Give the Loved Ones in Your Life the Gift of Cornwall This Christmas With Trewithen Dairy's Luxury Hampers

Justifiably famed for its delicious dairy products, family owned and run Trewithen Dairy has the perfect selection of luxury hampers with exceptional provenance to gift or enjoy this Christmas.

Carefully made to a traditional Cornish recipe, Trewithen Dairy's Cornish clotted cream is produced using milk from local herds from their farms within a 25 mile radius of the dairy. The milk is then slowly heated to achieve its signature golden crust. 

With a selection of carefully selected local products to complement their award-winning clotted cream, Trewithen Dairy's range of hampers capture the essence of Cornwall's culinary heritage and make perfect gifts from the heart of Cornwall.

 All the hampers are available direct from trewithendairy.co.uk and offer free weekday delivery using carefully insulated packaging, to ensure your hamper arrives in perfect condition.

Luxury Cornish Cream Tea For Two - £49.49

Offering a stylish blend of tradition and indulgence, this luxury hamper includes half a bottle of Joseph Perrier Champagne (37.5cl) and 175g of delicious Buttermilk clotted cream fudge that partners perfectly with the traditional cream tea staples: 114g Trewithen Dairy's Cornish Clotted Cream, 227g strawberry jam, four light and airy scones and 40 bags of Cornish Tea.

Prosecco Cornish Cream Tea Hamper - £26.49

Get in the festive spirit with this sweet and fruity hamper, containing four light and airy scones, 114g golden crusted clotted cream, 227g strawberry jam and 40 Cornish tea bags. The hamper also includes two 20cl bottles of fruity prosecco that compliments the sweet and rich taste of the cream tea. 

Cornish Larger and Pasty Hamper - £27.49

At the heart of this hamper are world-famous Cornish pasties, packed full of flavour and perfectly paired with Korev's Cornish lager. Enjoyed together they transport you to the rugged coastlines and rolling hills of Cornwall. Accompanying the two pasties and two 500ml bottles of lager are the essential components of a classic cream tea: four fluffy scones, ready to be generously smothered in golden crusted clotted cream (114g), and fruity strawberry jam (227g) along with 40 Cornish tea bags. 

All Trewithen Dairy hampers provide the option to choose between plain scones, fruit scones and gluten free scones (+£3) and to swap Cornish Tea for 227g of Cornish Ground Coffee (+£3). 

As we head toward Christmas, which cities in the UK are the most generous?

With Christmas rapidly approaching, the UK's leading Out of Home media and infrastructure company Clear Channel UK has released a new study focusing on ‘Gifting in the UK’.

 Based on a study of 1,000 respondents, it offers fascinating insights into the most generous cities in the UK, how much people spend on Christmas gifts, the most purchased gifts and the ways people shop for them, plus the main sources for gift inspiration and whose gift people put the most effort into.

Clear Channel wanted to find out where in the UK people are the most generous when it comes to giving gifts. The research revealed the most generous people live in Liverpool, with 60% of respondents claiming they enjoy giving gifts. Southampton is the second most generous city in the UK with 59%, closely followed by Nottingham, where 58% of people enjoy treating their nearest and dearest.

Londoners found themselves among the least generous, taking the 10th spot on the list with only 50% of people enjoying giving gifts. However, Manchester was the least generous city overall with only 41% of respondents embracing the gifting tradition.

The full list of the most generous cities in the UK can be found below:

1.Liverpool – 60%

2.Southampton – 59%

3.Nottingham – 58%

4.Leeds – 55%

5.Bristol – 55%

6.City of Edinburgh – 53%

7.Brighton and Hove – 51%

8.Leicester – 51%

9.Newcastle upon Tyne – 50%

10.Greater London - 50%

11.Glasgow – 48%

12.Birmingham - 48%

13.Sheffield – 46%

14.Cardiff – 45%

15.Greater Manchester - 41%

Other key findings from the survey:

- Only 25% of people plan to do their Christmas shopping online, while 34% plan to shop on the high street. The majority of people (41%) prefer to use a mixture of online and in-store shopping.

- The most purchased gifts are clothing (35%), toiletries & cosmetics (26%) and toys (27%).

