with plain white plates, silver flatware and simple clear glasses.
Cool Blue and White
If your taste is not traditional, yet you want to create a definite Christmas vibe, set a table that evokes the image of snow and ice by using cool blue and white as the focal colors for your dining tables. Drape a cool blue satin tablecloth over the table, and top it with a white organza overlay. For a centerpiece, set a white pillar candle in the center of a large clear bowl, and surround it with light blue glass ornaments. Set white tealights in silver holders, and scatter them down the center of the table. If you have a chandelier, drape silver rope garland around it and suspend light blue glass ornaments from it. Use silver-rimmed white plates and light blue stemware for the place settings.
Candyland
This table idea is particularly nice if you have children and, even if you don't use it, to satisfy the kid in your heart. Lay a pastel tablecloth on the table, and run a light green runner on top of it. Fill a variety of glass jars with different types of candies -- candy canes, Starlite mints, green and red foil-wrapped chocolates and nonpareils, for example, and place them along the runner, along with silver scoops that guests can use to scoop out the candy. Set the table with a hodgepodge of different styles of light colored plates, and use different types of cups as well, such as colored aluminum and glass.
Traditional Christmas
Design a table that features a traditional Christmas scene. Use a red tablecloth as the backdrop for the setting. In the center of the table, place a small Christmas tree, complete with decorations and battery-operated lights. Wrap a piece of green fabric around the base of the tree, and place small wrapped packages on top of it. Plates that feature Christmas trees set on top of gold chargers and crystal goblets complete the setting.
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