Family Christmas
To ensure your yuletide is jolly and joyful, we've got lots of helpful tips and suggestions.
See this year's top children's presents lists, plan your Christmas catering with our seasonal recipes, and get tips from Delia and Nigella, have a giggle with our survival tips, MN playlist, new poncetastic ideas and Nativity disasters, plus save money with our thrifty suggestions...
Winter car journeys
Competing family obligations during Christmas can result in a lot of driving at a time when road conditions are at their worst. Find out how to be prepared for every eventuality.
Christmas TV Highlights
Mumsnetter Aitch has sifted through the TV schedules and put together another brilliant compilation of highlights to help you navigate the array of TV specials over the next two weeks.
Cloth Peg Angels
Keep the children busy with this seasonal cloth peg angels activity. You can use the finished pegs to hang Christmas cards or liven up your art washing line.
Christmas leftovers recipes
If you're struggling to think of a recipe for your turkey leftovers that's not simply 'heated up', we've got easy, tasty meal ideas to inspire you.
Slow food Christmas
Slow Food UK have persuaded some top chefs to come up with Christmas recipes using sustainable, local ingredients. Here's our pick of the best:
Nigel Slater's Christmas webchat
The lovely Nigel, whose latest book Kitchen Diaries II would make a cracking Christmas pressie, popped into MNHQ to answer your questions.
Mumsnet's Christmas playlist
Bust out the mince pies, pour the bubbly and slip on your dancing shoes. We've compiled our ultimate Christmas playlist, and it's a cracker.
Local Christmas events
Find out about Christmas events near you, or plan outings during visits to your relatives over Christmas and New Year with our burgeoning new-look Local sites.
Christmas party dresses
We've put together a shortlist of Mumsnetters' 12 most recommended party dresses. That's one less thing to worry about during the Christmas party season.
Poncetastic tips
Want to make the run-up to Christmas even more stressful by hand-crafting cards, making your own wreath and agonising over the theme for your Whimsical Homemade Tree? Step this way...
Talk about Christmas
Need to vent your inner Ebenezer? Got must-share gift ideas or dilemmas? Fretting over stockings or Secret Santa? Frazzled before it's even Christmas Day? Get festive fellow-feeling on MN Talk.
Give More this Christmas
Want to do more to help others this Christmas, but stuck for ideas, time and money? The folk at Give More have put together five great tips for combining charitable giving with gift shopping.
Christmas customs and traditions
Part of the magic of Christmas is the ritual, the comforting family traditions. Discover some of the yuletide customs most loved by Mumsnetters.
Gifts ideas for teen boys
Males in the family can be tricky to shop for. To save you from those generic last-resort gifts (socks, aftershave) we've combed the boards and compiled the top gift suggestions for men and teen boys.
Top toys for Christmas 2012
If you're wondering what will be the must-have toys for Christmas 2012, then you'll appreciate our prediction lists from top retail experts (even if you don't enjoy your children's pestering).
Bloggers Advent Calendar
Click on the Mumsnet Bloggers Network advent calendar each day in December for a fresh and festive blog post and a sprinkle of seasonal joy.
