Add a touch of magic to your holiday flight. Whether you’re flying a private jet for business or pleasure, small details will make your flight merry and cozy. The key to decorating a private jet for the holidays is to keep it simple yet meaningful, because flight attendants must pack away anything that dangles or takes up extra space before takeoff and landing.
Holiday Décor Inspiration for a Private Jet
- Lighting: Rather than string strands of lights throughout the cabin, ask the flight attendants to change the LED headboard lights to holiday colors.
- Welcome mat: Switch out the traditional mat at the bottom of the airstairs and replace it with a holiday-themed mat. Base the type of mat you choose on the age of those flying with you. Sometimes a simple red-colored or plaid-patterned mat is all you need to spread holiday cheer.
- Holiday linens: Replace the hand towels in the lavatory with towels that are hand-embroidered with fir trees, a snowflake, or a sprig of ivy or mistletoe in one corner. Use a green tablecloth with a red table runner and napkins. If the flight is long and traveler plan to sleep, stock the private jet with red and white bed linens.
- Holiday table: Swap out traditional flowers in a vase for white amaryllis in a birch-bark vase paired with short fir tree branches. If the travelers are lighthearted, they may also enjoy holiday-themed metallic confetti spread along the table runner. Then use matching red and white vintage Currier & Ives transferware plates, bowls and teacups to tie the look together.
- Music: Base the type of holiday music played on ages and preferences of your fellow travelers. If you aren’t sure about their personal tastes, play it safe with soft instrumental music.
Holiday Food Ideas for a Private Jet
Appetizers
- White-colored crudités with buttermilk dip
- Bacon-wrapped dates
- Artichoke dip with winter vegetables
- Latkes
- Yorkshire pudding
- Cheese fondue
Main
- Squash soup with herbed crostini
- Short ribs with a barley pilaf and pickled red cabbage
- Risotto with seafood or chicken
- Maple bacon quiche
- Pork loin with chestnut stuffing with mashed potatoes
- Honey glazed ham with vanilla apple sauce, spaetzle and roasted potatoes
Beverages
- Eggnog latte
- Spiced apple cider
- Blood orange punch
- Candy cane martini: 1 ¼ ounces vanilla vodka with ¾-ounce peppermint schnapps and 1 ¼ ounces of white crème de cacao; rim the glasses with crushed candy canes
- Eggnog
- Hot toddy
- Winter lemonade: ¼ cup cranberries muddled with lemonade and topped off with 2 ounces of whiskey or vodka and a splash of seltzer
- Lemon drop champagne punch
Sweet Treats
- Almond cookies
- Divinity with dark chocolate chips
- Hazelnut brittle adorned with gold leaf
- Raspberry trifle
- Butterscotch chip cookies
- Chocolate Yule log
- Chocolate truffles with mint, orange, vanilla and praline flavors
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