{"id":13734,"date":"2014-10-14T12:41:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T18:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=13734"},"modified":"2014-10-14T13:53:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T19:53:26","slug":"thanksgiving-table-setting-guide-graphic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/thanksgiving-table-setting-guide-graphic\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Table Setting Guide [Graphic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While there are many ways to set a table for Thanksgiving, we believe there should be a nice balance between elegantly formal and excessive utensils. Below is a Thanksgiving table setting graphic to help guide you this Thanksgiving:<\/p>\n<h2>How to Set a Table for Thanksgiving:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-13736\" alt=\"Thanksgiving Table Setting \" src=\"\/blog\/media\/Thanksgiving-Formal-Tablesetting-2.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Thanksgiving-Formal-Tablesetting-2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Thanksgiving-Formal-Tablesetting-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Thanksgiving-Formal-Tablesetting-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Thanksgiving-Formal-Tablesetting-2-350x350.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the above graphic, you&#8217;ll need a few things for a proper Thanksgiving including:<\/p>\n<h2>Dinnerware:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Serving Plate<\/li>\n<li>Salad Plate<\/li>\n<li>Bread Plate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stemware:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wine Glass (you can have more than one wine glass if you are serving both red &amp; white)<\/li>\n<li>Water Glass<\/li>\n<li>Coffee Cup and Saucer (not shown)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Flatware:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dinner fork<\/li>\n<li>Salad Fork<\/li>\n<li>Cake Fork<\/li>\n<li>Soup Spoon<\/li>\n<li>Teaspoon<\/li>\n<li>Dessert Spoon<\/li>\n<li>Dinner Knife<\/li>\n<li>Bread Knife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Accessories:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Thanksgiving\/Place-Cards\">Thanksgiving Place card<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Napkin<\/li>\n<li>Place mat (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Things to keep in mind:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Formal table settings take up room. If you have a small table, you may want to place the napkin on top of the salad plate or even beautifully bundle your flatware in a Thanksgiving-themed holder.<\/p>\n<p>2. While you may think your guests will surely eat their pumpkin cheesecake with a fork, others may want to use a spoon. Try not to ax any of the flatware for this reason.<\/p>\n<p>3. You can use a variety of stemware for beverages. These includes wine glasses, water glasses, flutes for champagne, or even mason jars for a playful feel.<\/p>\n<p>4. If you&#8217;re interested in giving your guests something to take home, consider writing a heartfelt &#8220;Why i&#8217;m thankful for you&#8221; on the back of their place cards. This will give them a treasure they can keep until next year.<\/p>\n<p>5. We didn&#8217;t picture a cup and saucer, though most formal settings include one. Towards the end of the meal when other plates and cutlery have been cleared, set a cup and saucer directly in front of your guests. This way they can enjoy coffee or tea with or after their dessert.<\/p>\n<p>PaperDirect wishes all a wonderful and warm Thanksgiving. We hope this table setting guides you to creating a lovely dinner to share stories, while making new traditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there are many ways to set a table for Thanksgiving, we believe there should be a nice balance between<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-planning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13764,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13734\/revisions\/13764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}