Christina Haire: Hi! I am Christina Haire. I am an interior designer and today we are
showing you how to set Thanksgiving table. Our Thanksgiving table is set
with lots of holiday traditions and memories that we always use and then
mix it up a little bit with some fresh interest. It's my family's favorite
holiday and so it's very, very important to us in the one time every year
that we all come together.
The first thing we will do is lay our linen table cloth. Freshly laundered
and pressed for the occasion. It's laid on the table. We are also using
antique monogram napkins that have nothing to do with our own
monogram, but they are beautiful because of the handy work. In using the
linens for this table, I like to use all white linens. I use white linen table
cloth and napkins, but you can use whatever you like and whatever is
appealing to you. Just remember, if it looks good, it is good.
The next thing we will do is lay the plates equidistant around the table for
eight people. We will use our flatware which on the right hand side of the
plate will be the knife, on the left side of the plate will be the dinner fork
and on the outside of that, the salad fork and next to the salad fork is the
linen napkin. Above the plate, we have the ceramic Asian soup spoon and
to the right are the two glasses. The first one being the water glass and to
the right of that is the wine glass.
In our table, we always use foil covered chocolate turkeys as a place
setting for each person. In addition to that, we have used different kinds of
place cards for this day and today we are using leaves that I collected
outside and have written on with magic marker each person's name. That's
how we set the table and usually, there are some families here to help me
do that and having finished that, we will talk about the centerpiece.