Read our guide to this year’s 13 best Christmas hampers, from traditional treats to luxury selections – which is the best value?
The best Christmas hampers feel like a treat and are full of festive food and drink. Hampers make failsafe Christmas presents and they’re the most exciting way to gift or stock up on mulled wine, pickle, cheese and biscuits.
“I love a hamper. Nothing beats the thrill of digging into a big box to discover a lavish lucky dip of delicious goodies, not one present but several,” says Xanthe Clay, chef and Telegraph food writer. “The best hampers combine luxury with surprise and exclusivity. Luxury because gifts are best when they are just a bit extravagant, the sort of thing you’d like to buy for yourself but can’t quite justify.”
“Look for lovely packaging, especially reusable kind. A jolly tin will become a familiar friend over the years – the eau-de-nil Fortnum’s ones are particularly covetable and add glamour to the kitchen cupboard,” she says. “What the hamper comes in matters too: a nest of glittery cellophane can’t even be recycled, but a wicker basket is endlessly useful for storage.” .
And if you’re getting ready for Christmas, you may also want to read our guides to the best advent calendars, the best beauty advent calendars, the best food advent calendars, the best artificial Christmas trees, the best real Christmas trees and the best children’s toys. We also have guides to the best Christmas gifts for women and the best Christmas gifts for men.