The one where there’s 20 days til Christmas

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Posting on behalf of @reastie hope you don’t mind 🎄 🎅

Greetings and welcome one and all to a friendly and joyful corner of mn - the Christmas bargain thread. Here, we share Christmas present purchases, ideas, links and discount codes, with the aim to spread the Christmas magic and joy and reduce the financial stress.
It's a very busy thread, so see the tips below for helping everything run smoothly and avoiding repetitions of Cookiegate etc al. It's a lovely, friendly bunch and I'm so grateful to each and every one of you for building such a warm, fuzzy and generous spot on mn. I know I've save so much over the years and am so grateful to all of you for sharing.
Pull up a sleigh and relax with a mulled wine and mince pie, for Christmas has nearly arrived!
@ me if you need anything or you want to let me know anything - the thread moves so fast I can't always keep up so this really helps
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Some of the below is copied and pasted from previous years, so do @ me if the links don't work
Stock informer is a handy site ^http://www.stockinformer.co.uk/default.aspx?fullsite=1^
Camelcamelcamel is a great amazon price tracking tool http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com
The following links compare price products including postage
www.find-book.co.uk
www.find-cd.co.uk
www.find-dvd.co.uk
www.find-game.co.uk (as in PS4/xbox etc)

Im pretty sure that's the colour not the animal 🤓

Online Home Shop have Kids Grinch Novelty Sherpa Hoodie Blanket
reduced from £23 to £5.99

Oh gosh I went down a rabbit hole on this one and apparently you can buy socks made from mink yarn , it’s hand stripped from living minks and then turned into yarn .

Boring request alert 🚨
I’ve been asked to get a really good tin opener for a gift (oh yes), any suggestions do I don’t disappoint 🫣 please

I have the Oxo tin opener. It's like cutting through soft butter it is so good! Xx

Ooh. Is it wrong I’m quite excited about getting this! Which one do you have? I’ve googled OXO and there are quite a few

Thank you so much for all the ideas and bargains on this thread, love having this as my annual treat in the run up to Christmas.

My tip is Warners Distillery for gin gift sets with 20% off if you sign up to the newsletter. Just bought 4 x cl bottles in a gift set for friends for £12 with free delivery as I bought x2

Can anyone recommend bargain couverture/ fondue chocolate for a chocolate fountain please? Have never used one before but it’s only for us so I don’t want to be paying the £18 for a bag that comes up when I search!

@Delahot
I have this onee*
You can get it from other places, but honestly, I love it. Just like I have the oxo cheese grater, and that makes me stupidly happy lol.

I didn't go for Laithwaites but I am now considering a twitch! Does this tie you into a subscription at all?

@Reastie heads up on p39

Teens and men

If you're really struggling for a gift, the Snack verse box is brilliant.

This month is the 10,000 miles box, special for Christmas, which has countries like Japan and US for the first time ever.

I've got a referral code for £5 off but I'm mentioning this box purely out of wanting to help because it was a saviour for me and a big hit in our house.

Get a £5 off SnackSurprise box. Use coupon: REFFKT5R73QYF snackverse.com/

I actually kept the sub all year for my son as he enjoyed it that much and it's just such a nice little pick me up each month when he's working so hard at school.

Not sure if been mentioned but Matalan have 30% off all nightwear instore (may be online too)

I did a Laithwaites order and it’s been great! (Not to encourage the twitching obviously!)

You can tick a box to make it a subscription but you don’t have to! It does make it even cheaper but I did a bit of research and some people were saying it was hard to cancel so I just did a one-off order 🎄

@Delahot I also have that OXO tin opener, after a lifetime of buying crap I invested in this and I've never looked back.

@ArthurChristmas22 They do do a wine subscription, but plenty of bottles, hampers and gifts etc that are one off purchase

I’ve just had a PayPal refund for my bargain flower and white merengues but not correspondence from the company 🤷‍♀️
I did order 2 and one is on its way so maybe it’s a once only deal

Re: L'occitane I've just had an email that it's coming tomorrow, i can't remember who posted about the lack of comms from them yesterday or the day before (doesn't December fly in!!)
I ordered the day it was posted on here.

£7 for the Lego nutcracker at the moment

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CH1CBFZ4/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_RC2B4C1TVPDDMMSGVEMA?linkCode=ml1&tag=p133gl11ts-21&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHUOwKzNfNv5TwJ86n9Yh-i2F1yPbIECbc2D_OOt8vnHjX11Iiras3a4jiA_aem_Sbrw_SIjS3gMMqrNCioIPw

I had an email off Royal Mail this morning saying mine is due tomorrow too. No doubt I’ll miss the delivery though as he usually comes around 10am and that’s the exact time DD Christmas concert starts 🙈

Thanks again to whoever it was that posted the beat the parents board game bargain this morning. Glad I ordered when I did it’s gone back up to £10 now! 🙈

Also a big thanks to the poster who said about the Gousto/buy a gift deal. Ours arrived Monday and it’s an absolute steal for the price! We have fussy eaters so will probably be only me and DH using it so as the box is for 4 people for 5 days hopefully I can freeze some of the meat and make 10 meals out of it

I ordered the bargainous marshmallow bars from Flower & White and just got a refund - no emails at all. Anyone else? I guess I wont be getting them now!

Oops didnt see this before I posted!

Has anyone got any ideas for foodie/gardeny type gifts? for someone who likes the One Tiin recipes and trying out complicated Ottolenghi cooking on the weekend. Garden wise they like Sarah Raven style pretty plants in soft colours.

@hugsandpugs … don’t no if you are sorted for your Guinea pig bedding? , but if not check Terrys Fabrics out, I have just seen some on there. Not sure of price tho? I have ordered once from them, and the Oder was delivered fine 👍