If you've still yet to buy something, a subscription to Country Life makes a superb present — it starts off at just £6 for six issues.
Brook + Wilde Marlowe pillow
Pure decadence, this pillow filled with Hungarian goose down isn't so much a thing to lay your head down on — it's more like melting softly into a giant marshmallow. The down is ethically-sourced, the covering is Egyptian cotton, and the effect is really rather wonderful.
Asprey aeroplane cocktail shaker
A truly beautiful object which also has a function: making a drink. The design is based on the Boeing Stratoliners of the 1930s, with the fuselage, wheels and nose fitting together cleverly.
Fairfax & Favor Christmas stocking
If you need something pretty to put the smaller gifts in for your significant other, Fairfax & Favor's knitted Christmas stocking is a real classic.
Mongolian sheepskin cushion
Unashamedly a soft toy for those too old for soft toys, John Lewis's sheepskin cushions are beautifully soft. They're available in a surprisingly wide range of colours, though for our money the natural is the nicest of the collection.
KitchenAid cordless 5 cup food chopper
Just as cordless vacuum cleaners transformed the hassle-factor of getting the hoover out, now Kitchenaid are attempting the same trick with food processors — and it really does make life easier. It does a really superb job of fine chopping — something that our old mini-chopped never managed — and whips up a batter in a few seconds.
Yoda coat
For the little Star Wars fan in your life, this adorable coat will turn them into a miniature Yoda. The coat, a tie-in with the Mandalorian TV series rather than the original films, is as well made as you'd expect from — it's also designed to extend and stretch as your child grows to make it last longer.
£80 from columbiasportswear.co.uk
Soft archery set
It might be too late to get in training for next year's Olympics in Tokyo, but maybe for the Games after that — this feels like a perfect Christmas Day activity for keeping the children away from screens. At least for a while.
BeerBods subscription
There are a lot of booze-by-post subscriptions out there, and many — we particularly like the Craft Gin Club. But this one is different: all the members get the same beers in the same weeks, and there's a group online tasting session where they can all compare notes.
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