The best decorations for your Christmas tree this year, from Country Life
Mistletoe china bauble, £18, Katharine Pollen (01225 789231; www.katharinepollen.com)
Set of three cloth ornaments, £4.50, Occa-Home (0844 879 4258; www.occa-home.co.uk)
Mistletoe heart, £5.25, Joanna Wood (www. (www.joannawood.co.uk; 020-7730 5064)
Bristle woodland reindeer, £7, Natural History Museum (020-7942 5494;www.nhm.ac.uk/buyonline)
Christmas ornament, £20, Jo Malone London (0870 034 2411; www.jomalone.com)
Set of three hanging nutcrackers, £4.99, The Chelsea Gardener (020-7352 5656; www.chelseagardener.com)
Padambore mouse decoration, £14, Anthropologie (www.anthropologie.eu; 020-7870 4821)
Wedgewood bauble, £25, The British Museum shop (020-7323 8898; www.britishmuseumshoponline.org)
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