In South Africa we celebrate a Summer Christmas and although the traditional Northern hemisphere images of snow covered trees and log fires are also found on Christmas cards here, we do not celebrate this special time of year indoors with mellow drinks and warm nuts!

No, to us the festive season is one of sun and alfresco dinners, well-chilled wine and beach holidays.

If you do enjoy the romantic nuances of a white Christmas however, we would like to introduce our African-inspired Festive table with a white theme!

Use contemporary elements to create this simple and elegant Christmas setting. White placemats with white serviettes sets the tone and golden cutlery adds some sparkle. We used quirky African Nativity cut outs by Elsjedesigns.com and combined wire protea flowers with white peonies and garden roses. Hand-blown glass baubles finish this playful but elegant table.