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We’re back with another round-up of unique Christmas gifts so you can focus on the joys of gifting this festive season and beyond.

 

Our gift to you

Everything covered in this list of Christmas gift ideas is Vegan Trademark certified so we’ve done the hard work to ensure they’re suitable for vegans, taking the pressure off you so you can indulge in the joy of choosing the perfect gifts for your loved ones (and you!)

The Vegan Society’s Christmas Hamper

Who doesn’t love a hamper to savour the festive spirit over the days after Christmas? Our first gift recommendation is an extra special one as it’s one we put together ourselves with our Trademark holders and in partnership with The Goodness Project. It’s a first for The Vegan Society and packed with delicious Vegan Trademark certified treats from Italian sparkling wine to fudge, all wrapped up in recyclable packaging and a tree planted with every purchase. It’s perfect for a kind, sustainable and eclectic Christmas present this year.

See what’s inside and purchase it via The Goodness Project.

The Gift of Fun

The Vegan Society has also just launched a fun merch collection that makes for perfect gifts. Ranging from a vegan keyring to tote bags and t-shirts, there’s something to suit every budget. We recommend one of our plastic-free badges for the perfect stocking stuffer, suitable for children and adults alike.

 Available on our online shop.

Something Sparkling

It isn’t Christmas without a little sparkle. Plus, we all have that one friend who’s obsessed with kombucha. If you’re wanting to gift someone a luxurious, non-alcoholic sparkling beverage or want to contribute to festive dinner parties or the Christmas table, Mighty Brew’s premium cork and cage Heritage Kombucha range is the perfect gift. Choose from their Jasmine Bellini, Rose Blush or Elderflower Sec kombuchas. They’re all Soil Association Organic and Vegan Trademark certified and a nice gut-friendly, non-alcoholic alternative with all the luxury of Champagne and Prosecco.

Available at Mighty Brew’s website and Ocado.

A Scent-sory Delight

UpCircle’s beautifully bottled perfumes Flaura and Santelle, made with 16 upcycled botanicals between them, are delightful and sustainable gifting options. In true UpCircle style, they’re refillable and come with the option of being gift-wrapped in furoshiki cloth, an eco-friendly alternative to disposable wrapping paper, meaning you have one less present to wrap. Your gift receiver can keep the circular economy in motion by gifting the cloth as part of a present, too, or returning it for you to re-use. The glass bottle can also be upcycled for décor or sent back to UpCircle to be refilled at 20% less than the standard product price. 

Shop now at UpCircle.

Sweet Things

Another treat Christmas is simply not complete without. Here are just a few sweet Christmas present ideas for gifting either on their own or why not create a personalised bundle?

• Booja Booja Award Winning Truffle Selection. Your vegan loved ones don’t have to miss out on a chocolate selection box this Christmas! Encased within, you’ll find 16 truffles in various flavours, created from simple, carefully chosen, vegan and Soil Association Organic certified ingredients.
• Raw Halo Bars and Truffle Centres Bars. Raw Halo make OF&G Organic certified chocolate with ingredients from small organic farms in a social enterprise chocolate factory, are sweetened with coconut sugar, and use plastic-free, recyclable wrapping. Glowing with good vibes, they’re perfect for a little everyday luxury.
• ASDA OMV! Gingerbread Flavour Loaded Choc Slab, Espresso Martini Flavour Loaded Choc Bar, Dark Choc & Honeycomb Cake Pop Bites, Cinnamon Hot Choc Pearls & Mallows and Double Choc & Hazelnut Cookies are some great accessible options.
• Moo Free have super adorable festive chocolates for children and grown-ups alike that would make a great chocolate basket or a little extra. Choices include their small ‘Milk’ Chocolate Santa and White Chocolate Snowman bars to their Orange Choccy Bauble and Oscar The Bear Marbled Chocolate teddy.
• Sweet Freedom Barista Coffee Syrups – something for the coffee lover in your life. Available in convenient 250ml and one litre bottles, they come in Caramel, Vanilla and Hazelnut flavours and like their other syrups and spreads, are sweetened with fruit instead of refined sugar or artificial sweeteners.

