How Do You Set The Table For A Holiday Dinner?
Rules on how to set the dinner table are well known; a quick online search brings up several sites that describe and illustrate the Emily Post basic table setting guides in detail. What you want to do is take your holiday table setting beyond having china and flatware in their proper places. How do you add pizzazz and enchantment to your holiday dinner table layout? Here are some suggestions. Review the Emily Post site (see link in Resources below) for the basic table setting guidelines, just in case your guests expect you to follow the rules. It’s alright if your table has slight deviations. For example, if you don’t have all of the required glassware. Check the china, flatware, glassware and table linens you already have. You don’t have to purchase new items; matching dinnerware is ideal, but tastefully mixed items have their own special appeal. If necessary, and possible, consider borrowing sets from relatives and friends. Set a table theme. Depending on the holiday being celebrated
