Nativity. What a warm, joyful and beautiful holiday it is! And you need to celebrate it in a homely, cozy and beautiful way. How to decorate your Christmas table? What should be so unusual and interesting on it? The art of decorating the table for Christmas is more than one and a half thousand years old, and it is still developing, while accumulating experience, recipes, traditions.
It is necessary
Vegetables, fruits, herbs, meat, fish, poultry, flour and confectionery, champagne, wine, silverware, crystal and porcelain dishes, tablecloth, napkins, natural and artificial flowers, toothpicks, skewers, angel figurines, decorative candles, fir branches, Christmas decorations
Instructions
Step 1
In order not to look tired and exhausted at the festive table, think over the palette and original design of decorations and dishes in advance, and start serving in advance. First of all, pick up a tablecloth, white with a discreet pattern looks more solemn than others, any of your delights will look good on it. If your festive table has a rich wooden tabletop, you can do without a tablecloth, just lay a suitable linen napkin with an original ornament, it will be very cozy. Sew chair covers or buy ready-made ones - draperies and bows are always very beautiful and graceful.
Step 2
There should be a large, bright spot in the center of the table. Collect a beautiful composition from live pine or spruce branches, cones and Christmas tree decorations, and you will feel the smell of the holiday even more strongly at the table. Do not pile too high a structure, otherwise it will block the interlocutor from you, sitting opposite.
Step 3
Serve the table with a polished metal fruit vase, dishes, and a champagne bucket - this will add bright highlights, and as a result, conviviality. Choose ribbons, rain and Christmas balls to match the color of the dishes. With this setting, the Christmas table looks very rich.
Step 4
A separate conversation about lighting the Christmas table. Of course, you can turn on a floor lamp, a new lamp and Christmas tree garlands, but do not forget that Christmas is still an unusual and magical holiday. True magic can only be created by flickering fire and the smell of wax! Place on the table a few decorative candles in gilded metal candlesticks or in ceramic vases with patterns. The abundance of sparkling lights, sparkling silverware, crystal glasses, Christmas tree decorations with candles reflected in them will create a unique atmosphere of this good holiday! Candles can be aromatic or simple, the main thing is wavering tongues of flame dancing in the eyes of your loved ones.
Step 5
Original candles can be made with your own hands from improvised means. Take a large orange or grapefruit, cut the bottom one-third of its height and remove the pulp. Then cut shaped holes on the sides and one on top. In a jam socket (any glass can serve as a candlestick), place the lower part of an improvised lantern, put a small candle in it in a foil cup. Cover with the top - the original lamp is ready. Light it with a match through the decorative window.
Step 6
There are many ways to decorate your Christmas table with a variety of foods, fruits and sweets. Here's an example: cut a peeled, stubbled pineapple into triangular pieces, a strawberry without stalks in half, an orange cut into slices unpeeled. Arrange fruit yoghurt in dessert bowls, garnish with chopped fruits and berries in the form of flowers, sprinkle with powdered sugar, refrigerate.
