Laying the Christmas Table

Laying the Christmas Table
2025

In which we set the table three ways for all your festive tablescaping inspo. And no, we won’t be staying to do the washing up.

Colorful dessert table with decorations, treats, and festive items for a celebration.

More is More

We chanelled Marie Antoinette and then we dialled it up a notch. This is a Christmas Table for the very maxest of maximalists, featuring decorations and swags and ribbons and furbelows. Make a virtue of a touch of excess.

Colorful dessert table with various sweets and decorations.

Decorative glitter trees and ornaments on a tiered display.

Table setting with napkins tied in bows, a candle, and decorative plates.

Pink dessert figurines on a tiered stand with a yellow dessert on top.

A decorative table setting with red cherries and a blue checkered bow.

Decorative candles and festive ornaments on a colorful table setting.

Merry Magic for the Smalls

For those of you with a surfeit of young children (is such a thing even possible?), and no room at the grown up feast, we've laid a special table for the smalls that will keep them utterly amused and definitely delighted to be set apart from the adults.

Colorful table setting with toys, plates, and playful decorations.

Colorful, whimsical display on a table with various decorative items and crafts.

A popcorn container filled with toys and a small Christmas tree.

Miniature green Christmas tree in a red pot, decorated with colorful ornaments.

A whimsical arrangement of colorful toys and objects with

Red and White and Kitsch all over

This table was supposed to be the subtle, tasteful one but we got carried away with festive excess. Teetering towers of white china, red ribbon trims, candles, crackers and berries; all topped with a healthy dose of kitsch.