Thanksgiving is a holiday where we can eat different dishes and taste different flavors. This is a holiday that is very suitable for us to spend quality time with our family and friends. The dishes you will prepare on Thanksgiving and the table setting where you will place them are very important, especially if you are hosting the guests. Let’s talk to you today about how to set our Thanksgiving dinner table.

Even though everyone celebrates Thanksgiving, not everyone’s table setting must be the same. For this, we can first start by defining the concept. For example, do you want a romantic table setting, a simple yet elegant setting, a traditional, modern, or eclectic table setting? Determining a concept will also facilitate other things we need to do while preparing our table.

It is useful to choose our tablecloth, considering the dishes on the menu we prepared for Thanksgiving. It would be more appropriate to use a more elegant tablecloth rather than the tablecloths we use daily. It is also important that your tablecloth is in harmony with your dinnerware and cutlery.

It’s time to choose our dinnerware to fit the concept we have determined. Thanksgiving is a day that will allow us to put our classic dinnerware on the shelf and use the dinnerware we have saved for special occasions. Do not forget that the number of dinnerware you choose should be in accordance with the number of guests and should be proportional to the size of your table. Make sure that the appetizer plates on your table are not contrary to the general order.

It is necessary to choose our cutlery, spoon, and glassware in harmony with our tablecloth and dinnerware, and to be able to place them on the table correctly. For example, the dinner fork should be placed on the left of the plate, and the dinner knife should be on the right of the plate. The water glass and goblets should be placed in a suitable place on the right side of the plate. We may need to increase the number of forks and spoons according to the dishes on our menu.

It is worth saying that the napkins we will put on the dinner table should not be in the form of napkins in daily use. You can choose cloth napkins or paper napkins. Even if the napkin you choose is plain, this simplicity should bring elegance. The position of the napkins in the table setting is to the left of the fork. But if you wish, you can also put the napkin inside the dinner plate. We can also place napkin on our table by using different folding techniques in order to make it special for today.

Now that the basic things of  dinner table are finished, it’s time to decorate our dinner table. The decorations you will use on your table should be suitable for your concept. For example, you can place your pumpkins left over from Halloween on your table or you can place some of the Christmas decorations you have bought on the table. You can also enrich your table with candles and flower arrangements.