Gift Focus - Jul/Aug 2018 (Issue 108)

Christmas 2018 is right around the corner, and Puckator is ready to Get Lit this festive season. With a fab array of festive lights and candles, it has got everything you need this holiday season to light up your store like Santa’s Grotto. This year has seen a continuous trend for cute fairy lights, shaped LEDs and string lights; all of which won’t be fading fast once the run up to Christmas begins. With a fantastic selection of LED decorations to choose from at Puckator, your shelves will be bursting with merry delights. The Festive nights LED range can be purchased in Christmas tree, snowflake and reindeer designs. There is an extensive collection of seasonal string lights, including a beautiful set of mesh copper stars and an adorable set of Santa and his reindeer mini string lights. To top the whole selection off with an ambient glow, have a nosey at the festive candles on offer. Puckator stocks a wonderful range of kitsch festive candles – there are realistic Christmas trees and oversized pinecones to sit with adorable Santa and snowmen tea light sets, creating a lovely Christmas glow. T: +44 (0)1579 326 901 W: puckator.net This year, Gibsons will be unveiling plenty of exciting new products for the Christmas season. Amongst the selection will be three brand new Christmas puzzles with an array of piece counts to suit the entire family. The first is Santa Scramble. Adorned with twinkling snowflakes, this gorgeous bauble may look like an innocent tree decoration, yet it encases 250 pieces of Christmas chaos! Illustrated by Armand Foster, the jigsaw inside this festive trinket will provide hours of entertainment and look magnificent in any tinsel-laden Christmas tree. Unbox 12 festive surprises with Gibsons Christmas countdown puzzle, Christmas Street: 12 Days of Christmas Calendar. Behind each door is an irresistible treat in the form of an 80-piece jigsaw. The 12 puzzles eventually create one gorgeous, panoramic Christmas scene. Finally, there is the 16 th limited edition Christmas puzzle, Driving Home for Christmas. This ever-popular 1,000-piece puzzle contains a serial numbered certificate, making it the ideal collector’s gift. With celebrations in the village well under way, residents make their final journey home before Christmas. Greeted by warmmugs of mulled wine, sleigh rides and the brightly lit carousel, everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit. T: +44 (0)208 661 8866 W: gibsonsgames.co.uk Gisela Graham’s 2018 Christmas collection is another winner. The company is one of a handful of the world’s Christmas specialists that designs the greater part of the range, creating the difference that helps its mainly independent loyal retailer customers to stand out from the crowd. For 2018, she presents 16 themed ranges spanning an exceptionally wide variety of tastes and styles: glamorous, glorious, exotic, childish, traditional or plain fun. Sometimes, she will take a familiar genre and give it a charming original twist. This year, she tweaks the Scandinavian look by creating nutcracker characters in Scandinavian clothing. A surprise is the regal and golden Balmoral theme. Each range covers several merchandise categories and not just the famous baubles but also snow globes, gifts, table decorations and heritage figures. T: +44 (0)207 708 4956 W: giselagraham.co.uk Brand new for 2018, Enesco is presenting two hand-made hanging decorations from Treasury of Ornaments. The Rose Hanging Ornament is shaped like a heart, featuring a floral design using rich colours of red, green and gold with gentle white accents. The Paisley Bell Hanging Ornament is bell-shaped and features a traditional paisley print pattern, using deep tones of purple, pink and green, and is accented by hints of gold. The process of creating these beautiful pieces begins with the intricate sculpting of wire on to each bauble to create the pattern design. Then, artistic shapes are created and brought to life with the hand-painting of colour, using enamel glass paint, before each bauble is then carefully packaged into a luxury gold gift box. Perfect for proudly displaying around the home, the new items from Treasury of Ornaments make a stylish statement all-year round. Both the Rose Hanging Ornament and Paisley Bell Hanging Ornament retail with a SRP of £26. T: +44 (0)1228 404 022 W: enesco.co.uk giftfocus 23 christmas part one