None generic Christmas hamper ideas please!

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My sister had a baby a couple of months ago. Understandably knickered and couldn't face our usual big family Christmas so instead is having a quiet one at home.

I would like to bring some of festiveness to them. I have already got a gift each from their lists but plan to pack them up in a box of goodies. Usually i make a lot of homemade stuff for Christmas but because of wanting it delivered a few days before I don't want to risk things going out of date.

I plan to make some candied nuts which keep fine but I would really appreciate some creative/unusual ideas for an exhausted new mum. Would love some relaxing stuff but think bath bombs might be naff? Mini booze probably a must, chocolate is going in but would like some unexpected things too.

Buy crystallised ginger pieces and enrobe them in dark chocolate. Very quick and easy, delicious and long lasting.

Thanks that sounds good. I'm happy to buy stuff too if anyone has good ideas. Im in a small city so have a hotel chocola, lush etc.

A Dundee cake is good made up to a week in advance. A Christmas cake you can make well ahead. Anything like jam or pickles would work - there’s a recipe on BBC good food for cranberry and clementine jelly - v easy but you do need a jelly bag.

All kinds of treats: what do they like? Olives - the ones in jars keep ages and the ones in plastic pots last quite a while too? Snacky crackers/biscuits? Whittards used to do tea and coffee samplers with 12 or so packets of interesting teas or coffees.
What about vouchers for time - you'd babysit for a few hours so they can go out?
Or voucher for their local takeaway?

ps: I love that she's knickered ... good twist on the usual.

Haha, didn't even notice the typo. I'm pretty KNICKERED myself with two small kids.

Trying to avoid the typical hamper fair.

Candied orange or peel, peanut brittle and some sort of citrus curd.

Pick and mix sweets. Fun and not something you get yourself.
Popcorn. You can get posh ones. Nice if stuck on the sofa feeding a newborn and watching a film
Non alcoholic drinks, posh ones you wont buy yourself normally.
A hot/cold cup with a spill proof top

Hand cream. I used to get really dry hands from all the hand washing.

A just eat or deliveroo voucher
A film download voucher for amazon or similar.

Home made picked pears, brandied kumquats.

Glace cherries soaked in rum or brandy and dipped in dark chocolate.

Home made choc truffles.

Peppermint creams.

*pickled