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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Natalie Wilson

10 of the best UK hotels for a luxury Christmas break

Angela Ward Brown

Was Christmas more magical as children because you believed in Santa’s global mission to trapeze down the chimney with presents? Or is it just the enchanting lack of required organisation from little ones come 25 December that makes them so giddy over gifts?

But there is a way to rediscover the magic of Christmas: forget the turkey timings, stocking stuffing and sheer volume of washing up in a kitchen more thoroughly steamed than the cabbage with a hands-off opulent escape for the whole family.

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