Presents to Pamper

LUSH Candles and Bath Products

LUSH’s natural wax base candles made with rapeseed wax, coconut oil, coconut wax and castor wax come in beautiful, frosted glass which is reusable or recyclable. Check out their uplifting Orange Blossom and refreshing The Olive Branch candles.

With a whole host of festive bubble bars and bath bombs certified with The Vegan Society like their Snow Fairy Wand and Butterball, these make for great stocking fillers, Secret Santa gifts or little extras. Look out for the Vegan Trademark on their products when shopping.

Order online or pop into your local store.

Oliver Bonas 7 Days of Pampering

For unique Christmas gifts, nothing says ‘you’re special’ like a week’s worth of pampering! With seven doors to open and reveal a new skincare or pamper gift inside, 7 Days of Pampering from Oliver Bonas gifts your family and friends the opportunity to carry on the joy of advents beyond Christmas.

Loopeco Luxury Skincare

The gift that gives back… Launched on Earth Day 2021, Loopeco’s luxury vegan skincare was curated to benefit skin, well-being and the planet using upcycled ingredients from the food industry and plastic-free packaging. Loopeco reduce water consumption across their supply chain as much as possible. They have also partnered with Carbon Footprint to commit to carbon neutrality, as well as to help bring clean drinking water to villages in Uganda. If that wasn’t enough to make this a thoughtful Christmas gift, the range is beautifully designed and luxuriously scented to make your loved one feel truly pampered. Bonus - it will look great in their home too!

Check out their Vegan Trademark certified range on their website.

ASDA Gift Sets

ASDA also have festive bath bombs including their Santa Soak Bath Fizzer as well as a large selection of affordable beauty kits and pamper gift sets to choose from if you're hoping to ace your gifting game on a budget. With different collections for kids and adults alike, these gifts would be a wonderful last-minute option, thanks to their accessibility in local ASDA stores. Just look for the Vegan Trademark on the packaging when shopping for their vegan products. 

Christmas Kicks

Indulge the sneaker obsessive in your life with some vegan Superdry trainers from their Basket Lux range, including styles like their Vegan Basket Lux high tops and Vintage Vegan Basket low tops. It’s a stylish and practical present all wrapped in one.

Practical Presents

Speaking of practical Christmas presents, here are a few more that your near and dear will be bound to love and get good use out of!

Lavender and Lemon Cleaning Products

Made with organic, biodegradable ingredients that are Cosmos and EcoCert approved, free from phthalates, synthetic fragrance, and harmful chemicals, and packaged in stylish aluminium bottles that are refillable, Lavender and Lemon cleaning products are a great eco-friendly and practical gift. Their products include an All Purpose Cleaner, Cleaning Powder, Gentle Laundry Detergent and Washing Up Liquid.⁠ The festive period can get overwhelming and messy fast, with hosting friends and family, preparing tasty food, and maybe little ones running around causing chaos, so these gifts may be a welcome addition to the house on Christmas morning.

Bumboo Toilet Paper

With every box purchased of Bumboo’s soft, vegan bamboo toilet paper, Bumboo plant a tree by working with Eden Reforestation Projects which helps communities devastated by deforestation to restore forests and their livelihoods. For a limited time, the rolls come wrapped in festive paper, perfect for you to reuse as gift wrap. Check out their Instagram for fun ideas on how to upcycle their packaging for the festive season and beyond.

VEG 1 and VEG 1 Baby & Toddler Vitamins 

There’s nothing like, quite literally, nourishing your loved ones in time for all the festive fun and beyond - what better way to do that than by having them topped up on vitamins? Our VEG 1 multivitamin range has something for the whole family, from six months right through to adulthood. Including sought-after nutrients vitamin B12, vitamin D, iodine and selenium, the VEG 1 range blends convenience and affordability, all while prioritising health.

Shop on our website, Etsy or eBay.

 

We hope this gift guide has provided you with lots of inspiration for some great gifts for your loved ones, and maybe you've even spotted a treat or two to add to your Christmas list! Make sure to send this to a friend if so, as a subtle hint!

Look out for a gift-wrapping reel coming to our Instagram this December for ideas and inspiration on how to wrap some of these gifts more sustainably. If you buy any of these suggestions for your loved ones (or are a lucky receiver!), be sure to share photos with us and tag @vegantrademark on Instagram and Twitter (X).

