5. GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

A visit to the glorious Geffrye Museum Of The Home, whose collections show how middle-class abodes have been furnished and lived in from 1600 to the present day, will be extra special this Christmas. Each room is decorated in the festive style of the period: a Victorian wonderland is decked out in floral chintz and a fir tree; the 1910 sitting room heralds the arrival of crackers and presents under the tree; and colourful paper chains hang from the ceiling in the 1965 room (above). Even the trendy 1998 loft-style apartment has fairy lights and a Nigella Lawson cookbook on the breakfast bar (22 November–8 January 2017; geffrye-museum.org.uk).