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The Good Weekend Christmas gift guide 2022
By Frances Mocnik
Credit: Frances Mocnik
All is calm and all is bright on the holiday-shopping front: try these innovative, inspirational ideas.
1. Tanica No.2 Desert Lime & Thyme spirit with Australian native ingredients, no added sugar and 10 per cent alcohol, 700ml, $52, tanica.com.au
2. Australian Christmas gin, $105, fourpillarsgin.com
3. Kringle nested star bowls in bone china (set of three), $40, saltandpepper.com.au
4. Christmas bush honey, 350g tin, $12, beautyandthebees.com.au
5. Aqara Camera Hub G3 video camera with 360-degree camera, facial, gestures and pet recognition, $194, binglee.com.au
6. The Christmas Advent calendar, 25 days of pralines, $40, kokoblack.com
7. Flock of Favourites tea towel, 100 per cent cotton, made in Australia, $34, wilsonpayne.com
8. Seiko Prospex Automatic 200m Diver Turtle watch in Eucalyptus, $895, seikowatches.com/au-en
9. Starward “Vitalis” single-malt whisky, $199, starward.com.au
10. Ho Ho Let’s Go Christmas bundle of three chocolate bars (each purchase gives back to The Hunger Project, which funds women’s empowerment, entrepreneurship and social development initiatives in Africa), $60, heytiger.com.au
11. Chanel lambskin bag with charm, $6810, chanel.com
12. The Vegemite Cookbook, $30, booktopia.com.au
13. Isokon Gull bookstand, designed by Egon Riss in birch, $585, anibou.com.au
14. Handwoven Christmas ornaments, from $15 each, madebymanyhands.com.au
15. Hommey x Alias Mae “Suki” slides, $199, gethommey.com
16. Hermès set of two cups and saucers, $790, hermes.com
17. King and Godfree x Food For Everyone panettone, $60, kingandgodfree.com
18. Sodastream Duo, $299, harveynorman.com.au
19. My Little Morphée meditation box for soothing night-time soundscapes to aid children’s sleep, $150, morphee.com.au
20. Pasta Grannies, a recipe book for comfort cooking, by Vicky Bennison, $45, booktopia.com.au
21. Verao giant brick tower stacking game, $100, rebelsport.com
22. Breedlove ECO collection guitar made from clear-cut free, salvaged and individually harvested native and exotic tonewoods to preserve and protect forests, $849, ambertech.com.au
23. KitchenAid “Blossom” 4.7-litre artisan stand mixer, $1099, kitchenaid.com.au
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