What would Christmas be without Gifts? Well, those three wise men would certainly have felt a bit awkward when they showed up if they hadn’t come with thoughtful pressies! In this category, we explore Christmas gift ideas for young and old, which are divided up into sensible categories, based on age, type of gift, and price points. There are also articles about great gift ideas which don’t involve spending a penny, as well as more things you can give to your loved ones this Yuletide.
The music to Away in a Manger was composed by William J. Kirkpatrick in 1895. Gervaise Phinn remembers the words being more like “A Wayne in a Manger” and after inspecting primary schools around North Yorkshire he wrote a book with that title. There are two tunes that I know of but my favourite is [...]
There’s an early bird offer on Christmas chocolates over at Thorntons. The old favourite of chocolate fans is offering a box of classics for £5 instead of £10 – meaning you can beat the rush for Christmas presents and deliveries.
Thorntons Classics: Christmas Chocolate Selection (442g) £5.00 was £10.00
A limited edition Christmas Collection that has [...]
Leonard Cohen wrote this beautiful song and Jeff Buckley did the timeless version of it which famously took many takes and he still wasn’t satisfied. The final cut had to be spliced out of three different recordings. Alexandra Burke sang it to try to get to Christmas number 1, but save your ears and download [...]
Jamie Oliver has just launched his Christmas mini-site, with a delectable choice of four different Christmas menus. There’s the straight-forward parsnip soup and turkey main combination or a helpful vegetarian plan for those unused to catering for non-meat eaters. For those of us struggling in the current financial climate, Jamie also does a “credit-crunch” menu [...]
Released on Thursday 4th December 2008, this spin-off from the Harry Potter series is an ideal present for children. It’s cheap, will make them sit down and read on Christmas day and you can then steal it and read it for yourself!
Containing clues that were to prove crucial to Harry Potter’s final mission to destroy [...]
Do you fancy having an ethical Christmas this year? Want to put a little bit more meaning into the gifts you choose? Look no further than our review of the best online ethical retailers:
ADILI: Adili have a handy ethical gift guide (click here) which includes products ranging from ethically mined gold earrings to organic beauty [...]
He spends all weekend doing up his Corsa, he goes to the cruise on a night and he has every car magazine you could imagine. The Fast and the Furious is his ideal way of living and everyone knows him as “the one with the noisy car”. Well here are our top ten gift ideas [...]
This Christmas, a lot of teenagers and adults will be receiving a computer game from their families- but how many of us know really which ones to get?
Here, I review one of the biggest games of 2008 – Fallout 3 – which, providing your loved one hasn’t already bought, any fan of first person shooter [...]
Plant labels make good stocking fillers: great range from £4.31 at The Urban Gardener, just click here.
Santa and Snowman garden stakes £5 (+£4.95 UK mainland delivery) from Robert Dyas. Click here to learn more.
Luxury wild bird hamper from Natural Collection in wooden box £32.50. Contains: a refillable log feeder filled with vegetarian fat and seed [...]
The Tree
The Tree Itself
Choiceful have a large range of fibreoptic and faux Christmas trees. Some are ready decorated, some are not. You can get a 5ft Christmas tree with “realistic foliage” for under a tenner. Just click here.
PrezziePlus have a small range of mini Christmas trees including “grow your own” and USB desktop trees. Just [...]