The sweetest Christmas of all. Gingerbread men and iced cottages, glass wrapped sweets, candy canes and cupcakes — a warm, biscuity, sweet-shop look that children adore and grown-ups can't help smiling at. Sweet enough to eat, far too cute to.
Some Christmas looks are about elegance. This one's about joy. The gingerbread Christmas is warm, playful and a little bit cheeky — the tree hung with biscuits and boiled sweets, the mantel lined with little iced houses, the smell of cinnamon somewhere in the background. It's the look of a childhood Christmas, and it's impossible not to smile at.
Start with the stars of the show — gingerbread characters and houses: hanging gingerbread men and women, stacked gingerbread bears, iced cottages and felt friends in gingerbread suits, all in those lovely warm biscuit browns with white icing detail. Then raid the sweet shop with sweets and candy decorations — glass wrapped-sweet baubles, candy canes hooked over the branches, glossy cupcakes and lollipops for a burst of colour.
Keep the base warm — browns, creams, a touch of red and white stripe — and layer it up generously; this is one look where more really is more. Made to last and loved by every generation, these are the decorations that get the biggest reaction when the box comes down from the loft.
