
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! To get you in the festive spirit, here's a photograph of a snowman we found amongst the palm trees in Miami earlier this month. Lots of love from the team at Dezeen x

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! To get you in the festive spirit, here's a photograph of a snowman we found amongst the palm trees in Miami earlier this month. Lots of love from the team at Dezeen x
London designer Sebastian Bergne has created a nativity scene comprising nothing but rectangular wooden blocks. More »
Here's a selection of our favourite Christmas cards and movies we've received this year, including this one by photographer Luke Hayes, taken in Sheffield, UK (above). More »
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a set of Stackable Snowmen or Happy Little Trees Christmas decorations, both designed by Fruitsuper Design (+ movie). More »
Christmas shoppers in Madrid can stroll under glittering circles of LEDs designed by Italian architect Teresa Sapey (+ slideshow). More »
Unsure what to ask Santa for? We've made a new Pinterest board full of suggestions for Christmas presents and stocking fillers. Check out Dezeen's Christmas list on Pinterest »

We wish all our readers a very merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Love from the team at Dezeen x
Thanks for all your Christmas cards - here's our selection of the best (and strangest) including this one from Studioilse. More »
Fallen stars, glowing red dominoes and a vine-covered tree are some of the lights installed by artists, designers and architects in Lisbon this Christmas (photographs by Fernando Guerra). More »
Designer Kiseung Lee of Helsinki wants people to fill stockings with more vital gifts this Christmas: donations to the blood bank. More »

Still not sure what to do with your left-over Christmas tree? Royal College of Art student Tom Hatfield has turned a few of them into a sledge. More »

Merry Christmas to all our readers! We're taking a couple of days off - we hope you'll excuse us! We hope all your Christmas dreams come true. Love from all of us at Dezeen.

Here's a selection of our favourite Christmas e-cards sent in by designers and photographers, including this one from Duccio Malagamba.
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Manchester designers Dorothy have designed a set of Christmas baubles shaped like hand grenades for social initiative Ctrl.Alt.Shift and British design brand Suck UK. More »