Christmas is a fantastic time of year to hold a wedding. A couple who decide to marry in December will, almost certainly want to incorporate a Christmas theme in their event styling. Decoration inspired by the season tends to fall into 2 well-defined categories.

Warm

A warm theme involves warm colour schemes and ideas. Think red, gold and green. Christmas weddings in this category use traditional Xmas decor and bright colour schemes. They are cheerful and jolly. Visualise red flowers and lots of greenery, lights and golden tinsel, stockings and gifts under the tree. The representative bride is the Xmas fairy. A festive, warm wedding will work brilliantly with a more traditional style venue such as a historic building.

Choose whether you'd prefer formal and conservative or fun and festive. This type of wedding does not necessarily need to be all red and green. For a more formal look, gold and ivory works well, with lots of candles. Your more formal look means using more subtle seasonal decoration, use lots of greenery such as holly, ivy and pine cones. Burgundy is fantastic, rich colour for a feeling of sophistication. If you've chosen fun and festive go for mini Xmas tree or poinsettia centre pieces and really have some fun with accessories and place settings.

Cold

A cold theme incorporates cool colour schemes and event styling. Think silver and blue. Cold Christmas themes use decorations and colours that are cool or cold, typically reflective of the weather. Snowflakes and icicles, iridescent blues and purples. The typical bride would be an ice queen (at least until the wedding night anyhow). A winter wonderland style wedding is best matched to a more contemporary venue like a luxury hotel.

The good thing about snow and ice is that they are white and therefore work perfectly in weddings. Stay away from ivory; it's all about snow white. Snowy, icy backdrops are easy to form. If finance permits have ice sculptures or a snow machine. This theme can either be extravagant and glamorous with plenty of glitter and daring metallic colours or timeless and elegant with powdery snow and mistletoe.

Either theme offers fantastic potential for your décor and event styling. Many couples struggle to pick. Of course, as I've mentioned in other articles, the venue you decide on, in most cases will determine the event styling. Some venues will lend themselves better to one type of event styling. If you haven't picked a venue yet or the one you have booked is pretty neutral, ask yourselves these simple questions to help determine what kind of Christmas wedding to choose.

What comes to mind when you think of Xmas?

Which colour napkins would you choose, ever green or midnight blue?

What do you like best about the season?

Would you select gold or silver tinsel?

The event styling for an Xmas wedding must mirror the couples individual personality and tastes. Think about the answers you have given to the questions. I am sure you get the idea! It can be sort of like your first choice in wine, a crisp and elegant white or a rich, spicy red?