Santa on a Christmas Tablescape
I did my first Santa Tablescape in 2012, then another one in 2014, and 2019. I did another one in 2022 after this one. They have all been a variation of each other with some things added and some things deleted. The cotton tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods many years ago.
If I had to pick a few plates to keep from my collection of plates, this Santa salad plate would be one of them. I love this Santa face. They were made by Fitz and Floyd and they were part of their Peppermint Santa series made between 2008 and 2010. I have several pieces from that collection and I love them all. I bought them all a few at a time on Ebay.
This is a Fiesta dinner plate in the color Scarlet. They are actually our everyday dishes. We bought them when we remodeled our kitchen a few years ago. It would be a great choice if you need a basic red dinner plate for your tablescaping collection.
These chargers were made by Mikasa and the pattern was Color Spectrum, this one in Hunter Green. I have several different colors of this charger and I really love the size, design and shape. They were all discontinued but I bought them all on Ebay a few at a time over the years.
I tried forest green flatware and then red but finally decided that I liked the contrast of the white flatware against the red tablecloth. I bought this frosted white flatware on sale online at Wayfair a few years ago, it was made by Cambridge. It is 18/0 so the fork tines are a bit sharper than I would like but I really liked the frosted color. Wayfair has really good sales on flatware sometimes.
The Merry napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago. I found the Santa napkin rings on Etsy a few years ago.
I am always on the lookout for Santas with cute faces.
This cute little Santa is actually a lip balm container. I saw them in a gift shop in Salt Lake City when I was there a few years ago and they were inexpensive and I immediately knew they would be perfect as place card holders. (A good lesson about seeing different uses for different things that you find when you are out and about.) I got some snowmen at the same time. The Santa is sitting on a clear glass cube place card holder that was made by Oleg Cassini that I found at HomeGoods several years ago. They are heavy and solid and I really like the design.
These Santa goblets are favorites of mine. I bought them online several years ago but I can’t remember where and I haven’t seen anything like them since. I love the face and the designs on the stem and the handle are so much fun. The label on the bottom says burton + BURTON. The green glass goblets on the right come from The Vermont Country Store online. They are made by Mosser and the pattern is Georgia. They are really heavy glass and very good quality. I have bought a few at a time over the years and I also have them in cobalt blue.
I think these Santa chair covers came from Miles Kimball online many years ago. I have six Santas and six Mrs. Claus but I decided to just use the Santas with this tablescape.
The Santa cookie jar centerpiece came from Macys a few years ago. It is sitting on a Pottery Barn Rhodes drink dispenser stand for a bit more height. I added a vintage Christmas hankie from my collection with Santas around the edges. The Believe sign in the background came from Grandin Road online several years ago.
Can’t remember where I found this Santa salt and pepper set. I like the flowing beards.
This small vintage candy container was made by Holt Howard probably sometime in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. I have a few cups that match this design too. I bought it many years ago probably on Ebay. It usually sits on the family room coffee table with M&M’s in it all during the holiday season. Everyone knows to sneak a few when they come over and it magically gets filled over and over. (There is another candy container on the living room coffee table too with the same contents and same magic.)
Just for fun I am showing you one of our five Christmas trees, this is the Santa tree in the family room, only Santa ornaments on this tree. (I collected Christmas ornaments for over 40 years.)
Can’t have Christmas without at least one Santa tablescape!
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