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A new set for 2006 brings together the existing Covered Butter and Salt and Pepper Shakers.Amazon.com Review
Even the basics deserve a festive presentation during the holidays. Designed to accessorize Spode’s Christmas Tree dinnerware, this hostess set includes a lidded butter dish and a pair of salt-and-pepper shakers, all glossy white with green trim. The eight-inch butter dish showcases the famous Spode tree on the lid, with delicate sprigs of holly on the lid sides and on the handle ends of the dish. Larger sprigs of mistletoe and holly decorate the three-inch-high, egg-shaped salt-and-pepper shakers, which are pierced with differing numbers of holes for telling the salt and pepper apart. Made of… More >>
$49.00
Spode Christmas Tree 3-Piece Hostess Set

Spode Christmas Tree was originally introduced in 1938, designed specifically for the American market. It is the oldest holiday pattern in the US today, and is loved by collectors for its nostalgia and warm recollections of past Christmases. The 12 piece set which includes 4 dinner plates 10 inches, 4 salad plates 8 inches and 4 mugs 9 ounces is a great way to start collecting Spode Christmas Tree for your holiday dinners with friends and family…. More >>
$89.99
Spode Christmas Tree 12-Piece Dinnerware Set with Mugs, Service for 4

Christmas is not an ordinary day and Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas Day dinner is not an ordinary meal. It’s one to be celebrated with the best of family and friends and with the best of foods. Don’t serve the meal on plain dishes that you have around the house and don’t serve this extraordinary food on dishes you can get anywhere.

You want to use dinnerware and decorations on your dinner table that show your effort, items that will make your table memorable. Why use crystal? Crystal, despite its name, is a very sturdy dinnerware, but more than everyday dishes, it has an elegance that deserves a class of its own. Read the rest of this entry »

Christmas means grand parties and celebrations over scrumptious meals. Setting a table is an important part of creating just the right atmosphere for your gathering. Christmas china, whether plain or featuring Christmas scenes, can bring an added layer of sophistication to your holiday table.

You can also use Christmas dinnerware as part of your decorations. You simply keep the table set with a nice Christmas tablecloth or runner, crystal wine flutes or goblets and Christmas china.

When it’s time to eat and you’re not going to use the china for the meal, just move it off the table and as soon as the meal is cleared away, then reset it. It takes a bit of extra work but as a result, you have a holiday table that has a completed look. You’ll find that Read the rest of this entry »