Decorating and how-to Christmas tree topper ideas: star, angel, bow or something different
Stars, angels, bows, snowflakes, pine cones and toppers you can make at home, with the room each tree leaves under the ceiling…
Christmas guides and advice
Tree heights and how many lights they need, when to put decorations up, how long a real tree lasts, how to wrap an awkward gift, what goes on a Christmas table. Each guide gives the numbers and steps that are usually spread over several websites.
Traditions and questions Nutcracker soldiers: history, meaning and how to display them
Where nutcracker soldiers come from, why they are kings and soldiers, what they mean at Christmas, why a handmade one costs more,…
Decorating and how-to How to make a gingerbread house (and how to stop it collapsing)
A small template in centimetres, a dough and an icing that hold their shape, the fixes for walls that slide apart, and…
Decorating and how-to Christmas living room decorating ideas: tree, mantel and shelves
A plan for the whole room: where the tree fits, a coffee table and sideboard you can still use, shelves, textiles and…
Traditions and questions What is a gonk? The Christmas gonk craze explained
The bearded, faceless figures on British shelves every December have a British name and a Scandinavian past. Where gonks come from, what…
Decorating and how-to How to store a Christmas tree, lights and decorations
Where a tree and its decorations survive best between January and December, the right bag or box for each, and how to…
Decorating and how-to Christmas front door decoration ideas: wreaths, garlands and lights
Wreath sizes, garland lengths for the door frame, porch trees, lanterns and lights, plus wreath alternatives, school door ideas and when to…
Traditions and questions Why do we have Christmas trees? The history of the Christmas tree
From medieval paradise plays to Queen Charlotte’s tree at Windsor and the Norwegian spruce in Trafalgar Square: where the Christmas tree came…
Traditions and questions The nativity story and the figures in a nativity set
The nativity story in order, with the Bible verses behind each scene, where every figure in a nativity set comes from, when…
Traditions and questions Traditional British Christmas decorations and what they mean
From holly and the kissing bough to Christingles and crackers: where Britain’s Christmas decorations came from, what they mean and which ones…
