Create this beautiful Christmas candle centerpiece in less than 10 minutes with this easy step-by-step tutorial.

Learn where to source the materials and how to customize this design for a long lasting centerpiece that can work throughout the holiday season!

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If you haven’t noticed, I have a lot of fun making beautiful centerpieces that makes our guests feel special. I tend to use any combination of linens, candles, fruits, flowers, nuts, and forage of greens, pinecones and wildflowers.

The other common characteristic of my centerpieces is that they take just 10 minutes to create. This recipe for a Christmas candle centerpiece is simple – a little candlelight, greens and the fruit of your choice.

In fact, I have a complete guide for both Christmas Centerpieces and Fall Centerpieces! There’s an incredible collection of inspiration from years gone by that I just know you’ll enjoy.

A festive Christmas centerpiece adorned with candles and pomegranates beautifully displayed on a rustic wooden table.
Festive Christmas table runner adorned with pomegranates and greenery, perfect for creating an elegant centerpiece.

Christmas Candle Centerpiece

There are so many things to love about this affordable and easy centerpiece idea.

  • Inexpensive
  • Low to the table (for easy guest interaction)
  • Lasts all season
  • Easy to create
  • Customize to your tastes and needs!

In fact, we’re showing you how we’ve made this centerpiece more than once. We’ve created it with fresh, dried and faux materials over the years.

There are so many easy ways to customize this look for your holiday entertaining!

A festive Christmas table runner adorned with pomegranates and greenery, perfect as a holiday candle centerpiece.

Ingredients and Substitutions

For me, almost all my Christmas centerpieces begin with beautiful greens. Fortunately, they’re abundant this time of year. I’ll often forage from our own backyard.

  • Greens – Look for spruces, evergreens, cedars, pines, boxwoods and holly bushes. You can also source from your local nurseries, grocery stores, hardware stores and scour Lowe’s free branch bins (cut from Christmas trees). You can also use eucalyptus, as it pairs beautifully with other ingredients too. Learn where to buy Christmas greens and greenery garlands here!
  • Candles (tapers or pillars) – I used my favorite vintage brass taper holders that I found at a thrift store years ago. Check out my source guide at the end of this post to find your own!
  • Fruit – Use fresh or dried pomegranates! You can also mimic this look by using apples, clementine oranges and more – it’s completely up to you!
A festive Christmas table setting featuring a Christmas candle centerpiece adorned with pomegranates and greenery.
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How to Make

  1. Arrange your candles in the center of your table. Christmas Flowers | 10 Minute Christmas Centerpiece tutorial
  2. Add green stems, branching out from the candles in all directions. (We’re showing you how to do this with cedar and eucalyptus, so you can see it both ways.) I usually place 2-3 stems together as if they are “growing” from the same place and make it more narrow at the two ends of the table. Two branches of eucalyptus arranged as a Christmas candle centerpiece on a wooden table. Eucalyptus leaves and a Christmas candle centerpiece on a wooden table. A festive Christmas candle centerpiece is created with three gold candle holders placed delicately on a wooden table.
  3. Add your fresh, faux or dried pomegranates in blank spaces, concealing where stems meet. A stunning Christmas candle centerpiece featuring three brass candlesticks adorned with greenery and a pomegranate. Christmas candle centerpiece featuring pomegranate and eucalyptus leaves on a wooden table.
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Tips

  • I love how loose centerpieces like this one can easily frame each place setting as well. It makes your hostess duties so much easier!
  • Want to spend even less? Use evergreen clippings from your own backyard!
  • Any seasonal fruit will work for this centerpiece. Think apples, pears, clementine oranges, and even sliced fresh pomegranates.
  • If you want to preserve this look from season to season, choose dried pomegranates and even specially dried cedar. Find these in the sources section at the end of this guide!
A festive Christmas table setting featuring a captivating centerpiece arrangement of candles and pomegranates.
A Christmas table setting featuring a stunning candle centerpiece adorned with pomegranates.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are flameless candles good for Christmas?

I have grown to love the convenience of flameless candles, and we use them everywhere for the holidays and beyond! Try flameless, battery operated taper candles in this centerpiece for an added layer of safety and convenience.

Is a Christmas candle centerpiece hard to make?

Try this easy 10 minute Christmas candle centerpiece if you’re intimidated by other designs. You won’t believe how simple it is – if I can do it, anyone can!

A festive table setting adorned with pomegranates and eucalyptus leaves, featuring a charming Christmas candle centerpiece.

Where to Use this Christmas Candle Centerpiece

This look isn’t just for your Christmas dining table! Think of the possibilities!

A festive Christmas candle centerpiece featuring pomegranates.
Pomegranate and eucalyptus leaves create a stunning Christmas candle centerpiece on a wooden table.

Sources

Get the look of this easy Christmas candle centerpiece! Click on any image in the gallery below to go straight to the source.

A table setting with a Christmas candle centerpiece, adorned with pomegranates and eucalyptus leaves.

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Christmas Candle Centerpiece

Yield: 1
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Estimated Cost: $20.00

Create this beautiful Christmas candle centerpiece in less than 10 minutes with this easy step-by-step tutorial.

Materials

  • Candles (tapers or pillars)
  • Greens (I used flat cedar)
  • Fruit – I used aged pomegranates left over from early November, but I love using apples, clementine oranges, it’s completely up to you!

Tools

  • Clippers

Instructions

    1. Arrange your candles in the center of your table. 
    2. Add green stems, branching out from the candles in all directions. I usually place 2-3 stems together as if they are “growing” from the same place and make it more narrow at the two ends of the table. 
    3. Add your fruit in blank spaces, concealing where stems meet.

Notes

  • Want to spend even less? Use evergreen clippings from your own backyard!
  • Any seasonal fruit will work for this centerpiece. Think apples, pears, clementine oranges, and even sliced fresh pomegranates.
  • If you want to preserve this look from season to season, choose dried pomegranates and even specially dried cedar. Find these in the sources section at the end of this guide!

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17 Comments

  1. I’ve been following along on your RH dining room table. Is this your tresle table? I thought I read you got a new one. Any information I could get would help me in my decision in choosing a table. Thank you

    1. Thank you, Indiana! They’re vintage, but you can often find them in thrift and antique stores, Craigslist and Etsy. Just search “brass candlesticks” “vintage brass candlesticks/holders” and “mid century modern candlesticks”

    1. Thank you, Sarah! They’re vintage, but you can often find them in thrift and antique stores, Craigslist and Etsy. Just search “brass candlesticks” “vintage brass candlesticks/holders” and “mid century modern candlesticks”