Festive dinner set

[BuffyFanForever]

Hi All,

Any recommendations for a lovely festive Christmas dinner set? Needs to be quite large as will have 8 adults. On a fairly tight budget but would love to get a set I could keep for every year 😊

How festive is festive?

ECookshop sells a 12 piece Spode Christmas Tree set for £99 - 4 each of dinner plates, side plates and mugs. They do bowls for £8-9 so an eight person set would be £270ish.

Dunelm have a 12 piece set with a gold band - 4 each of dinner plate, side plate and bowl so an 8 person set is just over £150.

I have a (different) set in gold and white. I can use them all year round for celebration events although I do have some Spode Christmas Tree serving dishes.

TK Max have some gorgeous Spode sets. You can buy individually as well

Thanks will take a look at them 🎄

I've collected Spode for years and adore it.

My aunt used to send us some money and one year she sent a cheque but told me she wanted me to buy something for myself. A German friend used to invite us for a walk and then afternoon tea with a beautiful German teaset.
So I looked around and decided I would buy a Christmas set with some of the money. I bought Portmeirion’s Holly and Ivy just the 6 mugs and plates the first year and added the tea pot then the small milk jug and sugar bowl, a heart serving plate and on it went. I sent my aunt a leaflet and said how thrilled I was with it. Every year I bought another piece or pieces I have quite a set now. I get the tea set out in December and have it when friends visit and then on Christmas Day we have it all on the table. I keep it out until January then it is all wrapped in bubble wrap and put into two large Really Useful Boxes until December. I love getting it out. It is so heavy though it stays under my bed😂

I often pick up the next piece in the sales just before Christmas. Enjoy choosing your set and be aware you might continue. My aunt died 23 years ago but I think she would like that I am still cherishing it and adding to it.
Happy hunting.

I’ve got the Portmeirion one. I buy bits on TKMaxx or from eBay as I can’t afford full
Price! There is only me and DD tho, so I don’t need much.