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British things for the Christmas table
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items Everyone spends a fortnight on the tree and then lays the table twenty minutes before anyone arrives, with whatever happens to be in the cupboard. Which is odd, because the table is the bit people sit at for four hours. This is what I would put on it...
Stag handles, which lands somewhere between Highland lodge and Christmas dinner depending on what else is on the table. Big enough to be useful too, which sounds obvious until you have owned a small tray and spent an entire party doing two trips.
Christmas Serving Tray with Stag Head Handles
Most Christmas crockery gets used once and resented for the rest of the year. These are ordinary soup and porridge size, so they quietly stay in the cupboard rotation until about February.
Winter Snowflake Stoneware Bowls
A Christmas table is usually pattern on top of pattern, so something plain underneath earns its keep more than another pretty thing would. Charcoal cotton, and in January it goes back to being placemats.
Saja Stripe Placemats
A metre and a half, which covers a mantelpiece nicely but falls short down the middle of a dining table, whatever the name says. Berries rather than baubles, so it doesn't shout.
Fruits of the Forest Table Christmas Garland
A dome makes even a shop-bought cake look deliberate. Heavy glass with a beaded rim, and it stays out long after Christmas. Hand wash only, mind.
Glass Beaded Christmas Table Cake Stand
Machine washable, which matters more than anything else once the gravy's out. Covers a table of six or so, and there are matching napkins and a runner if you want the full performance.
Silver Stag Christmas Table Cloth
A wooden honey drizzler, plant labels, a cookie cutter. Real things rather than the usual plastic fish, which is the entire reason to pay for crackers. Handmade in England too, and a silver crown instead of a paper hat.
Liberty Luxury Christmas Crackers Set of Six