20 Beautiful Christmas Party Tablescape Ideas

The best Christmas party ideas are the ones that give the hostess more time to celebrate! That's the beauty of these tablescapes and Christmas party ideas, like using festive reusable chargers. They lend incredible elegance to pretty paper plates – without creating a big stack of dishes!

Put on a lavish Christmas tasting party with mini plates and bowls that hold just enough for one. Use festive red and white trays to display rows of mini bowls, tasting spoons and plates with petite servings of mini tartlets, ravioli or caprese salad. Mini creme de menthe martinis with a red sugar rim and a candy cane garnish make a festive addition.

Santa will make your house his first stop when you serve up a candy centerpiece featuring cookies and candy canes! To make it, fill decorative bowls in different shapes and sizes with candy canes, Sixlets and gumballs in Christmas colors and display on a platter with cookies and cake pops. Santa better hurry – there might not be anything left for him after your guests are done!

Create a winter wonderland! Start with a snow-flocked tree and set the table with layered silver chargers, white silver-trim plates and snowflake-pattern plates. Treat each place-setting to a votive and gem table scatter, and hang matching decorations over the table. Add a centerpiece filled with reflective ornaments for pure magic!

Complement a winter-wonderland theme with a Christmas beverage station that sparkles and shines in gorgeous modern hues of blue and silver. A hammered steel tray turns snowflake-pattern cups into some kind of wonderful. We feel a round of "Silver Bells" coming on!

Are you dreaming of a White Christmas? How about white and gold! Have fun designing this year's holiday look by experimenting with a new color scheme. Try metallic Shimmering Snowflake plates and napkins as a starting point, then add a white poinsettia centerpiece, white votive candles, place cards and classic stemware to round out your chic holiday tablescape. Simply gorgeous!

It's the most wonderful time of the year … to decorate! Don't confine yourself to one area – every space has an opportunity for Christmas cheer. If you have an elegant gold-themed dining table, extend the color scheme to the side tables for a finished look. A pretty punch bowl with a golden beverage tray to match will spread merriment throughout the room.

'Tis the season for holiday traditions like Christmas crackers. Until it's time to pop them open, set up a colorful display for your favors that doubles as a holiday decoration. Arrange the crackers in a red and gold bowl atop a red damask table runner. Place a sparkly red bow on the top of the pile until it's time to hand them out to guests.

Want to have an elegant dining table and show off your Christmas spirit? You can do both by mixing solid-color hanging decorations with themed decorations like this cute snowman.
Pull the whole look together with a vibrant centerpiece and Very Merry Snowman plates and napkins. You'll have a holly jolly display that would make Santa proud!

Serve Christmas spirits from a merry drinks table that matches your party theme. Here, a bright red cardinal with sprigs of holly adds holiday cheer to the main tablescape and the beverage station. Taking its cue from nature, this refreshing red, green and gold theme is extended to the punchbowl, cookie tray, napkins, cups and plates in every size. Cheers!

Make ornaments the theme of the night at your tree-lighting celebration. Choose plates and napkins with a jolly pattern of ornaments in bright hues. Make a matching centerpiece by filling a cake stand with colorful ornaments in different sizes, and placing it atop a gold charger. To add to the fun, tie a frilly bow around the silverware so guests can practice opening their presents!

Mingle solid accents in classic Christmas colors with festive patterns like this ornament-adorned theme. Use well-chosen functional pieces like a vibrant red punch bowl to anchor a beverage table, and sprinkle ornaments here and there to match the plates and napkins. Happy holidays!

The winter holidays and indulgence go hand in hand, especially with Christmas party ideas like this one featuring a candy and sweets buffet. A gingerbread house makes a wonderful centerpiece! Arranged artfully, candies like colorful gumballs, candy canes and Sixlets can double as decorations. Be sure to provide pretty boxes or party bags so guests can take home some goodies.

Take a cue from a floral centerpiece to create a colorful and celebratory look that works all season long. Here, a vibrant poinsettia arrangement was the inspiration for the whole table – from the plates and napkins, to the placecards and even the hanging decorations.

It's simple to make a classroom party shine for the holidays. Start with Very Merry Snowman plates and napkins, then add contrasting green forks, cups and candy-cane-striped straws. Candy canes and little color-coordinated favors like erasers shaped like stockings and mini pens in red and green double as table decorations. Round out your decorations with solid-color balloons and garland.

We adore this Christmas party ideas inspired by the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, a party with champagne and seafood. It's an elegant option for Christmas Eve. Start with pearl and aqua champagne flutes, appetizer plates and forks, then add sparkle with silver plates and napkins. Make the centerpiece by filling a round vase with faux pearls and sparkling jewels, then scatter driftwood and shells around the table.

Give the holidays a modern twist! Try bold square-cut plates in an iconic pattern like Vintage Poinsettia. Frame the plates with impressive gold chargers and scatter faceted red and green gems at each place-setting. For a personal touch, include matching place cards printed with a custom message such as "Byrne Family Christmas." Order ten or more online, or for smaller quantities, visit your Party City Store.

You'll be on the Nice list for sure when Santa sees this lavish platter of Christmas cookies! Whether you want to bake your family's traditional recipes or choose some from your favorite bakery, display your decorated cookies on a gold charger with coordinating tableware for a seasonal sampler that looks almost too good to eat!

You don't have to break the bank to have a majestic holiday table setting. Choose a theme to match your taste, be it whimsical snowmen or classic holly and mistletoe. Up the elegance by layering chargers with your paper plates – you'll be amazed by the transformation!

Invite everyone's favorite jolly ol' fellow to dinner. A velvety Santa hat becomes a magical centerpiece when set atop a platter and styled with a sprig of holly, a few hand bells and some pretty holiday cookies. Coordinating plates, napkins and cups with Santa's happy face will get your guests into the Christmas spirit.