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House & Garden readers can
buy advance tickets for the
Spirit of Christmas Fair for
the special price of £16.50
for an adult and £12 for
a child (£22 and £13
respectively on the door), by
Spirit of calling 0844–412 4629* and
quoting ‘SP02’. There will
be late-night shopping on
Christmas Thursday, November 5 until
8pm. For information, visit
spiritofchristmasfair.co.uk.
*Calls cost 6p per minute
LAURA HOULDSWORTH previews plus network extras. Booking
some of what is on offer at Olympia fee applies. Box office
closes November 1, 2015.
ahead of this year’s celebrations

The Spirit of Christmas Fair, at Olympia from Monday, November
2 to Sunday, November 8, in association with House & Garden, is
the perfect one-stop Christmas shopping event. As ever, it promises
the very best in presents, Christmas decorations and specialist food
and wine products, as well as workshops and talks by the likes of
Sophie Conran and gift-wrapping specialist Jane Means, plus the
chance to learn more about cookery school Thyme, Louis Roederer
and The Dorchester hotel. It’s an event that is not to be missed.

Winner of the House &
Garden Best Product award
at the Spirit of Summer Fair,
Bramwell Brown (stand
F91) will bring its clocks to
the Spirit of Christmas Fair
this year. On this ‘Smaller
Weather Clock’, the animated
sky in the display window
depicts the forecast. It is 35cm RED
in diameter, 12.5cm deep and LEATHER DAY
Nancy and Betty Studio PRINTS costs £275. 020-7183 3651; New to the fair this year is Troy
(stand E83) offers a stylish CHARMING bramwellbrown.com London (stand F87), a luxury outer-
range of stationery and These pretty Ikat cushions from wear and accessories brand that
paper goods, including Batterbury (stand G29) are made gives traditional British designs a
wrapping paper, in limited editions, using handwoven twist. The clothing is made from
tags, cards and crackers, silk from Central Asia and Uzbekistan. high-performance thermal quilting,
all in unique whimsical They come in both vibrant and subtle water-resistant fabrics, fine wools
designs. These fun colours, including egg yolk yellow and ethically sourced furs to ensure
‘Nutcracker’ luxury and blue/cream, as pictured. They the pieces will see you through this
crackers are £35 for a measure 40 x 60cm and cost £60 winter and many more. This ‘Bullet
box of six. 01227-506512; each, including a duck-down pad. Bag’ is made from bridle leather
nancyandbetty.com 01428-708181; batterbury.co.uk and costs £525. troylondon.com

THESE ADORABLE LITTLE BOOTS FROM MOCCIS (STAND G78) ARE A FUSION
OF SOCKS AND SLIPPERS, BRINGING FUN AND COMFORT TO INDOOR
FOOTWEAR. THIS NON-SLIP ‘CROC ME UP’ STYLE, IN SIZES SUITABLE FOR
CHILDREN AND ADULTS, COSTS FROM £22.97. 0333-577 7500; MOCCIS.CO.UK

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