Christmas at its most beautiful: heirloom ornaments, designer advent calendars, fine hampers, and once-a-year indulgence.

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Molded branch tips, serious density, lights that behave, and a decade of perfect trees — the honest case for the finest artificial

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Champagne, fruit cake, preserves, and theatre — the fine Christmas hamper is a week of good eating in a wicker trunk. Here's what

Christmas markets in cathedral squares, grand hotels that do the whole production for you, guaranteed snow, or a warm escape — the