My Christmas Table

Hello ladies! This may be a crazy time around your home, with the feverish Christmas feast preparations…Today, my post is in response to a faithful reader and friends who asked me for decorating tips for a Christmas table. Therefore, I prepared this post instead of answering each one individually.

I love decorating tables for entertaining friends (my family lives far away). It is one of the things I like doing most, whether for a romantic tête à tête dinner, for a birthday or for the Christmas and Easter holidays.

The Christmas table is very important, because we come together around it and spend several hours sharing good conversation, laughter and, of course, delicious food!

For Christmas, I prefer a simple table without a theme. This will be my Christmas table - I hope you like it!

White is always my colour of choice for a Christmas table. Therefore, I set the table with a white tablecloth and napkins and white dishes to match.

I mixed the traditional and the modern: I put a beautiful and delicate lace tablecloth, a gift from my mum a long time ago, in the centre of the table.

I usually decorate the centre of the table with natural elements to give colour. However, this year I opted for elements of Christmas decoration: baubles, stars and candles.

I'm a fan of candles, so they are a must for the Christmas table! I have these little lanterns from last year: their decorations revolve with the heat of the candles, quite fairy-like.... I combined them with the “vin chaud” candles that I bought at the Montreux Christmas Market (their scent is simply gorgeous). The idea here is to have different heights of light to create a beautiful effect and a welcoming atmosphere

Most of my decorations are from the El Corte Inglès department store. They have a wonderful selection of Christmas articles to make you lose your head - and their prices are attractive too.

As you can see there is nothing expensive or over the top, you just need to use a little imagination!