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Christmas Bestseller Hampers
The best Christmas hampers from MakeHampers, ranked by what people actually order, not by what we'd like to shift. Every one below has earned its place across a full festive season. Free UK delivery on all of them, and last orders for Christmas are 1pm on 22 December.
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Three Cheese Hamper
Three Mouse House cheddars with water biscuits, oatcakes and onion chutney.
- Price incl. VAT
- £36.50
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The Celebration
Otra Tierra Merlot, honey & chilli biscuits, sesame peanuts, shortbread and pralines.
- Price incl. VAT
- £47.50
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Wine & Treats Gift Box
A Shiraz miniature with peanuts, macaroons and shortbread.
- Price incl. VAT
- £42.50
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Beer Advent Calendar
Twenty-four craft cans from UK breweries, one for each day of December.
- Price incl. VAT
- £113.00
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Elegance Sparkling
Bottega Prosecco DOC, Gouda biscuits, shortbread and Monty Bojangles truffles in a gift box.
- Price incl. VAT
- £62.00
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Red Wine & Chocolates
High Side Malbec with Whitakers caramel creams and Hamlet pralines.
- Price incl. VAT
- £41.50
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Bottega Prosecco Gift Set
Bottega Prosecco Gold and Rosé Gold minis, two 20cl bottles boxed together.
- Price incl. VAT
- £26.50
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Tea & Treats Gift Box
Cartwright & Butler tea, fruit cake, stem ginger shortbread, flapjack and salted caramel fudge.
- Price incl. VAT
- £46.50
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Rosé Prosecco Gift Box
Bottega Poeti Rosé Prosecco DOC with strawberry shortbread and prosecco bears in a gift box.
- Price incl. VAT
- £78.00
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The Sparkle Hamper
Two Bottega prosecco miniatures with Gouda biscuits, praline and berry biscuits.
- Price incl. VAT
- £51.50
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The Celebration with White Wine
La Deliziosa Pinot Grigio with sweet and savoury treats in a black gift box.
- Price incl. VAT
- £47.50
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The Delicious Treats Hamper
Cheddar bites, sweet chilli peanuts, gouda biscuits, caramels, pralines and wafer rolls.
- Price incl. VAT
- £51.50
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What Makes a Christmas Hamper a Bestseller
After a few seasons of watching what sells, the pattern is consistent. The hampers that do well are the ones people can picture being opened. They balance something savoury, something sweet and something to drink. They arrive looking like more than the money spent. And they suit more than one person in the room.
The ones that don't sell are usually too narrow or too padded. Too narrow is a box built around a single flavour nobody's sure about. Too padded is a big box with thin contents. We've stopped making both.
Price matters less than people expect. Our best-selling hamper is not our cheapest and is nowhere near our most expensive. It sits at £36.50, and the next three fall between £42 and £48. That is roughly what people spend on someone they like but aren't related to.
Our Most-Ordered Christmas Hampers
Based on orders placed between October and December, these were the hampers that sold most.
- Three Cheese Hamper, £36.50. Our number one, and it isn't close. Three Mouse House cheddars including caramelised onion, smoked and cranberry. It outsold everything else by more than two to one. Almost every order was a single hamper. That is a lot of people landing on the same answer on their own.
- The Celebration, £47.50. A bottle of Merlot with sweet and savoury treats, and our second-best seller. The one people choose when they don't know the recipient's tastes well and want something that will land regardless.
- Wine & Treats Gift Box, £42.50. The one corporate buyers keep coming back to, and it sells just as well to individuals. Reliable and unshowy.
- Beer Advent Calendar, £113.00. Twenty-four cans from UK independent breweries, and bought one at a time by thirty different households last December. See the full range of alcohol advent calendars if you want wine or spirits instead.
- Elegance Sparkling, £62.00. Prosecco, luxury chocolates and gourmet treats in a gold gift box. The one people choose when the gift needs to look like an occasion.
- The Celebration with White Wine, £47.50. The same hamper as our number two, with La Deliziosa Pinot Grigio instead of the Merlot.
Two more sold strongly last Christmas and return in October. The Classic Christmas Gift Box had the highest average order value of anything we sold. Its alcohol-free version went almost entirely to people buying one at a time. The Joybells also returns.
Best Christmas Hampers by Budget
Our bestsellers sit around the £60 average, and the range runs comfortably past it.
- Under £30. Focused on one theme and done properly. Better for colleagues, Secret Santa and teachers than a larger hamper padded out to hit a price.
- £30 to £50. Where most of our bestsellers sit. A bottle plus a proper spread of food, which is the point at which a hamper stops feeling like a token.
- £50 to £100. Bigger bottles, more of everything, and presentation that does some of the work for you.
- £100 and over. Sharing hampers built for a household, and the advent calendars.
Delivery is free at every price, so what shows on the page is the full cost.
Best Christmas Hampers by Recipient
If you already know who it's for, that's usually a faster route than browsing by price.
- Christmas hampers for him: the Beer Advent Calendar and the savoury, beer-led boxes are what sell here.
- Christmas hampers for her: Elegance Sparkling and the prosecco and chocolate boxes lead.
- Christmas chocolate hampers for anyone who would pick chocolate first.
- Christmas Eve boxes for adults, the December version of the tradition.
- Corporate Christmas hampers: the Wine & Treats Gift Box is the repeat corporate order, with bulk pricing and multi address delivery.
Best Alcohol-Free Christmas Hampers
The alcohol-free Classic Christmas Gift Box is worth calling out. It sold to almost as many individual customers as the standard one. That surprised us, and it has changed how much of the range we build without alcohol. Use the "No Alcohol" filter above to see the current options.
When the Best Christmas Hampers Sell Out
The bestsellers are the first to sell through, usually by the first week of December, so most rarely last until the 22 December cut-off. If there is a specific one you want, order it in November. Full timings sit on our delivery and returns page.
Best Christmas Hampers: Frequently Asked Questions
Our most-ordered Christmas hamper is the Three Cheese Hamper at £36.50. Three Mouse House cheddars: caramelised onion, smoked and cranberry. It outsells everything else in the range by more than two to one. Prefer to send wine? The Celebration at £47.50 is our second-best seller. If the recipient does not drink, the alcohol-free Classic Christmas Gift Box is the equivalent.
The average order lands near £60, and our bestsellers cluster there. Under £30 gets one theme done well, the Secret Santa end. £30 to £50 is the sweet spot, a bottle and a full spread. £50 to £100 buys a bigger box and a better bottle. The advent calendars run past £100. Delivery is free whatever you spend.
Cheese hampers sell hardest, then wine, then chocolate. Chocolate does well, but to a narrower audience. Buyers worry about giving something the recipient has already had.
Not automatically, but they tend to be the ones we have refined most. A hamper that sells well gets reviewed, re-costed and adjusted every year. So its contents are the most tested we make.
Yes, usually in the first week of December. We forecast stock in June against the previous year's orders. The popular lines are ordered deep. But they still go. Ordering in November is the safest way to get the one you want.