It’s
fun to gather the family around the dining room table for a special meal as we
celebrate holidays, milestones, and distinctive events. As you set the table for Easter, add those
extra touches that help set apart the day as anything but ordinary.
There
may be no such thing as overlaying when it comes to setting a “wow” table. You can toss the rulebook that said placemats
were for bare tables and chargers were for tablecloths. If you have ‘em, why not stack ‘em? Lay down an ironed tablecloth. Position placemats at each place
setting. Top those with chargers,
followed by dinner plates. If you can
serve your meal around the table or off of a buffet in the room, you can skip
the informality of an in-home buffet line through the kitchen today. If you save up the cloth napkins for “special
occasions,” then today’s their day.
Anything from a simple, rectangular fold to a dressy flair inside a
napkin ring will do for napkins you place on top of each dinner plate. Or, you can fold them to create a long bar
and tuck them around your chargers, creating another layer like a table runner
between each charger and dinner plate.
If
your guest list has grown beyond your everyday table diners, spruce up each
place setting with place cards. Simple,
folded cardstock works, but you can get creative with cursive names written on
real or plastic eggs or little marked bags of candy for a pre-dessert. Lay out all the silverware your meal calls
for, including salad forks to the left and a dessert spoon or fork at the top
of each place setting. If you have tiny
tasting dishes, you can even serve salt and pepper at each place, offer
individual dipping oil for bread, or later serve small dessert portions so
guests can splurge and try a variety without the heavy portion. Beside each tea glass, make like a restaurant
and provide a water glass, complete with a tall glass bottle on the table or
buffet primed with chilled water at the ready.
Make
some extra effort to make today dressier than the everyday. Because today is a special day. Today, we celebrate how much God loves us and
how He sent His Son, Jesus, to die in our place and rise victorious over death
so we could have the opportunity to accept the gift of salvation and spend
eternity never parted from Him. And
there is nothing to be more grateful for than that as we gather around a
beautiful table and bow our heads in thanks this Easter Sunday.
Congratulations to those selected for the
Happy Easter!
