Nativity. What a warm, joyful and beautiful holiday it is! And it should be noted at home comfortably and beautifully. How to decorate a Christmas table? What should be so unusual and interesting on it? The art of decorating the table for Christmas has been more than one and a half thousand years old, and it is still developing, while accumulating experience, recipes, traditions.
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You will need
Vegetables, fruits, herbs, meat, fish, poultry, flour and confectionery, champagne, wine, silverware, crystal and porcelain dishes, tablecloths, napkins, fresh and artificial flowers, toothpicks, skewers, angel figures, decorative candles, fir branches, Christmas decorations.
Instruction manual
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In order not to look tired and exhausted at the festive table, think over the palette and the original design of the 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 delicacies will look good on it. If your holiday table has a rich wooden tabletop, you can do without a tablecloth, just lay suitable linen napkins with an original ornament, it will be very cozy. Sew chair covers or buy ready-made ones - the drapery and bows are always very beautiful and elegant.
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There should be a large, bright spot in the center of the table. Gather a beautiful composition from living pine or spruce branches, cones and Christmas toys, and you will smell the holiday even more strongly at the table. Do not pile up a too high design, otherwise it will block the interlocutor sitting opposite you.
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Serve the table with a polished metal vase for fruits, dishes, a champagne bucket - this will add bright highlights, and as a result of festivity. Choose ribbons, rain and Christmas balls in the color of the dishes. With this serving, the Christmas table looks very rich.
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Separate conversation about the lighting of the Christmas table. Of course, you can turn on the floor lamp, a new lamp and Christmas garlands, but do not forget that Christmas is still an unusual and magical holiday. True magic can only be created with flickering fire and the smell of wax! Put on the table several decorative candles in metal with gilded candlesticks or in ceramic vases with patterns. The abundance of sparkling lights, sparkling silverware, crystal glasses, Christmas toys with candles reflected in them will create a unique atmosphere of this good holiday! Candles can be aromatic or simple, most importantly - vibrating flames of dancing, dancing in the eyes of your loved ones.
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Original candles can be made with your own hands from improvised means. Take a large orange or grapefruit, cut the bottom half to one third of its height and remove the flesh. Then cut the curly holes on the sides and one on top. In the jam outlet (any glass can serve as a candlestick), place the lower part of the makeshift flashlight, 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 a decorative window.
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There are many ways to decorate a Christmas table with a variety of dishes, fruits and sweets. Here is an example: chopped peeled pineapple without triangles, chopped strawberries in half, strawberries without stalks in half, cut orange into slices unpeeled. Put fruit yogurt in a bowl for dessert, decorate it with chopped fruits and berries in the form of flowers, sprinkle with powdered sugar, cool.
note
If the Christmas table is set for children, and there will be candles on it - the presence of adults in the room is necessary to prevent a fire.