The best festive hampers for Christmas 2023

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by Emily Gilbert |
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Getting ready to write all your Christmas cards, stocking up on the festive pyjamas and of course, picking out your advent calendars - there's a lot to do!

Christmas hampers are also on the agenda. If you're struggling with ideas of what to buy family and friends, then a hamper is often the ideal solution. There are so many to choose from these days, they're no longer just filled with tea and biscuits. You can even buy hampers full of beauty and skincare products for a pampering treat (there might be a few here that you want on your own Christmas wishlist).

Whether you're a fan of prosecco or a cheese maniac this time of the year, discover the best festive hampers you can get your hands on this Christmas.

If you're buying a gift for a cheese lover, then this is perfect. A complete feast in itself, it features four award-winning cheese truckles plus three gourmet chutneys to perfectly complement your cheese board and three boxes of cheese biscuits. Just make sure you're invited around to enjoy it!

Includes: 5 x cheese truckles, 3 x chutneys, 3 x crackers

This hamper holds a host of treats. It includes dessert chocolates, salted caramel popcorn, lemon biscuits, crisps, black pepper crackers, salted caramel gourmet marshmallows, breakfast coffee, afternoon blend tea and much more - perfect for foodies.

Includes: Contains a vast array of food goodies including air popped salted caramel popcorn, a box of dessert chocolates, traditional hand baked lemon biscuits, gourmet marshmallows, black pepper crackers, dry roasted peanuts, luxury hand cooked crisps and much more! And no hamper is truly complete without tea and coffee!

Packed with 60 different sweets, this is a hamper for a real sweet tooth – but let's not talk about the inevitable diabetes you'll get because you'll probably eat everything before the end of Boxing Day.

Includes: Anglo Bubbly Bubblegum to Space Dust, Candy Necklaces to Parma Violets and Love Hearts...there's even a Sherbet Fountain and a Wham Bar... plus loads more!

Filled with luxurious facial skincare, this hamper is a real treat. It features cleanser, toner, cream, body oil, and two soaps.

Includes: 100ml Rose u0026 Jojoba Cleanser, 100ml Rosewater u0026 Camomile Skin Toner, 60ml Day Cream, 100ml Sweet Orange u0026 Vanilla Bath and Body Oil, 75g Rose, Orange u0026 Patchouli Soap, 75g Vanilla, Almond and Cocoa Butter Soap.

Designed to make everyone feel merry - even after the 25th of December is over - this Hamper is filled with the best boozy tipples and sweet treats, perfect for the whole family to enjoy.

Includes: 40% Milk Chocolate Puddles, Chocolate Macarons, Everything Sleekster, Milk to Caramel H-Box, Raspberry-White Batons, 75cl Classic Prosecco, Biscuits of the Gods – Chocolat Shortbreads, Classic 70% Hot Chocolate and Velvetised Chocolate Cream 500ml.

Bursting with Yuletide essentials and festive treats – from tea to biscuits and chocolate to the all-important Christmas pudding – The Merrymaker’s Hamper is sure to delight any lucky recipient.

Includes: Christmas Pudding, Christmas Fruit u0026 Spice Biscuits, Christmas Green Loose Tea Tin, Christmas Spiced Loose Tea Tin, Plum, Apple and Cinnamon Infusion Tea Tin, Christmas Figgy Preserve, Christmas Reindeer Noses.

Add some sparkle to someone's Christmas with a selection of delicious classics. We've packed this hamper with clementine and cranberry Bucks Fizz, a jam selection, tea, a Christmas pudding, tortilla stars and lots more.

Includes: Clementine and cranberry Bucks Fizz (75cl), Christmas spiced tea, Spread the Cheer Jams gift set: Strawberry jam, Seville Orange marmalade, Merry berry jam, Lightly salted tortilla stars, Perfectly matured Christmas pudding, Iced fruit cake bar, All butter mini shortbread trees, Very merry munch, Presented in a dark-stained hand woven wicker hamper with red faux-leather straps.

The Cartwright u0026 Butler Christmas festive gift set is a divine little treat, perfect for under the Christmas tree and works great for Secret Santa too!

Includes: Cu0026B Spiced Plum Preserve, Cu0026B Cranberry u0026 Rolled Oat Crumbles in Carton and Cu0026B Chocolate Fudge in Carton.

A show-stopping wine hamper, the Luxury Wine, Cheese and Rillette Hamper makes for the perfect gift for those with a refined palate.

Includes: Red Wine from Ribera del Duero, 200g Snowdonia Black Bomber, 200g Snowdonia Ruby Mist Cheese, Cornish Charcuterie Traditional Pork Rillette, Sourdough Crackers, Pepper Wafers, Sticky Fig Relish and Pitted Olives.

Send a Christmas gift sure to get them talking! A delightful Christmas hamper sack filled with all things festive with chocolates, sweets, biscuits and so much more. The sack can be used time and time again after all the goodies have been devoured.

Includes: Red Santa North Pole sack, Yorkshire Crisps Tomato and Mozzarella 100g, Shortbread House Chocolate Chip Shortbread 170g, Valley Chocolates Fudge, Farmhouse Chilli and Garlic Savoury Biscuits 100g, Rose Infused Chocolate Bar 100g, Valley Chocolates Milk Chocolate Raisins 180g and Nib Nibs Orange u0026 Cranberry Mini Biscuits.

If you’re looking for the perfect vegan gift for a special friend, family member, client or fellow employee this Christmas, then look no further than this divine, Marvellously Vegan hamper. Brimming with vegan delights, this scrumptious gift is jam packed, in a gold wire basket, full of suitable snacks that can be enjoyed on a chilly winters evening in front of the fire.

Includes: Buttermilk Plant mint choccy truffles, shortbread biscuits, Vegan fruit jellies, Melting Pot Vegan honeycomb fudge, Veganettone Organic chocolate christmas cake, Mrs Bridges red pepper u0026 garlic salsa, nibnibs rosemary big minis breadsticks, olives, crisps, dark chocolate bauble, The Dormen Moments Blend No.3 and Proudly Vegan Merlot.

Not your average hamper, there's not a tea bag in sight. Packed full of ales, savoury treats, and beer whip chocolates, this rustic wooden crate is the perfect gift for any beer lover.

Includes: Southwold Blonde Beer X2, Helles Lager X2, Rye Sourdough Crackers (130g), Ploughman's Chutney (305g), Balsamic u0026 Sea Salt Peanuts, Crispy Coated Peas, Corn and Rice Crackers (110g), 6 Pack Beer Whips (200g), Peppered Beef Jerky (50g), Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar Crisps (40g), Pork Crackling (45g) all presented in a luxe wooden crate.

Emily Gilbertis the Features & Reviews Editor for Mother&Baby and has written for the website and previously the magazine for six years. Specialising in product reviews, Emily is the first to know about all the exciting new releases in the parenting industry.

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