An exact month a Christmas. This year we organize ourselves in good time and immediately begin to prepare the list of things to do. So here we are to give you advice and ideas, shortcuts and suggestions. All to make this Christmas even more festive and happy.

Relax

Let's start with a month in advance just for avoid stress last minute, queues, crowds and Christmas dinner or lunch: here are 5 tips to get organized and enjoy the party.

The Christmas tree and the other decorations

Here are some tips to make your Christmas tree memorable. In short, like that beautiful and particular to arouse in your guests the desire to take a selfie and put it on Instagram. But the tree we have in mind is not just to photograph: it is also to eat! In short, an appetizing Christmas tree; a tree to be unpacked (at least in part) by eating it; a tree, in short, with a food theme. So space for chocolates, candies, marshmallows, biscuits, fruit and anything that can stand several weeks hanging on your tree … even if nobody prevents you from collecting the "fruits" from time to time!

Let's move on to the balcony lights. Here are some tricks to give to everything a Nordic touch. When Father Christmas comes to visit you, he will feel at home.

The table

A perfectly prepared table in Christmas theme already celebrates and prepares diners for joy and joy. As it is said: "Who starts well is already in the middle of the work". It will be a success for your dishes. Guaranteed.

Napkin and napkin ring

Placeholder

Centerpiece

Stands

What to eat and what to drink

Well, the time has come to taste the Christmas menu. Here are some ideas for classic, alternative, vegan, vegetarian and gluten free dishes.

Appetizer

Starter

Traditional menu

There is no better way to go without relying on tradition:legacy of the past will make you the navigator in your journey through the stove.

Vegan menu

Have you given up eating anything animal-derived? Here a vegan menu able to enchant even your omnivorous friends.

Fish menu

For the dinner of Christmas' Eve this menu would simply be … perfect!

Light menu

We already know how we will feel at the end of the Christmas holidays. It wouldn't be a bad idea start light, no?

delicious menu

How did you say? Ah, aren't you among those who want to start light? Maximum respect: on the other hand, Christmas, once a year, so yes, let's get inside, then we think about the diet!

Buffet menu

Ooops! Suddenly you noticed that you have more guests than chairs. No fear! If you don't want to run and buy chairs, the solution is all standing and buffet!

Menu to prepare in advance

It's Christmas for everyone, even for the stove attendant! And if this year it was up to you to host everyone at home (we know it was a lot to say, but they took you literally and it will go like this), this does not mean that your Christmas is a fire sentence and flames and sweat and ran between the kitchen and the table with the guests. Prepare everything (or almost) in advance: this is the magic formula to get you out of this mess and enjoy Christmas without worries.

Kids menu

Forcing at table for hours a child it is a challenge to the laws of nature. And, let's face it, maybe even cruelty. Dads and mothers know it well. And yet, if you play it well …

Bread

We leave nothing out, because everything at Christmas must do … Christmas!

First

Second

Sweet

The belly is full, but for the sweet a place is always there! Certainly it is the moment most awaited by children, that to stay at the table for hours, as we have already said, they do not want to know and wait for nothing more than to bite a cookie, a slice of pandoro or panettone, a piece of nougat . But, without too many words, admit it: even for you adults the moment of the sweet is to die for! Next to the classics panettone, Pandoro is Nougat, that they do, indeed, that is Christmas, we propose these tasty and creative alternatives.

Wines and sparkling wines

Of course the general rules of pairing wine and food are valid, and therefore depending on the menu the wines will also change. The same goes for sparkling wines. Here we give only a few indications. Then you will be the one to make the right coupling, following your taste and the scheduled menu.

And our 4-legged friends?

Certainly for dogs, Christmas makes little sense: you certainly won't hear them You come down from the stars nor All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey o Last Christmas of Wham! But the air of joy that pervades everything perceives them too, happy to have you at home for many hours, free from work commitments or other obligations. Woof!

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