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Christmas Centerpieces

Crafting Your Own Centerpiece for Christmas

By Donna Pilato, About.com

Deck the halls, your tables, the fireplace with these very merry centerpieces. Some are edible, others purely decorative. But whichever you choose, they're guaranteed to add a personal touch to all the Christmas celebrations in your home.

Quick and Cheap Christmas and New Year's Centerpieces - I don't have a lot of time or money left in December to make expensive centerpieces. But with a little creativity, and lots of items already around my home, I can come up with many pretty ways to dress up my table. Here I show you ideas you can easily copy for your table.

Fast and Easy Christmas Centerpieces - Detailed instructions with photos for a good variety of Christmas centerpieces, from Coral Nafie, About Guide to Interior Decorating.

Edible Christmas Tree Centerpiece - Here's a centerpiece idea sure to get your guests attention, from Diana Rattray, About Guide to Southern Cuisine. Hint: It's made from shrimp and cherry tomatoes.

Apple Candleholders - Turn your apples into candleholders, and then into a very dramatic centerpiece with these instructions from "Better Homes and Gardens".

Atlantic Spice Company - Several interesting centerpiece and wreath projects using spices.

Christmas Basket - A very simple example for creating a decorative, fragrant Christmas centerpiece basket.

Holiday Centerpieces - Turn an ordinary floral container into a Christmas centerpiece with these instructions from the Carol Duvall show.

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