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!
Entertaining
How to be a great host – according to a professional
By Christabel Chubb and Matthew Shaw
Houses decorated for Christmas
A sensitively restored Regency house elegantly decorated for Christmas
By Ros Byam Shaw
Historical Country Houses
Martin Brudnizki's 17th-century Sussex flat decked out in colourful Christmas finery
By David Nicholls
Houses decorated for Christmas
A 900-year-old abbey decorated with foliage and flowers from its 30-acre garden
By Ros Byam Shaw
Italian Houses
A Florentine villa grounded in a love of collecting and respect for tradition
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
Tableware
Shop the shoot: all the tableware seen in our Christmas hamper shoot
By Tilly Wheeler and Rémy Mishon
Christmas Food
The five best hampers for an indulgent season in 2024
By Arabella Bowes and Tilly Wheeler
Christmas Shopping
The five best artificial Christmas trees to pine after this year, tried, tested and decorated
By Arabella Bowes and Tilly Wheeler
Christmas
All the best Christmas tree decorations for a stylish festive season
By Tilly Wheeler and Rémy Mishon
Christmas Shopping
30 best gifts for cooks and kitchen enthusiasts
By Arabella Bowes, Tilly Wheeler and Tal Dekel-Daks
Books to read
The very best cookbooks to gift or be gifted, according to our food editor
By Blanche Vaughan and Emma Henderson
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
Christmas
The best Christmas markets in the UK for 2024 – and some lesser known gems
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes and Tal Dekel-Daks
News
The best Christmas markets in London to visit in 2024
By Thomas Barrie, Tal Dekel-Daks and Antonia Bentel
Weekend ideas
The best country pubs with rooms in the UK
By Jessica Salter, Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes and Virginia Clark
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