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How to sip, slurp and savour it this holiday, according to HTSI
...But when we meet in Geneva just before Christmas he is more sanguine. With an ironic smile, he says he has just read that he will be taking over one of the group’s fashion labels. He isn’t....
...More than 200 stalls sell traditional gifts such as Herrnhut poinsettia stars, Pflaumentoffel figurines and the city’s beloved stollen....
...Little Alma may not have much to open on Christmas Day, but she’ll soon learn to appreciate the gift of smugness....
...And then we string our Christmas cards in the kitchen. Every year we say we’ll send Christmas cards, and then, oh no. I’m really last-minute [with gifts]....
...But it’s during the festive season that the Flemish city is at its most filmic, with its Christmas market framed by buildings dressed like gingerbread houses, and a 2.5km-long light trail that bathes the...
...Lacquered bar set by Cabana, £440 Made in Italy, this set consists of an ice bucket, coasters and bottle opener. cabanamagazine.com Gift-wrapping service by Colford, from £19 per gift A new service that...
...I would wear this gilet with jeans, Birkenstocks and thick wool socks to bring some Sound of Music edge to my Alpine festive Christmas style. rierofficial.com Reome Active Recovery Broth, £75 for 30mlAcupuncturist...
...But there’s a nice moment of history with a cover of Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)”, a classic cut from 1963 compilation A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector....
...Bode linen Garden State short-sleeved shirt, £485Hold the Christmas jumpers....
Give him loafers, limoncello and a big bucket of crisps
...Meanwhile, the 1kg chocolate version is €50 and the pandoro, a typical Italian butter-based sweet Christmas bread, for €46 (500g versions of all Christmas cakes, which may be easier to fit into a suitcase...
...Saviour (white text) You can also find an array of other gifts for the finance lover in your life....
...She starts acquiring Christmas stock as early as January....
...Tiny, shiny Christmas tree treasures hold the world in miniature....
...I grew up in a working-class family, and we got something for Christmas and something for your birthday, and that was it. Growing up like that really made gift-giving special....
...Like music, it is a gift which breaks out anywhere and unites those blessed with a love of it....
...My grandma bought me a really incredible dress when I was probably five, and she gave it to me the day before Christmas because we were going to see the Nutcracker that night....
...Fane, who died just before Christmas, was a well-loved London figure....
...a gift that ended up giving back, handsomely....
...“Department stores, clothing shops and household goods retailers reported sluggish sales too as consumers spent less on Christmas gifts, but had also purchased earlier during Black Friday promotions, to...
...The best gift I ever received was a painting my father-in-law gave me, that he painted himself. I aspire to be a person who gifts art....
...Watches of Switzerland, which sells high-end timepieces including Rolex, Audemars Piguet and Cartier, said it had “experienced a volatile trading performance in the run-up to and beyond Christmas”....
...baubles and all manner of festive gifts for sale....
...In other words, a gift of money is less of a sacrifice than a gift of time. Yet the value of a gift is usually related to the element of sacrifice that goes with it....
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