A TABLE WITH FESTIVE FLAIR

A table with festive flair

Make your meal the main event

Food and celebration have always gone hand in hand, but never more so than at Christmas, when your dining table becomes the stage for the main event. Start with an elegant centrepiece – a tower of ruby red pomegranates on a glass cake stand creates a simple but effective focal point. Tapered candles, bowls of pine cones and bunches of cranberries are equally special. Look for antique cutlery and silver platters, which may feel too much at any other time of the year but are just perfect for now. Hold a small gift back for each diner, for a classier (and more personal) alternative to a cracker.