……………This year my Christmas Table has a TARTAN THEME…..There is a TARTAN TABLE CLOTH…..TARTAN NAPKINS that are in red or green beaded napkin rings……and TARTAN DISHES with a red soup bowls in the center. They sit on Gold chargers which sit on Red place matts….At each place setting is a small NUTCRACKER guarding their place!……There is a lot of RED GLASS on the table….water glasses and wine glasses, a water pitcher….red glass salt and pepper shakers Jac and I got many many years ago in Cape Cod…..There are lots of red votives scattered all over the table…..ALL ON REMOTE CONTROL!……..The CENTERPIECE is a large RED GLASS VASE filled with assorted greens, berries and gold pods that I spray painted, and a large tartan bow…There are four glass Christmas trees on the table…One large GREEN and RED and one smaller GREEN and RED…I put votives under them to light up at night……There are lots of different sized Gold bud vases on the table with greens and berries…..My two favorite seasonal salt and pepper shakers are the two silver SCOTTIES, that just happen to be wearing tartan coats!…..My gold flat wear goes with the gold theme, and the gold pine cones I spay painted are scattered about the table……For light, in addition to the red votives….there are gold STAR LIGHTS on stands from NEST & FLOWERS, and Gold candle sticks of different heights with GREEN and GOLD candles….At night, with all the lights and candles on in the room, and the Christmas tree all aglow and the mantel and wreath all lite, and the fire place roaring….it does look like a Christmas Wonderland….When having a dinner party…..I like to make the dishes in the kitchen and serve them to my guests so the table isn’t disturbed……Who ever wants seconds can help themselves, or I’d be happy to get it……but my dinner parties are usually casual….with gentle back ground Christmas music from Danny Wright, and the fireplace going. I usually have desert, and after dinner drinks around the large glass table where dinner conversations continue…….as we all enjoy the fire.