How to Decorate an Informal Christmas Table

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The host and hostess can relax knowing that their casual Christmas includes disposable tableware. Here's how to make it easy on yourself.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Purchase matching disposable cups, plates and napkins with a Christmas design or a solid color such as red, green or white.
Step 2

Purchase a disposable tablecloth that matches or complements the dishes. If you go with a solid-white paper tablecloth, you can give guests a crayon for doodling on it.
Step 3

Purchase disposable utensils if desired. But remember that these can be flimsy, and metal utensils aren't that much of a cleanup problem.
Step 4

Dress up your tablecloth with a "runner" of paper-doll style snowmen (cut them from gift-wrap paper or butcher or craft paper). Or you or the kids can cut a bunch of snowflakes that you can use as doilies down the center of the table and under each plate.
Step 5

Use smaller paper snowmen or snowflakes as coasters.
Step 6

Make an easy centerpiece that consists of a collection of satin-wrapped Christmas balls dropped into a basket, or a poinsettia plunked oh-so-easy onto the dining table. Other alternatives might be to use a child's Christmas project (that gingerbread house from school) or a large pillar candle set in an artificial wreath.

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