Table Decorations and Place Setting Christmas Themes

Choose a Christmas Dinner Décor Theme

Before you run out and buy a winter centerpiece or set of holiday china, you should figure out a theme for your dining area. Common themes include:

• Color schemes (metallics with green, red, blue, white)
• Snowflakes
• Christmas trees
• Birds/birdhouses
• Santa and elves
• Reindeer
• Licensed characters (like children’s cartoon characters or movies)
• Frosty the Snowman
• Snowmen
• Penguins
• Polar bears
• Angels/religious themes

Depending on your entire home’s decorating scheme, you can tie your dining room and tablescape to the rest of the house. Whether you carry a theme like penguins into the room, but switch the main colors, or continue a color into the room but switch the focus, you can coordinate the whole house.

Table Decorations and Place Settings Christmas Themes

If you throw holiday parties frequently, it may be worth it to invest in a set of nice china, porcelain, or ceramic place settings. Not only will it save you money over the years, but help save the environment by creating less waste. Additionally, the table can be set even when you are not planning a dinner party, adding to the room’s Christmas décor.

Place settings can be purchased from a kitchen store, cooking store, or home section of a large department store. Even discount retailers offer affordable options for Christmas themed place settings. These timeless settings can be purchased one of two ways:

1. As a group: You will get between four and eight settings, often including large dinner plates, dessert plates, mugs, saucers, and serving bowl.
2. As separate pieces: Pick and choose which pieces you want, as each is individually priced.

Both ways of buying place settings have their advantages. Purchasing a set in bulk can be cheaper, but you may end up with pieces you do not need. Getting separate pieces allows you to buy odd numbers and select only the items you want. However, you may end up spending more money or forgetting certain pieces.

Holiday Place Settings

Table decorations and place settings Christmas themes come in a variety of patterns and colors to match your theme. Consider the following place settings:

• Lenox Winter Greetings—This place setting features three sizes of plates plus cup and saucer with a Christmas wreath motif.
• Spode Christmas Tree 5-Piece Dinnerware Place Setting—Buy the amount of place settings you need, as each comes with all five pieces. The classic Spode tree makes this setting timeless.
• Waechtersbach Holiday Willie & Emma—Reindeer are the main feature of the red and white dinnerware. Pick out only the pieces you need or want.
• Sango Christmas Sweet Shoppe Dinnerware—A collection of bright place settings in reds, yellows, greens, and purples featuring snowmen.
• Pfaltzgraff Holiday and Christmas Dinnerware—From penguins to candy and snowmen to garlands, Pfaltzgraff offers a variety of place settings to accent your dining room décor.

Holiday place settings are often replaced with new versions each season. When the old patterns are retired, it can be difficult to find replacements. Visit the website Robbins Nest to find a large selection of replacement pieces.

Place Setting Accessories

No holiday table is complete until all the accessories are in place. While having place settings is the start of your holiday table, adding the little accents can really bring your table theme together. The following items can be used to complete your Christmas table look:

• Tablecloths or runners
• Silverware
• Serving pieces
• Napkin rings
• Cloth napkins

Entertaining large dinner parties may require assigned seating. Use Christmas placecards and holders to show everyone where to sit.

Christmas Table Decorations

Having a variety of holiday decorations in the center of your table makes a great statement. Be sure to keep your theme in mind, whether it is green and silver, country Christmas, or winter blues. Your centerpiece(s) should reflect your theme but not interfere with conversation.

Candles make excellent centerpieces. Not only are they affordable, but add elegant mood lighting for evening dinners. Avoid scented candles so guests can enjoy the wonderful aroma of the meal they are about to eat. Candles can be found in almost every color and shape, making them the perfect accent to any table.

Tables with a Santa theme could use a series of small red sleighs, filled with miniature packages. Or line the sleighs with napkins and put hot rolls and other condiments in for guests to pass, making it decorative and functional.

Other table décor ideas include:

• Making Christmas tree toppers your centerpieces
• Gluing wrapping paper scraps together and laminating for kids' table placemats
• Placing foil wrapped poinsettias along middle of the table
• Running garland and mistletoe down the center of the table
• Gathering silk flowers into ceramic mugs in holiday shapes

Loved Ones Fit Any Décor

While having a great table scheme can really make a dining room come alive, remember the most important thing of all is the friends and family who came together to eat at the table during the Christmas season.