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Good Housekeeping Magazine gives you the best recipes, health advice, beauty and fashion expertise, consumer testing reports, great ideas for your home and real life inspirational stories. It is the one magazine you can always trust for expertise and tireless attention to detail delivered in a positive and accessible way which gives readers direct access to “the best of everything”.

It’s Chriiiiistmaaasssss!

ALL wrapped UP • A 5am start, bickering over stuffing and a wonky tree. Welcome to Christmas at the Olivers’…

Jamie’s get-ahead turkey • ‘I think this is my best turkey recipe yet, because you can get ahead and put loads of love, care and attention into achieving perfectly juicy meat’

Housewise • Our bite-sized round-up of EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK

Pretty tasty • Christmas decorations that double up as tasty treats? That sounds like GH to us! Spruce up your box of decs this year with some of our favourite edible adornments, from naturally chic apple garlands to ridiculously cute peppermint baubles.

A warm welcome • Coverless duvets have a soft top layer sewn in and are machine-washable, so no more wrestling your duvet back into its cover. They come in a range of designs, fabrics and togs and are ideal for guest rooms as they’re so easy to freshen up. Here are our best on test.

Sleeping on air • Last-minute guests this Christmas? The GHI has also tested the best air mattresses so your visitors can rest easy. For the full reviews, head to goodhousekeeping.com/uk/air-beds.

Hanging around the Christmas tree • Which will be your 2025 bauble? Whether for the tree or to dangle elsewhere, one of these lovely decorations is guaranteed to become an enduring favourite…

Take it slow • Enjoy tasty curries, comforting casseroles and tender, pull-apart meat with the GHI’s winning slow cookers. Prep the ingredients and the cooker will do the rest – the perfect timesaver at this busy time of year.

Dish it up • Whatever you’re serving this Christmas, we have you covered with a selection of stylish pieces that are perfect for everything from starters to puds…

Bubbles on tap • Bring the bubbles (and indulge in a little nostalgia) with our experts’ top-rated soda makers. They’ll save on plastic and spend over time, and some can even inject a little fizz into your favourite juices, cocktails and wines.

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Everything is absolutely, definitely 100% fine

Statement dressing • Your dining space is at the heart of it all, so it’s time to layer the place settings, dress the mantelpiece and put your own creative slant on the main event

Let’s party like it’s 1985! • Auntie Anne snoring on the sofa, vol-au-vents in the microwave and Noel Edmonds on the box. Recapture the magic this year by going retro, says David Lloyd

Do it with FEELING • Yes, you can have a very special day without kids in attendance, says Jan Masters – but you might have to break some rules first

My Chrimbo to don’t list • Christmas Eve boxes? DIY Advent calendars? Why bother? Lucy Sweet has some thoughts on cutting down your workload

Lauren Laverne

Now that’s what we call dusting • As iconic locations across the country gear up for their busiest time, our household advice team discovers their unique cleaning secrets

Let there be (coloured, clashing) LIGHT • From scratchy tinsel to inflatable Santas, more is more when it comes to decorating, says the poet Donna Ashworth

CRAZY CHRISTMAS WISHES

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