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Gift guide

December 2024

  • Christmas Gift Guide 2024
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two pages from Great Women Sculptors, Phaidon I

Books to treasure or give this holiday season

Elevate your mood and mind with our selection of new coffee table editions, ranging from spectacular photography to quirky knowledge.

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  • Stephen Clark

Luxury items for the fashionista (who doesn’t mind to pay)

Who doesn’t want to look good, smell good, feel good? Help them do it – from a $500 fragrance to a $2000 silk robe.

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  • Eugenie Kelly
Erik Thomson will play Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Melbourne Comedy Theatre

Crowded House to A Christmas Carol: shows to see in December

Nutcrackers and Messiahs abound this month, but a fitting way to cap this cost-of-living year might be a night with Ebeneezer Scrooge. Or there’s always Neil Finn.

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  • Michael Bailey

It takes a village to fill a Santa sack. These experts are here to help

From under $50 to name your price, this selection of gifts is sure to provide the inspiration you’re looking for.

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  • Lauren Sams

38-diamond phone case: gifts for when the price doesn’t matter

Gift options are wide open when money is practically no object. Something from this gold-standard selection is sure to delight.

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  • Eugenie Kelly
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A gift guide for foodies, from cookbooks to culinary rarities

A $300 pepper mill, a jar of animal fat and Gordon Ramsay’s favourite non-stick pan. Here are some must-have kitchen accessories.

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  • Necia Wilden

8 glittery gifts for your partner

From signature jewellery that cries “look at me!” to subtle looks and personalised pieces, we’ve got you covered.

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  • Eugenie Kelly

Handmade hits the premium end of the gift market

These five artisans are busy working on timeless pieces that celebrate the art of making – and that you won’t see in shops everywhere.

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  • Hannah Tattersall
Becker Minty Linear tumblers.

Stuck for ideas? Two top Australian designers share their wish lists

You’re bound to be inspired once you read what designer Blainey North and architect William Smart have chosen.

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  • Stephen Todd
Venison ham.

The perfect Christmas ham, no pork required

From tableware to a twist on the traditional ham, and an over-the-top James Bond Bollinger, here’s what’s catching our eye.

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  • Eugenie Kelly

7 great gift ideas for drive enthusiasts

Our motoring writer’s line-up this year ranges from top-of-the range machines to fun merch.

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  • Tony Davis

Max Allen picks the best wine books to give

One Thousand Vines will change the way the reader thinks about – and enjoys – wine. Plus, three vintages to sip along the way.

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  • Max Allen
You, too, can make Meatsmith’s Fig and Jamon Salad featured in their new cookbook. It’s a great gift idea, too.

Jill Dupleix’s easy festive menu from three top cookbooks of 2023

Why sweat in the kitchen while everyone else is drinking bubbly and opening presents?

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  • Jill Dupleix
Life & Leisure reporter Lucy Dean at Maccallum Seawater Pool with a few of her summer books.

12 books fiction lovers will give (or hope to receive)

We asked prominent Australian writers, readers, tome-buyers and page turners to tell us what they are most hoping to get – and send to others.

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  • Lucy Dean
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6 luxury escapes including the best island holiday no one has heard of

From weekend escapes to gold-standard international adventures, travel is a gift that lasts a lifetime.

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  • Ute Junker
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Seven of the best wellness gifts for Christmas

You can’t go wrong with these gifts for mind, body and soul to get your new year off to a stellar start.

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  • Eugenie Kelly
Google TV Streamer.

This beige box will transform your TV

If sky-high mortgage repayments have you thinking you might skip Christmas this year, think again.

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  • John Davidson
Debbi Fields and Wade Shealy celebrate Christmas on their Nashville Tennessee farm.

This is how we celebrate Christmas

From rural NSW to Nashville, Tennessee and a luxury game lodge in South Africa, there’s a thread that runs through festivities everywhere.

  • Life & Leisure

November 2023

This ‘never-ending garland’ necklace from Dior’s Print collection is our top pick for a cool $2.1 million.

Christmas gifts for the 1pc

Stuck for a gift for someone who seems to have everything? Don’t hold back.

  • Eugenie Kelly
World-renowned Derek Gripper plays West African music in his kitchen in Cape Town.

One man, one guitar, and the music of Africa head Down Under

South African guitarist Derek Gripper will be touring Australia in the new year. Expect the toe-tapping rhythms of Mali (and maybe some Bach).

  • Bridget Elliot

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