Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas

This is our Family Tree in the living room. It has all different kinds of ornaments on it that I have gathered over the past almost 50 years. Every one has a special meaning for me and a story about why I added it to my ornament collection. The tree tells our family story in some ways.

This is the Santa Tree in the family room. It only has Santa ornaments on it, again gathered over 50 years.

This is the newest tree, Elves and Reindeer, that was added this year because I was running out of space on the Family Tree. On the bottom there are a few tin village ornaments too.

I have a soft spot for this Gingerbread and Candy Tree in our guest room. It is a fun tree to decorate.

This is the snow people and snowflakes tree in the Main Bedroom. We grew up where it would snow in the winter once in a while and our cabin has lots of snow right now.

This is the Reading Tree in my study. All the ornaments are related to libraries and reading. During my Librarian career it was always up in my office every holiday season.

Whatever your interests may be there are often ornaments to tell that story. A quick google search will help you find them.

My son has put together a video showing all our trees as well as our other Christmas Decorations. Turn on your sound and you can see it here: Christmas Jinkies, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unVL148fIfM

Christmas Trees on a Christmas Tablescape

I have been thinking about a Christmas Tree Tablescape for a while. This red gingham tablecloth is one of my favorites. It is heavy cotton and I bought it at Sur La Table several years ago. This is another red and green color combination tablescape, my favorite colors for Christmas.

These Christmas Tree salad plates came from World Market a few years ago. I really like the tree design with all the different colored ornaments and the string of lights around the edge of the plate.

I am using our everyday Fiesta Scarlet dinner plates again on this tablescape. I seem to choose them often for Christmas tablescapes.

These chargers were made by Mikasa and the pattern was Color Spectrum, this charger in Hunter Green. I have several different colors of this charger and I really love the size, design and shape. They were all discontinued but I bought them all on Ebay a few at a time over the years.

This flatware is made by D & D Inox in Italy and the pattern is called Roma. I bought them at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. There are similar patterns available online now. I really like the marbleized design on the handles.

The pine and candy cane Christmas napkins probably came from HomeGoods, they were designed and signed by Vera. Vera Neumann designed many fabrics for home use for many years in the 1960’s and 1970’s and her work is being reproduced now. Some people collect her older designs. I think I bought the red wood napkin rings on Ebay a few years ago. I am always looking for simple napkin rings in basic primary colors.

These mercury glass green tree place card holders came from Pier 1 online a few years ago. They are actually heavier than I thought they would be. The red place cards came from Amazon a few years ago.

The green glass goblet on the right comes from The Vermont Country Store online. It is made by Mosser in the U.S. and the pattern is Georgia. They are really heavy glass and very good quality. I have bought a few of them at a time over the years. I also have them in cobalt blue. I used my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets for this table setting. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. Hubby and I were there and I suddenly saw a few and quickly found twelve and bought them all. I sometimes buy some dishes and glassware in sets of 12 since there are 12 of us now when the family is all together. If you read the tablescapes section of my blog you have seen these red goblets on several tablescapes.

This Christmas Tree cookie jar came from PIer 1 online a couple of years ago. I put it on a red drink dispenser stand from Pottery Barn to give it a bit more height. Just for fun I looked through my vintage Christmas hankie collection and I found a Christmas hankie with Christmas trees on it and they are a pretty good match for the Christmas trees on the salad plates. I added some small plastic red and green Christmas tree scatter that Hubby found for me at Hobby Lobby today.

I added these red glass trees to the table to break up the red gingham tablecloth a bit. I found three of them at HomeGoods a few years ago. They are actually ornaments because they have a loop at the top but they would need a really big tree! I borrowed them from my Christmas mantel display for this tablescape.

Red and green together always says Christmas to me.

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Candy Canes on a Christmas Tablescape

I did a similar candy themed tablescape like this one several years ago before I started blogging and I have been wanting to do another one for a few years. I made some changes to this one. The marching elves with candy that are on the table are favorites of mine. I was looking for a candy themed tablecloth and I found this one on Mercari a few years ago. It is probably vintage and it is a bit too small for my table so I am using it as a table topper on top of a red tablecloth that I have had for a long time that I bought on Amazon. I love to decorate with red and green at Christmas time, no neutrals for me! My mother loved that color combination at Christmas time and it reminds me of our house during the holidays when I was growing up.

I found these small appetizer or tidbit candy plates at World Market online a few years ago and I knew that I wanted to use them on this tablescape.

I can’t remember where I found these candy cane salad plates, I have had them for several years. They are labeled Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. on the back.

This green dinner plate was called Fun Factory and it was made by Waechtersbach. I have had them for several years and I can’t remember where I bought them.

This stoneware charger or dinner plate came from Pottery Barn several years ago. I love this plate, I also have it in other colors. The pattern is called Cambria. It is the perfect size to be either a dinner plate or a charger plate and I love plates that have that kind of versatility. Pottery Barn doesn’t have this color in this pattern now.

