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!
Books to read
The best cookbooks to gift or be gifted, according to our food editor
By Blanche Vaughan
Christmas Shopping
The 19 best artificial Christmas trees to pine after this year, tried, tested and decorated
By Arabella Bowes and Tilly Wheeler
Houses decorated for Christmas
Christmas in the vaulted halls of a 14th-century Scottish castle
By Charlotte Fairbairn
Historical Country Houses
Martin Brudnizki's 17th-century Sussex flat in all its Christmas glory
By David Nicholls
European Houses
A historic house on the Stockholm archipelago decorated for Christmas
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
Weekend ideas
The best country pubs with rooms in the UK
By Jessica Salter, Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes and Virginia Clark
Christmas
Paper chains are the breakout decoration star of Christmas 2024
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
Christmas presents
How to wrap a present: our style director's comprehensive guide
By Ruth Sleightholme
Homemade Christmas Gifts
Six homemade Christmas presents your loved ones will actually appreciate
By Evie Delaney
Shopping
77 best Christmas gifts for every woman in your life
By Arabella Bowes and Hannah Tan-Gillies
Christmas Shopping
30 best gifts for cooks and kitchen enthusiasts
By Arabella Bowes, Tilly Wheeler and Tal Dekel-Daks
Christmas Shopping
Christmas wrapping paper to swathe your gifts in
By Arabella Bowes and Virginia Clark
A Christmas dinner by Sally Clarke
Marzipan and mincemeat pasties
A Christmas dinner by Sally Clarke
Bronze turkey crown and legs with gravy and stuffing
By Sally Clarke
Parsnip recipes
Red cabbage, fennel and parsnip coleslaw
Traditional Houses
A colourful, kitsch and abundant Christmas with Duncan Campbell and Luke Edward Hall
By Charlotte McCaughan-HawesPhotography by Mark Fox
Christmas wreaths
Florist Philippa Craddock on how to make a Christmas wreath step-by-step
By Philippa Craddock
Houses decorated for Christmas
A shoppable Christmas scheme filled with painted furniture and folk pattern
By Gabby Deeming and Ruth Sleightholme
Entertaining
The best two player card games that are easy enough to pick up immediately
By Tal Dekel-Daks
Houses decorated for Christmas
A perfect English country house brought alive for Christmas entertaining
By Christopher Stocks
Recipes
Wild By Tart’s fluffy crab beignets with coriander and lime
By Lucy Carr-Ellison & Jemima Jones
Recipes
Wild By Tart’s blood orange fruit salad with star anise and mint
By Lucy Carr-Ellison & Jemima Jones
Recipes
Wild By Tart’s cinnamon, maple, pecan and cranberry granola
By Lucy Carr-Ellison & Jemima Jones
House & Garden's Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
Devilled eggs, train sets and Racing Demon: how our Top 100 interior designers spend the festive season
By Fiona McKenzie Johnston
Floristry
A tutorial in Christmas floristry from the Homo Faber guide's favourite flower designer Emily Avenson
By Antonia Bentel
Houses decorated for Christmas
How designer Francis Sultana and gallerist David Gill decorate their home for Christmas
By Emily Senior
Cake recipes
Panettone bread and butter pudding cake
Traditional recipes from "The Nordic Baking Book" by Magnus Nilsson of Fäviken
An easy gingerbread recipe for a Nordic Christmas
By Magnus Nilsson