CHRISTMAS
GIFT GUIDE
2023
It’s that time of the year, when TNT steps up to help all you struggling to find the perfect gift! We’ve got a fanstastic selection this year for you to chose from.
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Books & Games | Sports & Outdoors | Time for Pampering | Home & Leisure | Music & Tech | Foodies | Christmas Tipples
books & games
An atlas of Legendary Places
What better place to start a TNT Christmas guide than with an inspiring book of incredible places around the world. This is a great way to inspire youngsters to explore the globe!
The Orpheous Project
What do you get when you cross an elite secret society with a young woman with Down Syndrome? Trouble mostly! This book is a story of abuse, privilage and reuniting families. A gripping read by Valerie Sinason.
How did life end up with us?
Some pretty big questions of life the universe and everything get eloquently explained in words that everyone should be able to grasp! Some big topics to digest, like the big bang, thermodynamics and DNA.
Weird Walk
This intriguing book explores Britains strange and ancient places. Less of a ramblers guide and more of a stroll into folklore and history. Discover our nations past and connect with nature of all sorts of levels!
Joking Hazard
From the dark minds of Cyanide & Happiness, comes a game that evokes the darkness in us all. Build your own terrible comic strips with three or more players. Perfect for a bit of Christmas dinner table fun with Gran!
sports & outdoors
Helly Hansen Montragon waterproof boots
Perfect for hikes in typical British weather conditions! These lightweight waterproof boots have great grip and all-day comfort. Perfect for anyone who enjoys being out on the trails.
Polar Pacer Pro
This sports watch with GPS, provides the perfect companion for anyone wanting to track their activities and enhance their performance. Give the new year health drive a kick start with this great device.
Odin Backcountry Infinity Shell Jacket
Get off-piste, rather than piste-off with this awesome shell jacket, perfect for any outdoor pursuits where breathability and waterproofing are essential. With a focus on Ski Touring, this jacket won’t let you down.
Doggylite V2 LED Dog Leash
LED light dog lead, perfect for winter evening walks with the pooch. This has rechargable batteries offering 6-8 hours of illumination, so the dog will certainly give up before the lights do!
Hemy Waterproof Socks
Who doesn’t love socks for Christmas! These are no ordinary socks, they are waterproof, perfect for water sports or any activity where having dry feet is a preference!
Little Hotdog Watson: Arctic Cub Hat
I challenge you to find a warmer and cuter hat. Little Hotdog Watson, make some of the funkiest kids hats on the planet, and this water resistant, furry lined hat is no different. It’s even got little ears… So cute!
Time for pampering
Callen Olive Foot and Leg Care
Give your feet and legs a bit of help this winter, and replenish dry cracked heals with this heel saviour balm and leg and foot deep nourishing and restorative serum.
Good Vibes Matchbox Earrings
Rid any evil energy in your life with these good vibes earrings. Good vibes only with the hamsa and evil eye MATCHBOX with gold plating and cubic zirconia stones. Available in gold and silver
Holy Lama Ayurvedic Massage Oil Gift Set
We just love the Holy Lama products, with their Ethical and sustainable credentials. This gift set includes lovely scented oils perfect for a good pampering massage.
Home & Leisure
Pagazzi Lyra & Cici Glass Table Lamp
Pagazzi lighting provide a classy look to any room, so give the gift of light this Christmas with a light from Pagazzi. We love this hammered glass effect base, fabric flex and fabric shade combo.
Laica GlasSmart filter bottle
Pour pure water from the fridge with this glass water filter bottle from Laica. What sets this apart from other filter solutions is that the filtering takes place when you pour, rather than slowly waiting to fill it up bit by bit.
Snugpak Pakbox
Get your travels in order with these packing cubes from Snugpak. With various sizes from 1 litre up to 6 litres these are great ways to organise any trip or expedition. The mesh panels make it super easy to find what you’re looking for.
Ostrichpillow: Go Neck Pillow
The ultimate travel sleep companion! an erganomic neck pillow with the right support to provide proper posture to prevent neck and back pain. Made with memory foam and comes with a handy travel pouch.
Fiskars PowerGear Anvil Lopper
The perfect gift for the green fingered! The Anvil Loppers have a patented gear mechanism that makes cutting easier compared to standard mechanisms. They are also very lightweight with their composite material.
Music & Tech
Marshall: Emberton II bluetooth speaker
Don’t let this speakers diminuative size decieve you, this speaker packs a real punch! with 30+ hours of playback it will provide plenty of power to the party. It’s not just for old rockers either, the sonic ability of this speaker sounds incredible for any type of music.
Fairphone 5
If only all phone makers thought like this, the world would be a much better place. This phone defies the mass consumption of mobile phones and offers a much more sustainable solution. It even comes with a screwdriver so you can fix it yourself. It comes with at least 10 years of software updates too! Take that iphone!
Majority: D80 active speakers
These mini bookshelf speakers are ready for whatever you throw at them, with some very wide connectivity options (HDMI ARC, Bluetooth, USB and optical). They are perfect for pimping up your film or gaming experience.
PSB: M4U 9
Take your private listening to the next level with these exceptional headphones from Canadian audiophile speaker experts PSB. With oustanding sonics, build quality and noise cancellation, they are a great choice for any muso!
