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Brilliant Christmas present ideas for the home, from a nifty Kenwood food mixer to some charming bronze kangaroos

Dog cushion £37.50, Glenalmond Tweed Company (01738 880322; www.glenalmond.com)
Three-head stag plaque coat hangers £225, Peters Silk (01439 770051; www.petersilk.co.uk)
Halo Harvard leather trunk, John Lewis £499 (0845 604 9049; www.johnlewis.com)
Christmas door wreath, The Real Flower Company from £70 (01730 818300; www.realflowers.co.uk)
Kenwood kMix food mixer £499.95, John Lewis (www.johnlewis.com)
Bronze boxing kangaroos £265, Nelson & Forbes (01442 256290; www.nelsonandforbes.co.uk)
Oxford Globee, Globee £8.00 (0800 987 5907; www.globee.co.uk)
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Apple gold candle, DL and Co, Gift Library £30 (020-3080 0530; www.giftlibrary.com)
Phoebe Chair £375, Harry footstool £199, both in merino wool tartan, Gledhill & Co (07766 703739; www.gledhillandco.com)
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