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Unexpected guests for Christmas. Any last minute gift ideas?


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  • Fancy boxes of chocolates are always a good option to have on ‘present stand by”. I have also found items with positive affirmations attached to be a crowd pleaser. And if all else fails, have some gift vouchers on standby. Most gift vouchers are valid for 3 yrs now so if you dont use them 1 Christmas, you can use them the following Christmas afterwards.


  • We always have some baked treats wrapped in cellophane or a couple of christmas gift biscuit tins or chocolate wrapped up under the tree unlabelled


  • Boxes of chocolates are always on hand and if I don’t hand them out I enjoy them myself ;-)


  • I always have spare shortbread chocolates and wine and I always make fudge for gifting too… last year I bought old school games at kmart like jenga and rummiking about $5 each and had those for emergency guests too


  • Chocolate and a nice bottle of something is always a winner


  • Everyone loves food, chocolates, gift vouchers.


  • Gift cards, movie tickets, chocolates or speciality local food items, lotto tickets / scratchies, colouring in / crafts for children, handmade items are nice also…


  • I normally give chocolates if it is an emergency . Hope you found something .


  • For adults – candle sets, gift hampers, chocolates, biscuits, body lotion packs, gift cards.

    For children – a small toy, colouring book & pencils.

    Home made gifts are also a lovely surprise.
    Any gift would be wonderful as the receiver should be grateful to receive anything at all.


  • just keep an eye on the catalogues, and gift cards are always a good one too


  • Chocolates, soap, wine, flowers, sweets, biscuits, a hamper, a scented candle, lotion, hand cream.


  • Relax mum gift hamper hand made.. it’s cheap and really thoughtful


  • biscuits, wine or chocolates are always handy to have as a back up.


  • what about something you could use yourself a candle burner and have some glade melts and small candles to go in it. Or a recently released novel. Or a small hamper of dry ingredients with what needs adding written on a small card attached to the jars you could have pancakes, choc chip cookies, etc with some homemade chutneys or sauces in it. if you dont need to gve it to anyone you can use it for yourself.


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