Q: If you're hosting a very formal dinner, spread a floor-length tablecloth over the entire table. Lay a placemat at each seat, keeping the edge of the placemat one inch from the edge of the table. Choose tablecloth and placemat colors that complement the plates and dining room. When in doubt, use a white tablecloth and simple white place settings. A charger plate is a decorative plate for the other plates to rest on. Place the charger plate on the bottom center of the placemat. The napkin should be folded neatly and placed on the charger plate or rolled into a napkin ring and set to the left of the placemat. These plates are decorative and therefore optional. However, many people believe that a table looks empty between courses if a charger plate isn't used. Never serve food directly on the charger plate. Always arrange the plates in order of use. For example, if you were serving a soup, salad, and entree, you would first place the main entree plate on the charger. Next, you lay down a salad plate, followed by a soup bowl. Each piece of plates will be cleared away after use. If you're serving more than three courses, have each plate brought out and then cleared away after the course to save space. Wait to clear the charger plate until it's time to clear the entree plate. If you're serving dinner rolls, set an appetizer plate over the forks and place a butter knife on top. If you're serving coffee after dinner, you can either bring the cup and saucer out with dessert or set to the right of the spoons at the beginning of the meal. Similarly, the dessert plate can be brought out with dessert or placed above the plate on the tablecloth. The forks go to the left of the plate and the spoons and knives go to the right. Arrange the silverware outside-in, with the utensils you'll use first on the outside and the ones you'll use last next to the plate. The dessert fork should be at the top of the plate with the tines pointed to the right and the dessert spoon directly above it pointing left. Each course should have at least one utensil. For example, a salad should have its own fork and a soup its own spoon. The relevant utensils are cleared with each course. The water glass is placed closest to the plate. It should be followed from left to right by the wine glasses in order they'll be used. For example, most people serve soups and salads with white wine and red wine with entrees. Therefore, you would place the water glass first, then the white wine glass, and lastly the red wine glass. Glasses used for a particular course should be removed at the end of the course with the relevant plates and silverware. If you don't have room on the table to line up the glasses, arrange them in a triangle.
A: Lay the tablecloth and placemat. Set down a charger plate and napkin. Arrange your plates on the charger plate. Set all other plates on the table. Arrange the silverware. Set the drinking glasses on the table.

Q: Before you dispose your tree, you have to remove all decorations and trappings on the tree. This includes any tree skirts, ornaments, lights, garland, tinsel, and ornament hooks. Once your tree is back to its natural state, consider putting a large tree bag over the tree to keep everything contained until you figure out how you're going to dispose it. It's better to not let your tree get too dry before you dispose it. That's because dry trees are fire hazards, since they burn so quickly. Dry trees are also more of a hassle to clean up since dead pine needles fall off more readily. Some communities provide specific yard waste pickup services along with normal garbage pickup services. If you live in a community that provides this yard waste service, call or check online to find out the details about their Christmas tree pickup service. Some waste management units will offer Christmas tree pickup services during normal collection schedules or a couple weeks following the Christmas season. Call or search online to contact your local waste management unit and ask about their practices and policies regarding Christmas tree collection. Oftentimes, curbside pickup is available, where all you have to do is leave your tree on your curb, or where your garbage is collected. When trees are collected, they are often chopped down and chipped into mulch. This mulch sometimes goes to enhance public areas, but it's a possibility that you may be able to pick up some mulch for your own gardening needs. Most recycling centers offer Christmas tree drop off services, where you can bring and leave your tree to be recycled. This is similar to the services your local waste management unit may provide, but not all communities have that waste management pickup option. To see services provided by local recycling centers, simply call or search online for further details. Most times, Christmas trees will be chipped into mulch (which again, you can most likely take home with you) that is normally used for public outdoor areas, parks, or erosion barriers for various water shorelines. Search online and call some local non-profit organizations to inquire about any Christmas tree collecting initiatives. Some common organizations that hold collection programs are home department stores and certain boy and girl scouts chapters, but more options can be found online. Usually these services are free, but even though these are non-profit organizations, a small donation may sometimes be encouraged. There are some companies that specialize in delivering Christmas trees for the holiday season, but there are also some companies that can pick up your tree once you're finished with it. Search the internet for local companies that can stop by and take your tree away for you. Sometimes, the companies that deliver the Christmas trees also have a pickup service. The pickup fee is usually based on the size of the tree. In some areas, local fire stations accept dropped off Christmas trees after the holiday season. The drop off period can extend a few weeks into the New Year. Normally, the trees accepted get sent to be mulched and recycled. Any trees that are dropped off, need to be in their original state without decorations and ornaments.
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Remove all decorations from the tree. Check with your local yard waste management department. Contact your local sanitation or waste management department. Check local recycling centers. Drop your tree off at a tree collecting non-profit organization. Search for paid pickup services. Check with local fire stations for drop off options.