Company’s on its way and you just realized you never made a centerpiece for the dining room table. You don’t have time to create an elaborate Christmas centerpiece. You need a quick and easy Christmas centerpiece idea, and fast. If you have a pretty bowl and a lot of artificial fruit, you’re all set. Just arrange the fruit in the bowl and you have a lovely centerpiece.

By the way, if you don’t have any artificial fruit, you can arrange Christmas tree balls of different sizes in the bowl instead. Tiny boxes wrapped in foil of different colors are also attractive when they are piled into a bowl. (The boxes can be made with small wood scraps.)

If all else fails, stick a jar candle or candle in a large votive holder in the center of the bowl and pour cranberries around the jar or votive holder. Light the candle and you have a festive, elegant centerpiece.