No Christmas gifts yet? Don’t panic – here’s your festive survival guide

Skip the Christmas scramble with our last-minute decor and gifting hacks; Jo Malone spills her shopping secrets; and the best tequila for festive tipples with a twist• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereTen years ago and newly married, I was invited to spend Christmas with my husband’s extended family. “We’re not doing gifts this year, there are too many of us,” my husband told me in early December when I queried who to buy for.So, I showed up with a roll of novelty Christmas pudding bin bags and wine for the hosts. Imagine my embarrassment later that day when his aunt, uncle and cousins all handed me gifts so beautiful and thoughtful I still use them today. I resolved then to never enter the festive period without an arsenal of last-minute gift ideas in my back pocket – and also not to take everything my husband says as read.The best LED face masks, tested: 10 light therapy devices that are worth the hypeHow I Shop with Jo Malone: ‘I like my bed steamed every day’The best flower delivery for every budget: seven favourites, freshly picked‘Firm, snappy texture’: the best supermarket crackers for cheese, tasted and rated Continue reading...