Your table can be decorated to compliment your mantle scene. Cover it with a red, green or white tablecloth. In the center, place a thin layer of buffalo snow or quilt batting and sprinkle with a bit of Christmas glitter. Place a sleigh and Santa in the center of the table, adding four teams of reindeer and Rudolph. You may want these to be a different size than the ones on the mantle, or possibly you’d like to use ones that are identical.
Sprinkle gum drops and life savers on the snow around the sleigh and add Santa and his bag of gifts. Place miniature mice and a few miniature trees around the sleigh.
Cut stockings out of red or green felt, sew, and fasten to the edges of your table. If you’d rather not sew, or don’t know how, miniature stockings can be found in dollar and discount stores. If desired, stand or lay a miniature copy of Clement Moore’s book beside your centerpiece.
Night Before Christmas Tree Theme
There are hundreds of items that will add a magical, enchanted look to your Christmas tree. Add several strings of miniature lights and two strings of Santa lights to your tree. Create a theme within a theme by adding only red, blue or clear lights. Blue brings a unique look, as it can represent the night sky. Add the Santa lights to the center of the tree, or the bottom.
When the lights are secure and you have the effect you are looking for, begin to hang ornaments on your tree. Dollar, discount, liquidation stores, as well as flea markets, garage and yards sales, antique shops and auction sales are good places to scout out some great decorations that will fit this theme perfectly. If price isn’t an object, drop in to a Christmas boutique. Though these stores can be a little pricey, they carry hundreds of delightful and intriguing items to add to your décor.
Wherever you decide to shop for decorations, you will find a wide variety of ornaments that will fit into your theme. Miniature drums, balls, musical instruments, acrylic stars, moons snowflakes and snowmen will add a natural look to the tree. Hang a miniature porcelain doll, ornaments depicting children, soldiers, trains, books and a string of gingerbread house lights all add to the charm.