The best Christmas gifts, ranked
24 picks · one clear winner · in rand · updated September 2026
No. 1 Red Rose and White Lily Bouquet
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Mixed flowersTen red roses with white lilies, which reads as Christmas without a single bauble on it. The lilies arrive in bud, so they open across the days when everyone is home.
Skip it if there are cats in the house, because lilies do not mix with them.
Filed under Mixed flowers at NetFlorist · in the first dozen of its category
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The best Christmas gift is the Red Rose and White Lily Bouquet (R500–750): ten red roses with white lilies, which reads as Christmas without a single bauble on it. If that is not right, the Hat Box Treat Gift (R200–300) is next. Under R300, get the La Motte Millenium and Lindt Gift (R200–300).
- Picks
- 24
- Price range
- R200–300 to R1 000–2 000
- Under R300
- 6
- Under R500
- 17
- Personalised
- 5
- Delivers nationwide
- 23
Christmas gifts under R300
The strongest picks at three hundred rand or less.
Christmas gifts under R500
The best of the list under five hundred rand.
Personalised Christmas gifts
Gifts that carry a name, a date or a photo, made to order.
Hampers for Christmas
Boxes, crates and baskets: several small things instead of one.
The full ranking
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No. 1Red Rose and White Lily Bouquet
Ten red roses with white lilies, which reads as Christmas without a single bauble on it. The lilies arrive in bud, so they open across the days when everyone is home.
Skip it if there are cats in the house, because lilies do not mix with them.
Nationwide delivery; check the option and address for same-day availability
No. 2Hat Box Treat Gift
Chocolates from Nestlé in a hat box, the safe gift for the name you draw in the office Secret Santa. Four sizes, and the box itself gets kept for something else afterwards.
Skip it if half the office does not eat sugar.
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No. 3Classic Bon Appetit Hamper
Biltong, nougat, dried fruit and a bottle of wine in one box, built to be opened in front of people. It takes a name and a message at checkout, which is what stops a hamper feeling like a handout.
Skip it if the household does not drink or does not eat red meat.
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No. 4La Motte Millenium and Lindt Gift
A bottle of La Motte Millennium with Lindt milk chocolate, small enough to hand over on the day without ceremony. There is a duo option and a gift box if it is going to in-laws rather than a friend.
Skip it if the house is dry.
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No. 5Snack Attack
Sweet and savoury snacks, all Halaal certified, from biltong and Pringles to oat biscuits and nuts. Good for the family that grazes all afternoon instead of sitting down to one big meal.
Not for anyone avoiding red meat, since biltong runs through it.
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No. 6Nuts About Nuts Crate
A hand-packed wooden box holds nougat, Ferrero Rocher, brittle and Montagu snacks in three sizes. The reusable box suits someone who likes sweet and savoury nibbles.
Skip it if they have a nut allergy.
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No. 7Ultimate Nuts About Chocolate Snack Crate
Macadamia nougat, Lindt truffles and salted cashews set out in a wooden divider box. It is built to sit open on a table while people help themselves, which is most of what Christmas is.
Skip it if there are nut allergies in the house.
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No. 8Personalised Parker Script Mate Pen
Parker jotter with their name printed on it, in a black gift box tied with satin ribbon. It suits someone who signs things for a living and has been using whatever pen was on the desk.
Not for someone who has not written by hand in years.
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No. 9Personalised Biltong Cutter
Engraved wooden biltong cutter with their name on it, with an option that adds droëwors and biltong pieces. A December gift that is still in the kitchen in June, unlike most of what gets opened.
Skip it if they buy biltong sliced and have never cut their own.
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No. 10Chateau Gateaux Chocolate Nostalgia Cake
Chocolate cake layered with chocolate mousse, biscuit crumble and dark chocolate ganache gives them something to share. It contains wheat, gluten, milk, nuts and eggs, so check those allergens before ordering.
Skip it if they avoid the listed allergens.
Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban only; confirm arrival at NetFlorist
No. 11Personalised Classic A5 Notebook
Hardcover A5 notebook with their name on the front, in black, blue, red or pink. Quiet and useful, and there is a set of three if one feels thin as a main gift.
Skip it if they keep everything on their phone.
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No. 12Fruity Nuts Assorted Wooden Crate
Turkish apricots, cranberries, mango strips, almonds and roasted peanuts in a wooden crate. The dried fruit keeps, so it does not have to be finished on the day the way a cake does.
Not for someone who would rather have chocolate than dried fruit.
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No. 13Floral Scarf with Charlotte Rhys Hamper
Charlotte Rhys soap, hand cream and a vanilla candle with a floral scarf in one of four colours. It covers the aunt or colleague you like but do not know well enough to buy clothes for.
