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Small gifts to make a big impact: our favourite stocking fillers and secret Santa saviours
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From Herbert Howells to Handel's Messiah: here are London's best Christmas concerts to get you into the yuletide spirit
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Shopping
It’s had a 30-shop expansion and Charlotte Tilbury has moved in. Here’s why Bicester Village shopping is better than ever, and how you can get the best deals when you go
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Things to do
On the first day of Christmas, my advent gave to me... 12 fancy chocolates, 11 rare loose teas, 6 minced pies and a measure of Selfridges gin.
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Festival
Music inspired by the Christmas story written over the centuries and performed by ensembles ancient and modern
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Players and singers in 18th-century attire bring to life the London-based world of composer Handel
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Classical Music
There's something for everyone in a week of Christmas music
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Book ahead for services at Westminster Abbey and St Paul's, plus all you need to know for making your pilgrimage to all London's best Christmas concerts
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Classical Music
An uplifting work for Christmas that brings together six seasonal cantatas into a joyous and illuminating whole
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Kids
We challenge you to find a more celebrity-packed panto than this offering at the London Palladium, set to kick off the festive season with a bang
Features
Forget jingling bells and New York fairytales: Culture Whisper have created the ultimate Christmas playlist to make you smile
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Festive foodies rejoice, here's our pick of the top ten Christmas cookbooks for the festive season 2016
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Design
The London Designers Collective brings a collaborative Hygge-themed pop up shop to Brick Lane just in time for Christmas.
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From the most traditional of ornaments to quirky Santas - relax, we've got you covered with the most desired Christmas decorations of 2016
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Things to do
From pine to berries, eucalyptus to orange slices, we round up 2016's most enchanting Christmas Wreaths for your home
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Sugar, spice and all things nice: our favourite winter recipes, from traditional German vanillekipferl biscuits to virtuous sprout salad
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Classical Music
Booking is open for the Royal Albert Hall Carols By Candlelight for festive celebration with an 18th century twist
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Classical Music
You can't book for St Paul's Cathedral carols but it's one of the best festive concerts in London
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Food
A 12 course London Christmas lunch with a twist: it's Christmas 2016 made US-style
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Classical Music
Christmas music in London means two weeks of ethereal and earthier song at one of the capital's most atmospheric venues
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Classical Music
Classics, new music, and a feat of memory make this great East End tradition an attractive proposition
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Cinema
Zadie Smith's NW and Cormoran Strike just as we imagined him. Plus two different sides to Margaret Atwood in our list of great novels adapted for television
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Philistine or Culture Vulture? Look back at a year of art, theatre, music, dance, food and fashion with our fiendishly difficult 2015 Culture Quiz
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Bored of traditional Christmas music? Culture Whisper have created a Christmas alternative playlist to make you smile
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Kids
Jim Broadbent delights as an oddball Scrooge in this charmingly quirky festive production of A Christmas Carol
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Things to do
Christmas gets nutritious with this festive salad recipe from Culture Whisper's resident foodie
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Festive flavours get a fresh twist in this healthy gluten free Christmas dessert recipe from Culture Whisper's resident foodie
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Luxury can't be made in a moment. The delight inspired by these luxurious gifts will last long after Christmas morning
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Food
Savour the era that taste forget with a delicious five-course menu and retro treats galore at Art of Dining's 80s Christmas Party
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Give someone a present to treasure this Christmas with our guide to best bespoke gifts
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Give someone the gift of London this Christmas with our guide to the best subscriptions for in the know Londoners
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Culture Whisper talks to actress Tuppence Middleton, star of new BBC shows Dickensian and War and Peace