Country Life's luxury editor's Christmas gift ideas for leading ladies

The Country Life Christmas gift guide is back and it's bigger than ever. Here's what to buy your mother, wife, sister or girlfriend (or all four).

Woman in a cable knit cardigan carrying a large pile of presents that obscure her face
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Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree

Please don't put your Christmas presents under the tree if your tree is precariously balanced next to a swimming pool...

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Amie Elizabeth White is Country Life's Acting Luxury Editor. She studied history at the University of Edinburgh and previously worked in fashion styling. She regularly writes for Country Life's London Life supplement and has written for Luxury London, covering everything from Chanel suits and skincare, to the best pies in the city. She has a big heart, but would sell her soul for a good pair of shoes.