What are the best hampers for Christmas 2016? Our picks from Aldi to Fortnum & Mason and beyond
CHRISTMAS is just around the corner and that means buying gifts for even the fussiest people - certainly not the easiest part of the festive season.
So we've taken the hard work out of it for you, if you are stuck for gift ideas these are the Christmas hampers that will make the best and classiest presents...
Standard hampers
Aldi Christmas Feast Hamper, £87.98
This has everything you need for a Christmas feast, including Champagne pudding, fruit cake, Belgian biscuits, chocolates, a selection of nuts, crackers and chutney as well as wines and champagne.
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M&S Classic Christmas Hamper with Fizz, £75
This hamper includes classic Christmas favourites like Bucks fizz, Christmas cake, chocolates and shortbread. It all comes in a wicker hamper with red faux leather straps.
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Tesco Bearing Gifts Hamper, £40
Wish your loved ones a Merry Christmas with Tesco’s best-selling hamper for more than 10 years. The box includes a selection of nuts, biscuits, tea and coffee, crisps and mince pies with brandy.
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John Lewis Festive Feast Hamper, £200
On the more expensive end of the scale, this hamper offers everything from Merlot to hard boiled sweets. The key highlights include prosecco, amaretti biscuits, marzipan topped fruit cake.
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Fortnum & Mason Christmas Feast Hamper, £500
Also on the higher end of the budget scale, this hamper has something for everyone. There are mince pies, cheese, jams and marmalades, salmon, Christmas chutney, truffles, nuts, chocolates, biscuits and wine.
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Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference, £50
This hamper comes with an 18-month matured Christmas pudding, strawberry jam, sticky fig chutney, almond shortbread thins and Belgian milk chocolate flaked truffles. There is also vintage cava.
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Non-alcoholic hampers
M&S The Collection Christmas Hamper, £150
An indulgent selection of stuffed dates, mixed nuts, chocolates, coffee, tea, biscuits and crackers, this gift box has everything you need.
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Tesco Senior Citizens, £44
A hamper full of wholesome, hearty food without the price tag. This comes with orange segments, Christmas pudding, biscuits, teabags, truffles, savoury snacks and a cake.
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John Lewis Edinburgh Preserves Sweet Pantry Hamper, £45
Choc-full of fruit marmalade, fudge, cookies, lemon curb, blackcurrent jam, strawberry jam, Cumberland sauce, cranberry and port sauce and Seville marmalade, this makes the perfect gift for picnic lovers.
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Fortnum & Mason Burlington Hamper, £250
Described at adventurous, extravagant and refined, this hamper includes biscuits, fine jams, shortbread, chocolates and fine teas.
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Luxury hampers
Aldi's Exquisite Hamper, £98.37
This hamper is presented in a beautiful wicker basket. It comes with a selection of biscuits, Christmas pudding, luxury chocolate, truffles, crackers and a selection of wine and champagnes.
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M&S The Collection Ultimate Hamper, £999.99
This comes in three domed lidded baskets filled with an exquisite collection of wine, spirits and champagnes as well as treats like Christmas pudding, snow flake stag cake, fruit cake, liqueur and the usual biscuits, crackers and nuts.
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John Lewis Christmas Treasures Chest, £1,000
Definitely one of the most expensive Christmas hampers, it is presented in a lidded willow trunk and contains a fine array of confectionery to alcohol gifts. Highlights include Medaillon Cognac, dark chocolate mint thins, company jewel fruit cake and John Lewis silver pin crackers.
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Fortnum & Mason Imperial Hamper, £6,000
For this price tag, you’d expect the hamper to have everything – and it delivers. There are Christmas favourites such as smoked salmon, caviar, Foie Gras en Croute and three types of cheese. There is also Christmas pudding, condiments and preserves and refreshments including, tea, coffee, wine and champagne.
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Chocolate hampers
Sainsbury’s Belgium Chocolate Lovers Hamper, £12
This is full of Belium chocolate including truffles, dark chocolate with orange and milk chocolate. A great stocking filler.
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M&S The Collection Ultimate Platter, £30
This is a chocolate lovers dream on a budget, filled with milk, dark and white chocolates including some with a selection of fillings.
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Fortnum & Mason Christmas Champagne and Chocolate Box, £65
This has an unbeatable selection of Marc de Champagne and delicious chocolate truffles. It is presented in a festive red box.
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John Lewis Chocolate Indulgence Hamper, £80
This hamper is brimming with delicious treats including a bottle of fine prosecco, drinking chocolate, whisky and white chocolate pudding and milk sea salt caramel truffles.
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