Everything You Need for A Gorgeous Christmas Dinner Tablescape

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Create the most beautiful Christmas Tablescape with this step by step guide and these must have tableware pieces.

CHRISTMAS DINNER TABLESCAPE MUST-HAVES

Hosting Christmas dinner can be stressful and time consuming. It’s important to remember that it’s not about the food, but rather spending quality time with friends and family.

These tips will help you create a beautiful Christmas tablescape for your guests while also relieving some of the stress.

How do you make a Christmas tablescape? The Elements of a Christmas Dinner Tablescape starting with the tablecloth and greenery, plates, glassware and candles.

How do you make a Christmas tablescape?

Christmas is coming up, and the decorations are starting to appear in stores. With all of these beautiful decorations, it can be hard to choose which ones work for your home.

Luckily, this post will cover the DIY Christmas tablescape elements that you need to make your Christmas dinner dreams come to life!

Christmas Table Setting Placement

We’re going to start from the bottom and work our way up to the perfect Christmas table setting

  1. Start with the tablecloth
  2. Add greenery or garland to the center
  3. Next add centerpiece candles or hurricanes
  4. Put down placemats
  5. Set the dinner plates with appetizer/dessert plates on top
  6. Top the plates with a cloth napkin
  7. Add the salad fork (outside) and dinner fork (closest to plate) to the left side
  8. Bring in the knife and spoon (outside)
  9. Add a wine glass and drinking glass to the top of the setting
  10. Use placecards for a formal dinner or a sprig of greenery atop each napkin for a casual setting
The Elements of a Christmas Dinner Tablescape starting with the tablecloth and greenery, plates, glassware and candles.

Christmas Tablecloth & Runner

Start with a tablecloth. Either go patterned on the cloth and solid with everything else or go solid with the tablecloth and patterned plates, napkins and accessories.

Christmas Placemats

Next, layer in placemats. We love round beaded, woven or sparkly. Rectangular create a large space to place all of the table setting pieces.

And for kids, we love disposable paper placemats that can be colored or have activities on them.

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Christmas Plates & Dinnerware

What better way to jazz up your next dinner party than with some fun and festive christmas plates?

There are so many different styles of patterns, colors or designs that you can find! These will make it easy for people attending the event not only enjoy their food but also enjoy the gorgeous (or fun loving) dinner plates and appetizer plates.

Dinner Plates for Holiday Entertaining

Below I am sharing some of my favorite dinner plates and full place settings for your holiday entertaining.

Appetizer Plates for Holiday Entertaining

These appetizer and salad plates are always winners.

Dessert Plates for Holiday Entertaining

Don’t forget dessert plates that take the cake.

Christmas Flatware

Christmas Dinner Glassware

Setting the table

I hope that these tips for setting the Christmas table are helpful in making your holiday dinner party magical. Mix and match sets, plates, silverware and serving dishes for an eclectic and fun dinner.

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