Is there an overly sweary person in your life? Do you have a friend who’s utterly bereft without The Traitors? Would anyone you know like to shake up their cocktail-making? And do you ever wish your neighbours’ doormat was, well, a bit more kinky?
Well, look no further! Our bumper Christmas gift guide has arty present suggestions galore for all these people – and many more. Dig in before the jingle bells rush!
Star Wars terrarium
Ever wished your succulents screamed: “Evil space footsoldier”? Now they can, thanks to this glass stormtrooper head. Also doubles as a biscuit barrel.
£27.99 at Thumbs Up
£34.80 at Amazon
Marie Antoinette shoe postcard
Part of the V&A’s Marie Antoinette range, this features the shoe designed by Manolo Blahnik for Sofia Coppola’s film about the classy, sassy, misunderstood queen. C’est magnifique!
£1.50 at V&A Shop
Ratatouille shoulder plush pal
Join the latest kidult craze with this magnetically attached Remy, the lovable rat in Ratatouille who dreams of being a great chef.
£40 at My World of Treasures
Frida Kahlo recycled tote bag
The great artist makes the perfect shopping companion, providing food for thought as she looks out of this bag adorned with a self-portrait that juxtaposes ancient Mexican symbols with the US military industrial complex.
€15 (about £13.13) at Loqi
£14.75 at Amazon
Paddington the Musical luggage tag
Please look after this suitcase! Never again will luggage go missing, thanks to this tag. Perfect for trips to Peru.
£16.99 at Paddington the Musical
The Devil Wears Prada cap
This tribute to style icon Miranda Priestly’s withering ode to cerulean is a great way to prepare for next year’s sequel. Remember: “That blue represents millions of dollars!”
£25 at West End Merchandise Shop
Zounds! necklace
Bling worthy of the Bard! Taking jewellery to Shakespearean heights, this chain bears the playwright’s beloved exclamation, derived from “God’s wounds”.
£24 at Shakespeare’s Globe
Barcelona skyline ring
Antoni Gaudí’s masterpieces, including the gothic-meets-art-nouveau church La Sagrada Família, are cunningly conjoined in one silver ring.
£159.95 at Etsy
Penis salt and pepper shakers
Inspired by her Balkan Erotic Epic, these official Marina Abramović utensils will liven up any family Sunday lunch. Seasoning to taste will never be the same.
£125 at Factory International Store
South Park Satan’s Not in the Mood T-shirt
Anyone who loved the recent plotline, in which Trump gets the devil pregnant, will adore this T showing Satan in bed with arms folded.
£21.95 at South Park Shop
Lego Trevi Fountain
Channel your inner Anita Ekberg with this 1,880-piece model of the famed Roman spout the Dolce Vita actor paddled in, which collects more than €1m in tossed coins every year (not included).
£139.99 at Lego
£93.34 at John Lewis
Phantom of the Opera bear
Give a kid the musicals bug with a masked, tuxed and caped teddy version of the jealous and manipulative composer. Unsuitable for young vicomtes.
£40 at Playbill
No Oil Painting makeup bag
He has framed pages from books and once painted a gallery wall green. Now artist and canny curator Matthew Higgs has created this witty addition to beauty rituals.
£38 at House of Voltaire
Stranger Things: Dustin’s Thinking Cap
Taking headwear into the Upside-Down, the trucker hat worn by goofy nerd genius Dustin is perfect for plotting against evil Vecna.
£25 at Netflix
Yung Lean art book
What do you get if you give 574 photos from a cult rapper’s phone to an Italian bible-maker? This extraordinary tome, ideal for the vaporwave-loving bibliophile in your life.
£60 at InOtherWords…
Pat on the Back T-shirt
The leopard-print-addicted EastEnder was killed off in 2012, but is now about to make her third return in a dementia storyline. What better way to celebrate than with a Pat Butcher top?
£40 at Sports Banger
Gilbert & George swear box
Inspired by the famously coarse art duo, this money-maker comes decorated with the words F**K, S**T and the more enigmatic L**K.
£35 at Southbank Centre
Yellow library card socks
Give the gift of bookworm kudos with these irresistible socks based on classic library cards. Add the latest Fitzcarraldo tome for 100% smugness.
£14.99 at British Library Online Shop
Film Forum baseball cap
Just in time for Christmas, New York’s legendary non-profit cinema, a true temple to celluloid, has reissued a baseball cap first produced in 1991. Bin the Agnès Varda T-shirt. This is next-level movie buff merch.
$30 (about £22.70) at Film Forum
Tom of Finland doormat
Being treated like a doormat will never be the same again. Based on a picture by cult homoeroticist Tom of Finland, this foot-wipe delight depicts the boots and breeches of Canadian mounties. No wonder they always got their man!
