Christmas Day highlights: launching yourself at a pile of gifts under the tree, demolishing a festive lunch and waking up to a stocking straining with gifts at the end of your bed. Christmas stockings may have originally been designed to delight kids (and keep them in bed for a bit longer on such an exciting day), but along with advent calendars , they’re a tradition many grown-ups have refused to leave behind. Beginning the day with wrapping paper trailing in your wake is how Christmas mornings are supposed to be, and unwrapping small gifts can be likened to stretching before a marathon.
There’s something thrilling about opening lots of tiny treats that builds a unique level of excitement bound to set the big day on a steady course of joy. If you’re looking for great ideas to stuff into the stockings of adult friends and family, we’ve gathered a selection of the best small below. From little luxuries to seasonal novelties that will have you (and them) chortling with mirth, we’ve collected the best small present ideas at every price point.
And if you’re hoping to find something in our edit at the bottom of your own stocking, we suggest leaving this page open where your S.O or family can easily stumble across it. When it comes to guaranteed happiness at Christmas, best to leave subtlety at the door.
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