By Vegan Society Brand Marketing Officer, Nishat Rahman.

Create some extra festive cheer without breaking the bank

As we all know, it’s so easy to overspend when the holidays roll around. Once Halloween is over, we're bombarded by adverts for Christmas gift ideas. The temptation of treating all your friends and family, and turning your home into a winter wonderland, can be too much to resist. We often have a difficult start to the new year, trying to get back on track with our finances – an extra stress which doesn’t make the coldest and bleakest month any more fun.

But if you have a bit of time to spend planning and DIYing, you can create a wonderful Christmas without breaking the bank. You don’t even need any specialist skills – we’re not all master craftspeople after all! Here are a few ideas for things you can try making at home, to ensure this year’s celebrations are extra special.

Homemade cards and labels

Keeping Christmas cards received the year before is always a good idea if you like getting crafty. Cut out the shapes from the front of old cards to use as labels on presents – saving money and also reducing waste.

You can also make your own cards at home, and you don’t need to be an artistic genius. A pressed leaf can create a beautiful and unique print – simply paint it and press it onto the front of a blank card. For an even more festive design, use different leaves to create printed Christmas trees. Leaf prints can also make lovely presents when inserted into a second-hand frame and given to a loved one.

 

DIY gift ideas

There’s nothing better than homemade gifts to make a friend or family member feel special this holiday season. Here are some of our favourite easy DIY Christmas gifts, which can be made by complete beginners and will help you to save money. No painting or sewing skills needed, and you don't need a hot glue gun!

• Jars of roasted nuts. Choose from sweet varieties, such as maple roasted almonds, or go for savoury – spicy cashews are delicious.
• Homemade spa night treats. These can include bath bombs, sugar scrubs, lip balms and more, and can be made with a few simple ingredients such as coconut oil, bicarbonate of soda and essential oils.
• Infused olive oil. One of our favourite flavours is garlic and rosemary olive oil. Simply add your flavours to a Mason jar, top it up with oil, leave it to infuse for a couple of weeks and add a homemade label. The perfect gift for a food lover.
• Framed photos. So many of us fall into the pattern of taking hundreds of photos, and never printing any off. Why not surprise a loved one with a printed photo from a special moment, presented in a picture frame? Charity shops are fantastic for frames of all sizes.
• Chocolate bark. Melt a plain bar of plant-based chocolate, spread it on baking parchment and add in roasted nuts, vegan marshmallows, dried fruit and anything else you can think of! You can even melt different kinds of vegan chocolate and then swirl them together for a beautiful marble effect. Once solid, wrap the bark in baking paper and tie it up with string for a rustic effect.
• Pressed flower art. Pressing flowers can take several weeks, but you can use a microwave to speed the process up. Displaying the flowers in a frame can make a wonderful keepsake for someone.
• Gin, whiskey and rum bottles are often miniature works of art. Cleaning them out and adding a rechargeable string of fairy lights as a cork can make really classy handmade gifts.
• Hot chocolate. Why not treat your loved ones to a tub of their favourite vegan hot chocolate to stay cosy during the winter months? Accompany this with a decorative mug from a charity shop and add some tasty vegan biscuits for the perfect winter treat!

DIY Christmas decorations

Bringing the outside in will make your home feel extra Christmassy. Collecting natural materials such as branches, foliage, berries and pine cones from the garden or on a winter walk will give you all the materials you need. Use these as table decorations, tuck sprigs of greenery behind mirrors and pictures, add them to a mantelpiece or windowsill, or even have a go at making your own wreath. You don't even need to buy a Christmas tree – if you have a small potted tree in the garden, bring it inside and decorate it with your favourite ornaments.

Making snow globes with little ones can be a fun festive pastime. All you need is a jam jar, glue, a collection of small kids’ toys such as Lego figurines and some glitter. Assemble the scene by sticking figurines to the inside of the lid. Once it’s secure, add water and glitter to the jar, screw the lid on, turn it upside down and display!

Newspaper or magazine pages can be used to make streamers or paper stars. You can string these from lampshades, up the stairs or on the wall to add an extra festive touch.

  

Explore our Live Vegan for Less resources, including delicious budget recipes and more blogs. Look out for #LiveVeganForLess on socials. This festive season, why not treat a loved one to a Vegan Society gift membership?