Whether it's the Christmas Eve dinner or the 25th lunch, the centerpiece can not be missing: here are some simple suggestions to make one effect in your home
There is no table a Christmas without a centerpiece worthy of this name. To be sure to embody it, but also to create the right atmosphere of conviviality. If you have a good dexterity and a lot of imagination, because this year instead of buying it from the florist, do not you like to build one yourself with your own hands? In the end, not much material is needed, but certainly a lot of patience and originality.
Here are some creative idea to build your Christmas centerpiece: involve your children too, it will be fun!
Holly berries and candles
What's more Christmas than a lit candle and holly? Obtain vases of different sizes, fill them with water, decorate them with holly branches. Assemble them in the middle of the table, then place floating candles just before the guests arrive: guaranteed wow effect!
Candle holder oranges
Orange is one of the symbols of Christmas, with its unmistakable scent. Why not use it as a candle holder? Obtain some thick peel oranges, cut them in half, separate the pulp, taking care to leave the peel intact. Then place the oranges emptied on a table in the center of the table and in each of them, a lit candle. The heat will also help to propagate a good citrus scent for the home.
The greedy centerpiece
Prepare a cake and then decorate it: a soft cloud of spun sugar all around, a few pomegranate beans here and there and a few sprigs of pine at the base. And here's your sweet centerpiece, to be served in slices at the end of Christmas lunch!
Bottled Christmas stars
Get colored glass bottles, possibly of different sizes and heights, and a Christmas star. Cut some branches and insert them into the bottles, as if they were pots. Then, decorate the table, placing the bottles in the center or a bottle every four seats.