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Make your own stocking, find your way round a jigsaw, and increase your cheese know-how. Plus, games and puzzles to bring cheer and gentle competitiveness.

Compiled by FRANCES AMBLER

Well seasoned DOWN TO A TEA TOWEL Who wouldn't want a kitchen as jolly as the one on this tea towel? (Especially if it features a dog in a cracker hat.) And, another bonus, it's one of a set of two. Buy them for £8 from marksandspencer.com SNOW LANTERNS Or snölyktor: To make, start with a lit candle. A candle holder or jam jar can protect it from the wind. Build a circle of snowballs around it, before building up the walls in a pyramid shape. Taken from Fifty Things To Do In The Snow by Richard Skrein. Illustration by Maria Nilsson (HarperCollins) This design gives a 'stellar dendrite' snowflake a more practical use. Warning of ice or snowdrifts ahead, it's used alongside a second sign that specifies which. This sign was introduced in 1994 –…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2023

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