How to Create the Perfect Christmas Dinner Table

Whether your taste leans toward the elegant or the whimsical, you can create a breathtaking tablescape for the holidays. Use shades of blue and shimmering silver in combination with your finest China when you set a formal dinner table, and you will be sure to impress. For a casual, but no less cheerful Christmas dinner table, play to your inner child, using brightly colored decor. You don't have to relegate yourself to only one project. Implement one for your formal dining room and the other for your breakfast area. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

Winter Wonderland

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Drape the table in a pale blue, satin table cloth. Run a deeper blue, organza table runner across the center of the table. Sprinkle white snowflake confetti over the organza.

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Spray Styrofoam trees in adhesive. Roll the two 12-inch-tall trees in silver glitter until coated completely. Roll the two 8-inch-tall trees in blue glitter until coated completely.

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Melt a quarter-size circle of wax in the center of four small, clear chargers. Press the base of each tree firmly into the glue.

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Place the silver trees 6 inches from opposite edges of the table. Position the blue trees closer to the middle of the table, leaving a considerable gap in the center for a centerpiece.

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Position a crystal candlestick between each pair of blue and silver trees. Insert 8-inch taper candles into the candlesticks.

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Blue and silver ornaments offer an elegant touch to your Christmas table.

Fill a square, clear glass vase with blue and silver ball ornaments. Place the arrangement in the center of the table, allowing a couple of ornaments to spill onto the table runner.

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Use white dinnerware at each place setting. Tuck white linen napkins in the wine glasses. Light the candles to cast a shimmering glow over this winter wonderland dinner table.

Festive Christmas Decor

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Candy provides a colorful addition to your Christmas decor.

Fill clear vases with candy. Pour red cinnamon candy into one vase, green spearmint slices in another vase and red and white peppermints in a third vase. Group the vases in the center of the table.

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Arrange small gift boxes around the candy. Remove the lids from some of the boxes, filling the boxes with small toys.

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Alternate the place settings with red and green chargers. Set a clear salad plate on each charger.

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Wrap the flatware in red linen napkins. In place of traditional napkin rings, secure the napkins with green rope licorice tied in loose knots. Tuck candy canes in between the napkin and licorice. Center one napkin on each plate to complete your colorful decor.