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A huge helping of festive treats…

WE HAVE BEEN editing this magazine for some years now, so we have quite a few Christmas issues under our belts. Commissioning festive designs is one of our favourite times of the year – even though this happens so far in advance of the big day, that we are wearing our sandals and sunglasses! Christmas is a time for tradition, so we include lots of that, but we are always on the hunt for things that might surprise you.

One tradition we look forward to is Christmas Jumper day on the 12 December, and we both have a selection of loud and whacky Christmas jumpers that come out each year in the run up to Christmas. This issue the editorial team have really gone to town and come up with a dream jumper design in the form of a cross stitch tag. Turn to page 52 to see how you can get involved and wear your own Christmas jumper for charity!

We hope you enjoy this huge helping of all things festive, from Santa resting on Boxing Day (page 30) and our stocking on page 54, to a bold new cover design of The 12 Days of Christmas (page 38)!

Happy Christmas from everyone at CrossStitcher magazine!

In a flurry

Stitch our snow globe sampler in our January issue, on sale 26 November 2024.

SUSAN & MARTIN PENNY

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