1MORE: Evo
This pair of earbuds from 1MORE again push way beyond their price tag in terms of sound quality and ANC. They offer hi-res audio, 6 mics for sound cancellation and 28hours of playtime!
Tozo: OpenBuds
Not perhaps the sonic performance I’ve raved about above, but these have a very diffeent application. Their open ear design means that they coexist with the world around you rather than blot it out, making them perfect for sports.
Foodies
Good in Bread: Sourdough baking kit
Make the perfect sourdough at home this this great starter kit from bread masters ‘Good in Bread’. The kit has everything you need including live organic starter.
Bred by Ed Tatton
Vegan chef and artisan bread-maker shares his techniques for making naturally leavened sourdough loaves and small breads. It’s vegan, but tasty (unlike the cheese!). This is a lovely book with loads of inspiration.
Masontops: Fermentation kit
Use Masontops complete at home wide mouth fermentation kit to make your own vegetable ferments. With this easy-to-use kit, you can make sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles and plenty more.
Fattoria La Vialla – Good Cheer hamper
Fattoria La Vialla is a family-run, organic-biodynamic farm and wine estate. the Good Cheer hamper is crammed full of treats from Chianti, Vernaccia di San Gimignano white wine and Ca’Dell’Oro Rose, Extra Virgin Olive oil, Balsamic Vinegar, Tuscan Fennel Sausages, Spaghetti, Ribbon egg pasta, Spicy tomato Sauce, Wild Boar Sauce, Viallini biscuits and chocolate truffles, it’s like the best night in the Italian countryside in a box!
Farhi: Caramelised & Roasted Nut Selection
A sumptuous selection of roasted and caramelised nuts, presented in a gift box
Judge: Insulated Tiffin set
I fell in love with the concept of the Indian Tiffin pots after learning of the Dabbawalas delivering homecooked meals in Mumbai, so I now expect my wife to jump on the train and deliver me a piping hot curry at my desk every lunchtime!
Weber: Connect Smart Grilling Hub
The Weber Connect Smart Grilling Hub is your secret ingredient to perfectly barbecued food. It’s a step-by-step grilling assistant that sends notifications directly to your smart phone, on everything from a food-readiness countdown, to when it’s time to “flip-and-serve”.
Opies Fruits with Alcohol collection
Black Cherries infused in Luxardo Kirsch, Peaches in Brandy, Forest fruits in Mulled Gin and Pears in Amaretto. Opies fruits are the epitomy of Christmas indulgence. Available in Waitrose or direct from Bennetopie.
Coravin Six+ Wine Preservation System
This is the ultimate companion for anyone who takes their wine seriously. The Coravin system is like magic as it allows you to pour wine by the glass from a corked or screw cap bottle yet retain the life of the wine in the bottle for months or even years. So you can enjoy a single glass without cracking open a whole bottle of expensive wine! It’s pretty damn close to real Magic!
Peugeot Saveurs: Elis Touch Corkscrew
No more broken bits of cork floating in your glass! This electric corkscrew takes all the potential for disaster away from opening a bottle of wine, as it effortlessly removes the cork for you. With a rechargable battery it can open 40 bottles on a single charge, so that should sort out even the biggest of Christmas knees up’s.
Christmas tipples
Camus Borderies VSOP Cognac
The 2017 vintage of the VSOP Borderies, is almost entirely made with fruit from their own estates exclusively in the Borderies region in Cognac.
Metaxa: Private Reserve
I’m not sure Brandy gets much better than this! Now some might argue it’s not officially a brandy, but let’s not get into semantics, this is a welcome treat for any brandy lover.
La Gioiosa Asolo Prosecco
This prosecco is available exclusively from Waitrose, and is well worth a try. It’s fruity and flowery with hints of apple.
Limoncello by Assuntina di Capri
The last time I had a Limoncello was at a lovely restaurant on the Island of Sardinia, and this bottle takes me right back there! It’s just pure Italy in a glass. Perfectly crisp and tart lemons.
Gulliver’s 47 Pedro Ximénez Sherry Casks Whisky
This English Whisky from Samuel Gulliver & Co is a really lovely Sherry casked whisky. It’s fruity and sweet with a hint of orange. Well worth a go!
Tamnavulin Malt Whisky
Another very approachable Whisky! This Speyside single malt is another great Whiskey for a seasoned fan or someone starting out into Whisky discovery.
Summerton Whisky Club
This is a gift that keeps giving! The Summerton Whisky Club membership is a great way to really explore some outstanding whisky like this Swedish Single Malt, which I must say is a bit of a triumph! Founded back in 1999 by 8 mates who thought it was about time Sweden made a whiskey!
Black Tot Finest Caribbean Rum
This is a really nice blend of Carribean rum, at 46.2% it’s also quite strong! It’s got loads of flavour and works really well in a dark and stormy!
Finders Spirit of Christmas Pudding Spiced Rum
Our last rum in the selection had to be a spiced rum, and what’s not to like about this Christmas Pudding rum. Happy Christmas rum lovers!
The Botanist Islay Dry Gin
This is a cracking Islay gin. Gin’s got a bit lost over the last few years with everyone trying to do something note worthy. This is however noteworthy as it’s just a bloody good gin, perfect over ice with tonic and some lemon!