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20 Best Christmas China Patterns to Set Your Holiday Table
They're all just so festive! 🎄✨
The holidays are right around the corner, which means it's time to start thinking about your favorite Christmas traditions: trimming the tree, baking gingerbread, and of course, hosting holiday meals! You want the food to be great, whether it's a Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas brunch, but you also need the your table setting to be festive. That's where the best Christmas china patterns come in handy.
There's something inherently fun about décor that you only get to bring out during the holidays. It just seems more special, so it's also more fun in collecting. Iconic brands like Royal Albert, Pfaltzgraff, and Lenox all produce their own Christmas patterns that you may even remember from your own childhood. (They may even prove to be valuable!) While you can certainly thrift and find vintage sets on sites like Etsy, you can also start your own collection with a brand new set.
When it comes to buying new dinnerware sets, there are a couple ways you can go about it: You'll never regret something wintry and evergreen (pun intended!), so you can look for red plaid, berry motifs, and toile. If you're looking for something whimsical, think illustrated trees and candy canes. Go with what makes you feel the merriest! Because whichever set you choose, your guests will surely love it at your next Christmas party. Heck, you can even use many of these all month long and keep up the Christmas spirit no matter what meal you're making. 'Tis the season, after all!
Buy a set of four dinner plates, adorned with winterberries and foliage, and collect more pieces as you go. You can add on appetizer plates, salad plates, chargers, and several serving bowls and platters. They are all made of durable glazed porcelain that you will have for years to come.
MacKenzie Childs Scottish Bouquet Plates
MacKenzie Childs Scottish Bouquet Plates
If you're not ready to go for a full dining set and just want to dip your toe in, try a set of ceramic dessert or appetizer plates mixed in with your go-to white dinnerware. Ree is a big fan of MacKenzie Childs and their iconic checkerboard pattern.
Villeroy & Boch Toys Delight Breakfast Set
Villeroy & Boch Toys Delight Breakfast Set
The retro-inspired design on this porcelain dinnerware just evokes good cheer. The rims of the plates and bowls are decorated with illustrations of classic children's toys.
Green Forest 16-Piece Holiday Place Setting
Green Forest 16-Piece Holiday Place Setting
This green and white set proves you don't have to be traditional to be festive! The dinner plates, appetizer plates, bowls, and mugs are made of glazed stoneware, perfect for everyday use. They are friendly in the dishwasher, freezer, microwave, and even the oven to up 350°.
On opposite end of traditional is this cute set that combines candy canes and ornaments alongside words like "peace" and "love." This is the casual kind of set you can use for anything all season long. The set includes four salad plates, four bowls and four mugs.
Royal Albert Old Country Roses Christmas Tree Set
Royal Albert Old Country Roses Christmas Tree Set
It doesn't need to be Christmas for Ree to love a floral pattern, but this one sure feels festive. In this set, you get 25 pieces of the Christmas-inspired version of Royal Albert's iconic Country Roses pattern.
Lenox Winter Greetings 5-Piece Place Setting
Lenox Winter Greetings 5-Piece Place Setting
This stunning fine ivory china is trimmed in 24K gold and will look so elegant on your dinner table. The set includes a dinner plate, salad plate, bread and butter place, teacup, and matching saucer. It's an heirloom in the making!
Christmas in the Country 12-Piece Stoneware Dinnerware Set
Christmas in the Country 12-Piece Stoneware Dinnerware Set
If you love a little country charm, this bestselling set is for you. This stoneware set has the look of hand-painted watercolor with wintery scenes of the countryside. It comes with four dinner plates, four salad plates, and four mugs.
Pfaltzgraff Winterberry Holiday Dinnerware Set
Pfaltzgraff Winterberry Holiday Dinnerware Set
This is the kind of set that's perfect for serving Christmas breakfast. Produced from 1984 to 1993, it's made of durable Ironstone and decorated with winter flowers and sprigs of holly—so cheery and bright!
Erica Finamore is the Features Editor at Food Network Magazine and The Pioneer Woman Magazine, covering home décor, shopping and entertaining. You can follow her on Instagram @Decorofthematter
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