Decorating your Christmas table 3 golden rules to create magic

To amaze your guests during the Christmas holidays, there is no need to overload your table with decorations to create magic.

Go for two colors, no more. If red and green or gold and silver are always in good style, all shades are permitted. A table decoration that displays the same colors as those of the tree is a guarantee of harmony.

The basic rules for a successful Christmas table decoration!

That each Christmas table is decorated as each person wishes is obvious, but an overriding principle must guide our choices: sobriety. Because to immerse yourself in the magic of the holidays , there is no need to smother your table with excessive decorative debauchery. When the time comes to train it, follow these three essential principles:

• Opt for a limited color palette, avoiding too much! Two shades are enough, whether it’s the classic red and green, gold and silver, or any other harmonious combination with the tree.
• Choose simple tableware, without extravagance. Favor simplicity with a white service, adaptable to all styles and colors.
• Pay special attention to lighting! The light should be soft, but strong enough to enjoy the food. Without transforming your table into a Christmas tree, multiply the candles and tealight holders. A string of lights winding across the table will brightly illuminate glasses and carafes.

How to beautify a Christmas table?

For an original Christmas decoration, collect a branch of dead wood and clean it. Then surround it with a beautiful light garland , hang a few Christmas baubles on it , and hang everything above the table. Also remember to vary the heights; this helps give perspective to the table. So, take out your candlesticks and other candlesticks. If you don’t have enough, turn over some wine glasses and place pretty candles on their bases. Note that between the risk of a fire and the wax stains they leave on the tablecloth, real candles are not always the best choice. Also, do not hesitate to opt for those that operate using LEDs. We now find them almost everywhere and in all sizes. The most realistic are those with a moving flame and covered in real paraffin wax.
The pine cone occupies a special place in party decoration. So don’t hesitate to pick some up during your walks in the forest to sprinkle them along your table runner . You can leave them natural, unless you prefer to paint them gold or white. Christmas is also an opportunity to bring out the silverware. To avoid spending an afternoon cleaning your cutlery, wrap it in aluminum foil , leaving a small opening. Boil a pot of water with baking soda and immerse your silver foil packets in it. Let sit for about an hour. Black will have deposited on the aluminum. Finally, in addition to perfuming the house, the amber apple wonderfully decorates an end-of-year table. All you need is a citrus fruit ( orange , grapefruit or lemon) and cloves that you will stick all over the skin. You are free to create patterns: letter, arabesque, star… All you have to do is place your amber apples in baskets in the center of the table or assemble them into a garland.

Decorating your Christmas table: 3 easy DIY ideas!

• A centerpiece: garnish two glass bell jars with a few fir branches, Christmas baubles and small snowballs formed using cotton. Close your bell using its base, turn it over and place it in the center of your table.
• Napkin rings: a cinnamon stick, a small fir branch, a bit of raffia or wool string and you get the detail that will make the difference on your table.
• Place cards: so that each guest finds their place at your table, personalize a tealight holder with a cord and a holly leaf on which you will write their first name.

Decoration how to create the perfect magic of Christmas at home?

How to decorate the house in a natural and warm way for Christmas? First of all, sort through your decorations and choose the ones that most evoke a traditional Christmas. You can then add a vegetal note to them. If you have a garden, don’t hesitate to glean certain elements from it. Tastefully assembled, they will make pretty decorations, and unique ones at that! Otherwise, go to garden centers which offer plenty of decorations in a style that evokes nature.

• My Christmas Tree…

For some, there is no Christmas without a tree. It’s easy to get one this season. If you have a fir tree in your garden , take the opportunity to cut a few low branches that you will place inside the house. And to get visitors in the mood before they even walk through the door, you can adorn your tree with fairy lights or outdoor decorations. Other conifers also work well. Thus thujas, false cypresses or other evergreen conifers offer beautiful branches to make bouquets, wreaths, garlands … depending on the inspiration of the moment. You can decorate them with small pine cones. If you don’t have any in stock, you can get some at a garden center, whether in bulk or as ready-made decorations.

• Holly everywhere!

Traditionally, we decorate the house with branches of holly whose red balls in winter brighten up the dark green of the leaves. But many other shrubs give colorful berries , very decorative in this season. Cotoneasters produce numerous bright red balls and pyracanthas offer, depending on the variety, vermilion or orange-yellow berries. If you prefer pink tones, know that there is a shrub whose fruits are adorned with an astonishing mauve-pink color: callicarpa . Also think about shrubs whose branches take on magnificent colors, dogwoods in particular. Some species have bright red, purple or even orange-yellow branches. These branches will make very beautiful bouquets, decorated with Christmas baubles. If you are lucky enough to have flowers this season, such as hellebores or camellias , you can make bouquets or arrangements that will adorn the festive table as well as around the tree.

• Fruity and spicy atmosphere

And why not add fruits to the decor which will perfume the atmosphere? Apples and oranges are ideal. Spike their skin with cloves which will exude a rich spicy scent. In the same vein, we can use cinnamon sticks and star anise , as fragrant as they are decorative, in plant compositions.

• Multiply the lights!

To give a festive look to your home , decorate your arrangements with golden objects, such as Christmas baubles and shiny paper bows. The final, essential touch will be provided by the candles, whose light evokes that of Christmas. Place them everywhere in the house, on the fireplace mantle, on the coffee table in the living room, the pedestal tables, the windowsill. Opt for candles of different sizes and sizes to achieve a magical effect!

On wreaths and floral arrangements, place white wax candles or matching colors. The scene is set, all you have to do is install the nativity scene and the figurines. Merry Christmas, dear readers!