Top 10 Christmas decorations
The best Christmas decorations to grab for your tree or your presents, and the best wreaths to buy

If you're a bauble short of a Christmas tree, look no further:
Christmas tree decorations from £2 to £15, garlands from £12 to £30, hand crafted polar bears starting at £10.80 -Burford garden centre (01993 823117; www.burford.co.uk)
Tree decorations from £2 to £7-General Trading Company (020 72256470; www.generaltradingcompany.co.uk)
Christmas present decorations, set of 4, £32-Nina Campbell (020 72251011; www.ninacampbell.com)
Cut glass bauble £5-House of Fraser (0845 6021073; www.houseoffraser.co.uk)
Wooden Noel garland, £5.95-Aspen and Brown (0800 0336116; www.aspenandbrown.com)
Etched glass bauble £4-John Lewis (08456 049049; www.johnlewis.com)
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Decoupage bauble £12 pack of 9-John Lewis (08456 049049; www.johnlewis.com)
Angel on sleigh, £11.75-Joanna wood (020 77305064; www.joannawood.co.uk)
Christmas weath
Wild at Heart (020 72291174; www.wildatheart.com)
Top tip
If it's your first Christmas and funds for decorations are running low, find some bright ribbon and tie it into bows on the boughs.
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