Merry Christmas to you my dear sentimental reader!
I am at home now in Hungary where the tradition is, that we spend Christmas Eve the 24th December together with our immediate family. Usually we have dinner around 5pm and then when the bells ring means that baby Jesus arrived and brought all our presents.
When I was a child I really loved it...and of course just as a Pavlovian response, when I heard the bell I got really excited about the presents...then I really went for the more the merrier when I was a teenager. I wanted more and more presents and got everything I just needed or wanted.
I realised long time ago Christmas is not about presents! As an overused, yet absolutely true expression, Christmas is about love, joy, peace and forgiveness! Open up your heart and let the love enter to warm you up! :)
This year...I actually told to my parents that I didn't need any presents. I was sure I would get something anyway, but at least not exploiting them as before!
There was no hassle, argument or bitterness today! Everything was smooth and we had our Christmas Eve meal eaten from a pretty decorated Christmas table, I created with mostly natural products.
How does/did your Christmas Table look like?
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How to prepare and what you need for this easy central piece is some
pine tree branches, that I placed facing each other and weaving/crossing their twigs into each other.
Get some different
cones, fruits - apple, orange, tangerine, mandarine anything Christmassy or winter related - put them in any order you like on top of the branches.
I got the little flower vases that I used for
candle holders in a charity shop for some pennies you can use whatever you think would best suit for your design.
You can find the wooden star candle holders and cylindric ones in
Butlers or if you want a cheaper option, then in the Danish
Tiger shop.
Get some
string and spices, (I only had cinnamon sticks but you can also try star anis) dry out an
orange or tangerine and create ornaments!
As we have a new baby in our family it was easy to get those
baby food bottles, put a tea-light candle in them and some red berry candle rings.
The
textiles - napkins and tablecloth - are from
Zara Home and the dining set is from
Next Home.
Napkin rings are also from
Zara Home.
The
cake stand is vintage, I inherited.
I hope you liked my table decoration.
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