£90 at House of Voltaire
Alien: Earth cutesy figurines
The Alien franchise was reborn as scream-triggering TV with a tentacled eye-monster, a demonic lamb and a massacring synthoid. But hey – they’ve got a cuddly side.
From £13.50 at Etsy
Brutal Britain
This compendium features texts, colour illustrations and nine press-out paper models, allowing you to create Sheffield’s Park Hill, London’s Trellick Tower and several other monstrous water-stained tower blocks granted classic status.
£25.99 at Waterstones
£20.97 at Amazon
Official Traitors cloak
No backstabber should be without this unisex, Velcro-fastening garment, complete with luxurious satin-lined hood. Perfect for any occasion – except breakfast.
£28.99 at The Traitors Shop
£32.99 at Amazon
Deadpool coffee mug
The seedy Marvel mutant, whose superpowers include limb regeneration and extreme sarcasm, is immortalised in this mug. Ideal if Wolverine drops by.
£10.99 at Etsy
Lady Penelope perfume
The glamorous Thunderbird aristocrat has inspired a scent that blends couture elegance with secret-agent smarts. Is that a rocket on your launchpad?
£49.99 at AUK Direct
Picolas Cage bauble
Nicolas Cage admitted to taking “crummy” roles to get out of debt. But here he’s back on form, playing a pickle that will give any Christmas tree some crunch.
£12.95 at Etsy
Max Richter eau de toilette
The German-born British composer of haunting, shattering music is now available as a fragrance that contains notes of graphite, vetiver grass, cedar piano soundboard and magnetic tape.
£120 at Max Richter
£117.99 at BSTN
Bradford city of culture biscuits
A limited edition keepsake, with a recipe card inside, to commemorate the northern city’s big year. Brontë bourbons all round!
£5 at Bradford 2025
Britpop Trumps
The battling card game now lets you pit the pin-ups (Blur, Oasis, Pulp) against the barely remembered (Bennet, Salad, Northern Uproar) and the bandwagon-jumpers (Menswear, Powder). Categories include NME Darlings, Staying Power and Fop Factor.
£12.99 at Etsy
£13.90 at eBay
Keith Haring chess set
The celebrated pop artist, who invented his own visual language of gyrating figures, injects some fun and funk into a game not known for its liveliness.
£31.79 at Toy Street
£45 at Not Another Bill
I Listen to Dead People T-shirt
Classical music may be alive, but it’s dominated by dead white men. This T says: “Own it!” A must-have for irreverent symphony lovers.
£15.40 at Etsy
Saint Pedro Pascal prayer candle
A tribute to the star of The Last of Us, Narcos and The Mandalorian, this scented candle bears the message: “Anything is possible.” Even making it through every Mandalorian episode.
£22 at Aint Saint Co
Peg doll Beatles
With the bolstered rerelease of Anthology, no Beatles fan will want to be without these Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club baubles. It was 65 years ago today!
£75 at Etsy
The story of art in a jigsaw
This beautifully illustrated timeline features 50 key moments in art history, starting with Blombos Cave in South Africa, where the first drawings were discovered, and taking in the studio of 17th-century wonder Artemisia Gentileschi.
£20 at Henry Moore Foundation
£17.19 at Amazon
Diane Keaton’s own bauble
Inspired by her love of European serving pieces, the late actor teamed up with Hudson Grace to create tableware, linens – and this glass bauble of herself that captures her chic yet playful vision.
$28.80 (about £21.80) at Hudson Grace
Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? singles
Some might say that the box set these four singles arrive in looks like a giant B&H packet. But it’s quite a collection: two No 2s (Roll With It, Wonderwall) and two No 1s (Don’t Look Back in Anger, Some Might Say).
£79.99 at HMV
Zaha Hadid socks
A stylish homage to the great creator of wildly curving buildings that, like a good pair of socks, do so much more than keep your toes warm. Inappropriately affordable too.
£9.50 at ChattyFeet
Cassette speaker
Ditch the boring tube! Shaped like a retro cassette tape, this Bluetooth speaker comes with coloured stickers, meaning you can ruin its good looks with smudgy writing in minutes, just like the real thing.
£20 at the Design Museum Shop
£19.99 at Amazon
The Architecture of the Cocktail
The perfect home begins with a blueprint. So should the perfect cocktail. This elegant guide features 75 recipes in blueprint format with specifications, notes and embellishments.
£10.44 at Bookshop
£10.99 at Waterstones
Bon Iver’s very own colour
From keyboards to notebooks to posters, an entire range of merch has been rendered in “fABLE Salmon”, an orangey new colour created by Pantone for the band. “It’s solitary,” said frontman Justin Vernon. “It’s pressing the bruise. It’s self-martyrdom and sadness.” Merry Christmas everybody!
From £12 at Bon Iver Store