Not for someone who reacts to scented products.
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No. 14Johnnie Walker Man Crate
Whisky in a wooden crate alongside biltong, droëwors, cashews, mango and Lindt gold, with Johnnie Walker Black in the standard. This is the one you give the person you actually owe something to at Christmas.
Not for someone who does not drink spirits.
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No. 15Munch Mania
Wedgewood biscuits, cashews, Sally Williams almonds, Pringles and Ferrero Rocher in one box. For the person whose desk drawer runs empty by mid December and who snacks rather than sits down to eat.
Skip it if they are trying to keep December sensible.
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No. 16Bro Got the Munchies Bucket
Oreos, droëwors, peanuts and Nestlé chocolate make a casual bucket of snacks to share. The mix suits a relaxed gathering where people can graze.
Skip it if anyone sharing it avoids meat or nuts.
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No. 17Biltong & Wine Bro Bucket
Droëwors, nuts, Pringles and a small bottle of Beyerskloof Pinotage in a bucket. For the brother-in-law who ends up at the braai and is easier to feed than to dress.
Skip it if they do not drink or do not eat red meat.
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No. 18Golden Treat Crate
Ferrero Rocher, peanut brittle and Montagu roasted nuts in a crate, in four sizes. Made for sharing, so it suits a household rather than one person on their own.
Skip it if anyone there cannot eat nuts.
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No. 19Gold Box of Pongracz
Pongracz Cap Classique with Ferrero Rocher in a gold box, ready to hand over as it arrives. It works as the bottle you bring to a lunch you were invited to rather than hosting.
Skip it if the host does not drink.
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No. 20Large Chocolate Filled Hatbox
Nestlé favourites filling a hat box tied with black satin ribbon, in standard, medium or large. The kind of thing that gets opened on the day and shared, rather than kept for one person.
Skip it if the family already has three tins of chocolate open.
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No. 21Biltong and Chocs Treat Box
Sliced biltong, droëwors and a Lindt Lindor cornet in one box, salty and sweet in the same gift. It takes a name at checkout, so it stops being a generic snack box.
Skip it if they are vegetarian.
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No. 22Black Box of Rothschild
Red wine in a black gift box, with a version that adds sixteen Ferrero Rocher. Rupert & Rothschild Classique rather than a bubbly, which covers the wine drinker who never orders sparkling.
Skip it if they drink white and red sits in the rack untouched.
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No. 23Red Snack Hamper
Mixed snacks in a red hamper, with three assortments to choose from. Plain and easy, the gift you send when you know the person likes snacks and not much else about them.
Skip it if you want something they will still have in February.
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No. 24My Best Friend Duo
Ferrero Rocher truffles, Montagu biltong and nuts packed with wine in a large gift box. Enough in it for two people to work through over a long afternoon, which is what it is built for.
Skip it if only one of them drinks.
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How to choose a gift for Christmas
Prices on this page run from R200–300 to R1 000–2 000; 6 of the 24 picks are under R300 and 1 are R1 000 or more. This list leans towards things to eat and hampers and crates. 23 of them deliver nationwide; the rest are metro-only, and the retailer page shows the next delivery date for your area. Start from the price band you have in mind, then read the note under each pick: it says who the thing is really for and who should skip it. Where a pick is filed for Christmas by the retailer itself we say so; where a page borrows from a neighbouring list we say that too.
Where this list comes from: we read NetFlorist's whole catalogue, keep only what it files for Christmas itself (Mixed flowers, Chocolate & Nougat, Gourmet among the categories here), rank by where NetFlorist places each item, what its buyers have said and how the price sits, and write our own note on who it suits and who should skip it. We have not handled these products and do not say we have. Commission never touches the order. Price bands come from NetFlorist's prices on 7 September 2026; the retailer page is the truth on the day. The full method.
Quick answers
Good christmas gifts for dad?
The Red Rose and White Lily Bouquet (R500–750) is the best Christmas gift in our ranking: ten red roses with white lilies, which reads as Christmas without a single bauble on it. Runners-up: Hat Box Treat Gift (R200–300), Classic Bon Appetit Hamper (R500–750).
Cheap christmas gifts?
Good inexpensive Christmas gifts that still made our ranking: Hat Box Treat Gift (R200–300), La Motte Millenium and Lindt Gift (R200–300), Personalised Classic A5 Notebook (R200–300). None of them looks cheap.
Unique christmas gifts?
The picks least likely to be duplicated by someone else: Classic Bon Appetit Hamper (R500–750), Personalised Parker Script Mate Pen (R500–750), Personalised Biltong Cutter (R500–750).
