THE CHRISTMAS BOOK

Editor-in-Chief: Sheherazade Goldsmith

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New hardcover book, 352 pages. Published 2008. Beautiful full-colour photos throughout.

Discover a simpler, greener Christmas with hand-crafted gifts and cards, natural decorations and traditional recipes.

Escape the modern-day commercial Christmas and enjoy a simpler, greener and craftier way of celebrating. Decorate the Christmas tree with homemade gingerbread men, craft a simple wreath from fallen leaves, make gift labels and cards from vintage fabrics, and fill hampers with locally sourced organic food.

Sheherazade Goldsmith and a team of crafters give you over 80-90 wonderful ideas and projects for a more creative and sustainable Christmas.

• Grow a Christmas tree in a pot
• Make a peg doll angel
• Make a wreath
• Bake festive breads
• Make edible tree decorations
• Create home-made cards
• Make up a gift hamper
• Decorate gingerbread
• Make pot pourri
• Wrap presents with recycled materials
• Make a chocolate log
• Create a centrepiece for the Christmas table
• Prepare Christmas drinks
• Make an Advent calendar
• Sew vintage fabric Christmas stockings

Includes a foreword and introductory comments by Sheherazade Goldsmith, wife of organic spokesman and Ecologist editor, Zac Goldsmith.

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The Christmas Book by Sheherazade Goldsmith