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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hannah Booth, Jane Hoskyn, Monica Horridge, Lily Smith, Peter Bevan, Charlotte Gornall and Kate Lloyd

305 best Christmas gifts for 2025: truly brilliant presents tried, tested and handpicked by the Filter UK

Composite of products, including a red coffee maker, gold hoop earrings, some painted plates, an exploding bottle of champagne and jellycat egg and soldier plushie toy, with present illustrations

Don’t you just love Christmas shopping? There’s a massive thrill in finding a present you know they’ll love and won’t have thought to ask for, but the pressure is enough to drive any sane person to hibernation.

We’ve gone the extra (2,000) miles to help you find the perfect gifts: we’ve tested out the latest products to see which ones are worth the hype (and which aren’t); trawled shops in person; enlisted babies (OK, their parents), tweens and teens to test out toys and give us their must-haves; tasted the good, bad and the did-I-really-put-this-in-my-mouth; and rounded up some of the products that were tried and tested by us this year.

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