I love these green placemats, they are so whimsical. They are a hard foam material and I can’t remember where I found them. I have had them for several years.

This Milano Red flatware set is by Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had this set for years but it is still for sale. Not sure where I bought it.

My mother made a set of these candy cane napkins for our cousin many years ago. After my mother passed, when my cousin down-sized, she gave them back to me and they are special to me because my mother made them. WIth their colors they are a perfect match for this table topper and this tablescape. I can’t remember where I bought the candy cane napkin rings but it was probably Ebay. I have had them for many years.

I found these candy cane place card holders at Overstock.com a few years ago. The red place cards came from Amazon.

I used my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets for this table setting. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. If you read my blog you have seen this goblet on many tablescapes. I think if I were starting a tablescaping hobby, a set of red goblets would be one of my first purchases. They can be used several times a year. I bought the green goblets at Pier 1 several years ago. I really like the design of both of these goblets and the colors are perfect for this table setting.

These candy cane striped cake stands were made by Glitterville and they came in a set of three. I bought them many years ago. I love the candy designs around the edges of the stands. I had the smallest one on the top of the stack but I removed it because it made the centerpiece too tall. The small cookie jar on the top was made by Heartfelt Kitchen Creations, Young’s Inc., in 2012.

I truly love this row of four elves with candy on parade! I have had them for a while and I can’t remember where I bought them. The boots, the hats, the one with his hat over his eyes, I love it all! I have to smile every time I look at them.

Who is ready for some candy canes!

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Santa on a Christmas Tablescape

I did my first Santa Tablescape in 2012, then another one in 2014, and 2019. I did another one in 2022 after this one. They have all been a variation of each other with some things added and some things deleted. The cotton tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods many years ago.

If I had to pick a few plates to keep from my collection of plates, this Santa salad plate would be one of them. I love this Santa face. They were made by Fitz and Floyd and they were part of their Peppermint Santa series made between 2008 and 2010. I have several pieces from that collection and I love them all. I bought them all a few at a time on Ebay.

This is a Fiesta dinner plate in the color Scarlet. They are actually our everyday dishes. We bought them when we remodeled our kitchen a few years ago. It would be a great choice if you need a basic red dinner plate for your tablescaping collection.

These chargers were made by Mikasa and the pattern was Color Spectrum, this one in Hunter Green. I have several different colors of this charger and I really love the size, design and shape. They were all discontinued but I bought them all on Ebay a few at a time over the years.

I tried forest green flatware and then red but finally decided that I liked the contrast of the white flatware against the red tablecloth. I bought this frosted white flatware on sale online at Wayfair a few years ago, it was made by Cambridge. It is 18/0 so the fork tines are a bit sharper than I would like but I really liked the frosted color. Wayfair has really good sales on flatware sometimes.

The Merry napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago. I found the Santa napkin rings on Etsy a few years ago.

I am always on the lookout for Santas with cute faces.

This cute little Santa is actually a lip balm container. I saw them in a gift shop in Salt Lake City when I was there a few years ago and they were inexpensive and I immediately knew they would be perfect as place card holders. (A good lesson about seeing different uses for different things that you find when you are out and about.) I got some snowmen at the same time. The Santa is sitting on a clear glass cube place card holder that was made by Oleg Cassini that I found at HomeGoods several years ago. They are heavy and solid and I really like the design.

These Santa goblets are favorites of mine. I bought them online several years ago but I can’t remember where and I haven’t seen anything like them since. I love the face and the designs on the stem and the handle are so much fun. The label on the bottom says burton + BURTON. The green glass goblets on the right come from The Vermont Country Store online. They are made by Mosser and the pattern is Georgia. They are really heavy glass and very good quality. I have bought a few at a time over the years and I also have them in cobalt blue.

I think these Santa chair covers came from Miles Kimball online many years ago. I have six Santas and six Mrs. Claus but I decided to just use the Santas with this tablescape.

The Santa cookie jar centerpiece came from Macys a few years ago. It is sitting on a Pottery Barn Rhodes drink dispenser stand for a bit more height. I added a vintage Christmas hankie from my collection with Santas around the edges. The Believe sign in the background came from Grandin Road online several years ago.

Can’t remember where I found this Santa salt and pepper set. I like the flowing beards.

This small vintage candy container was made by Holt Howard probably sometime in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. I have a few cups that match this design too. I bought it many years ago probably on Ebay. It usually sits on the family room coffee table with M&M’s in it all during the holiday season. Everyone knows to sneak a few when they come over and it magically gets filled over and over. (There is another candy container on the living room coffee table too with the same contents and same magic.)

Just for fun I am showing you one of our five Christmas trees, this is the Santa tree in the family room, only Santa ornaments on this tree. (I collected Christmas ornaments for over 40 years.)

Can’t have Christmas without at least one Santa tablescape!

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