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With festive cheer in no short supply, there are countless events

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Above The Great Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh at Christmas, image courtesy of the Royal Collections Trust

Below The Order of the Garter is awarded to senior members of the royal family and 24 others chosen in recognition of their work, image courtesy of the Royal Collections Trust

Stocking filler This year’s Christmas display at Windsor Castle celebrates the 675th anniversary of the Order of the Garter, the UK’s oldest order of chivalry founded in Windsor in 1348.

A 160-foot-long dining table will be laid with porcelain from the Garter service while a Christmas tree topped with a Garter Star will take centre stage in the castle’s crimson drawing room. The order was founded by Edward III who was so inspired by tales of King Arthur and the chivalry of the Knights of the Round Table he set up his own group of honourable knights.

Elsewhere, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh a decorated Nordmann fir tree will light up the throne room. On December 8, a special evening event explores the life of Mary, Queen of Scots’ birthday.

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IN THE FRAME A painting looted by the Nazis 80 years ago has been found in the family of an American GI in Chicago. The landscape by the Viennese artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer (1700-1733) was stolen from the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich in 1945.

Art Recovery International was contacted last year by a Chicago resident who claimed their uncle who had served in the US Army in WWII had brought the painting home.

Founder of Art Recovery International, Christopher A. Marinello, said: “On occasion, we come across cases, such as this, where allied soldiers may have taken objects home as souvenirs or as trophies of war. Being on the winning side doesn’t make it right.”

Above The landscape has returned to Germany after 80 years, image courtesy of Art Recovery International