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Christmas

The festive season is upon us, and here at House & Garden our thoughts naturally turn to Christmas ideas and all the ways to bring a little extra joy to our homes, via food, decorations and lots of lovely gifts. With a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine, we're looking at our absolute favourite Christmas ideas and planning what to do and when!

Christmas Decorating

Christmas decoration ideas

Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping

27 best artificial Christmas trees to pine after this year

Shopping

The best scented candles, according to our editors

Christmas Shopping

39 best advent calendars for a luxurious Christmas countdown

Decoration

Why you should start planning for Christmas now and what to do first 

Christmas Decorating

Christmas

The cottage from The Holiday - let's take a closer look

Christmas Decorating

How top London florists do their Christmas flowers

Christmas Decorating

Lovely ideas for festive place settings

Christmas

Christmas craft ideas to try this weekend

Christmas Presents

Shopping

77 best Christmas gifts for every woman in your life

Books to read

The very best cookbooks to gift or be gifted, according to our food editor

Shopping

 Best gifts for mums that they'll want to receive this Mother's Day

Christmas presents

The 10 best books to buy for interiors and garden lovers for Christmas

Traditional Houses

A colourful, kitsch and abundant Christmas with Duncan Campbell and Luke Edward Hall

The Best Christmas Cocktails

Italian cocktails

How to make the perfect Aperol Spritz

Recipes

Champagne Cobbler

Cocktail recipes

Spiced pomegranate mojito 

Wonderful Winter Cocktails

Fig and thyme gin fizz

Christmas crafts

Flowers

How to make paper cherry blossoms

Craft projects

What to do with pressed flowers

Flowers

How to make paper hellebores

Christmas Crafts

A simple guide to crafting paper stars for Christmas

Christmas Starters & Canapes

Starters & Sides

Buttered leek croquettes

Recipes by Annie Bell inspired by France

Mimolette and walnut sablés

Recipes for a cozy Sunday roast

Burrata with pumpkin and hazelnuts

Rowley Leigh's warming winter recipes

Celery and chestnut soup with onion bread

Houses decorated for Christmas

A shoppable Christmas scheme filled with painted furniture and folk pattern

Christmas Activities

Christmas activities

The best Christmas markets in Europe

Decoration

The 10 best Christmas markets in the UK in 2023

Books to read

Seven classic mystery books to curl up with over the holidays

Entertaining

Simple dinner party games for adults to memorise

Christmas Holiday Destinations

Houses to rent

The best Scottish AirBnBs to book now

Destinations

The best things to do in Mexico City, according to our travel editor

Weekend ideas

The best country pubs with rooms in the UK

Destinations

The best winter sun destinations for 2023

Christmas Cake Recipes

Cake recipes

Rum-glazed vegan gingerbread

Traditional recipes from "The Nordic Baking Book" by Magnus Nilsson of Fäviken

Gingerbread recipe

Christmas Cake Recipes

A traditional Christmas cake recipe

Cake recipes

Panettone bread and butter pudding cake