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Christmas decorating inspiration

Clock and chair, find similar at Crystal Palace Antiques
and Modern.
Lime snowflake,
£4.50; apricot fan,
£2.50; green paper decoration (far left), £13; large teal paper decoration, £18; spearmint paper decoration, £9.50, all RE. Sel pots, £25 for a pair; vintage scales, £20; green rimmed pot, £15; jelly mould, £10; two footed dishes, £10 each, all Linda Keating. Pair of mice candle holders, £38; paper balls, £9.50 for two, all Rockett St George. Knitted white snowflake stocking, £29, ChunkiChilli. Holly jug, £20; vintage cake decorations, from £2; green glass bowl, £33 for set of bowls, all Wooley Edge. Carved wooden spoons, from £2.95 each, RE. Fox & Cubs mug, £15.95; Bee Garden tea towel, £11, both Lush Designs. Ribbon around cake, natural metallic print ribbon, £2.25 per m, VV Rouleaux. Micro fairy lights, £12.99, Lights4Fun.

Best Christmas stockings for your festive mantel

Royal Christmas Tree Decorations

35 Best Christmas Baubles for 2023

Best Christmas wreaths

The best Christmas wreaths for your front door

Best luxury Christmas crackers

Best luxury Christmas crackers for 2023

Glasses of Babycham

Babycham: the best drink for a vintage Christmas

Christmas table settings

Christmas table ideas: 11 ways to set a perfect Christmas table

The history of Christmas traditions

TRAFALGAR SQUARE TREE

The history of Christmas presents

Christmas Treasures - mother and children at toyshop window

The history of department store Christmas windows

Tom Smith, the inventor of the Christmas cracker

Who invented the Christmas cracker?

Real homes decorated for the season

Antiques experts Lisa Lloyd and Marc Allum in front of their home

Lisa Lloyd and Marc Allum’s antiques-filled home

Janice has hidden her TV inside a cupboard made from reclaimed floorboards

A collectors Christmas: Janice Issitt’s 1980s home

Green accents pop against the neutral palette of the recently renovated living room. The candle tree, bought from a local antiques centre, sits on an antique Indian trunk right In the hallway hangs a vintage clock.’We love the real rust and ware the clock’s gathered over its lifetime,’ says Sam

Christmas in the countryside with Sam Wilson

Christmas Victorian Semi

A traditional Christmas in a Victorian home

A Colourful Christmas home

Inside Rachel Bates’ colourful Christmas home

A Vintage Christmas in a Georgian home

A vintage Christmas in a Georgian home

The best antique and new Christmas presents

V&A membership

Best museum and gallery memberships to gift this Christmas

Fortnum & Mason Family Hamper

Best Christmas hampers for 2023

Christmas gift ideas

Our Christmas Gift Guide for 2023

Festive crafts you can make at home

DIY Ladder Tree

How to make a DIY ladder tree for Christmas

Homemade Christmas wreath with fresh flowers and foraged greenery

Step-by-step guide to creating your own Christmas wreath

A winter paper leaf and berry bough

Make a winter paper leaf and berry bough

Delicious recipes for your Christmas table

Winter Solstice Stew Recipe

Winter Solstice Stew recipe

An aerial shot of orange cocktails with sprigs of rosemary and sticks of cinnamon

Christmas cocktails: 3 easy and delicious recipes

How to make a trifle like The Georgians

The good old faithful trifle