- The most purchased gifts by women are clothing (43%), toiletries & cosmetics (35%) and toys (34%) while the most purchased gifts by men are clothing (28%), food & drink (21%) and toys (20%).

- Brits spend the most time and effort on their partners’ gifts.

- Brits plan to spend the same amount of money on Christmas gifts this year as last year.

- The majority of Brits plan to spend on average £101-£200 (23%) and £201-£400 (22%) on Christmas gifts.

Ben Hope, who is the Marketing Director at Clear Channel UK, said: “Christmas is the perfect opportunity for businesses to establish a connection between brand and audience. As they finalise their festive advertising strategies and start to consider their 2024 campaigns, we wanted to dive deep into consumer behaviour data and pull out some revelatory insights on shopping approaches in the UK. By creating the ‘Gifting in the UK’ report, we wanted to help businesses target their efforts more effectively and efficiently as they start their Christmas season marketing pushes.’’

FACTFILE: Clear Channel UK is one of the UK’s largest Out of Home media and infrastructure companies, operating over 33,000 advertising sites nationwide and employing 600+ people in 14 locations.

Clear Channel’s mission is to Create the Future of Media, transforming their estate to the benefit of all stakeholders through data-driven innovations and infrastructure. Their purpose is to provide both A Platform for Brands and A Platform for Good, delivering on advertisers’ media objectives whilst having a positive impact on the world around them.

We'd like to thank Clear Channel UK for sharing their data with us. 

https://www.clearchannel.co.uk/latest/gifting-in-the-uk-report

How to make sure you have a great Christmas without breaking the bank

How to make sure you have a great Christmas without breaking the bank?

Make a list of every item of food and drink that you will need for your Christmas feasting and dining.

And every time you go food shopping between now and Christmas buy one of those items and tick it off your list and place the food and drink items that you are amassing in your pantry, in a large box, etc. But do check that the use by date isn't before Christmas.

But do make sure that everyone in your household know that those items are not to be eaten or drunk before Christmas.

And as for presents and gifts, why not try your hand at crafting and making very special Christmas presents for family members and friends? 

You can even buy a modestly priced wicker hampers from The Works https://www.theworks.co.uk and fill them up with goodies! These make excellent presents and leaves the lucky recipient with a very useful wicker basket, too! 

Please refer back to this blogpost to learn how you can get making and crafting 

https://thatschristmas.blogspot.com/2023/08/why-not-try-crafting-for-christmas.html

Why Not Try Crafting for Christmas?

Why not try your hand at crafting for Christmas this year? It’s a great way of learning new skills or honing old ones. 

And you will be able to gift loved ones unique, handmade gifts and also save on money, too.

There are many retailers that sell crafting kits and equipment. National chain stores, Etsy stores, Amazon (where many people selling crafting items are in reality “Mom and Pop” operations working from home) and local retailers from your own town also sell crafting items. Large chain stores and some supermarkets also have crafting departments so they are worth checking out, too.

What can you make? If you have never crafted before you can check out crafting videos on YouTube and see what other people have made or are making. (Unfortunately some TikTok channels carry "faked" crafting videos so are best treated with caution, in our experience, as you might never be able to achieve the results they claim to have achieved.)  Incidentally, some crafting supply stores and crafting kit manufacturers have videos on their websites to show what you can do with their products. 

They also sometimes have demonstrations and classes at their local branches with experts displaying their skills or teaching crafting techniques, so these are worth looking out for, too. Some local colleges also have arts and craft courses, so check with them to learn what they have to offer the aspiring artist or budding crafter.

What can you try your hand at? What about Knitting, crochet, painting, glass or ceramic painting, woodworking, sewing, baking, cheese making, wine and beer making (obviously checking on the legality of this where you live) upcycling furniture, resin crafting including embedding items such as flowers, etc, origami, air dry clay crafting, embroidery, tie dying, cyanotype printing, upcycling clothing, paper crafting, DIY wall art, macrame, quilting, sewing, woodworking, gluing, etc, etc.

If you start now, in late August, you’ll be able to learn new techniques and to perfect them well before Christmas when you will be able to gift your perfected handmade presents.

You can also buy crafting kits as gifts for people in your family and your group of friends who you know will appreciate such a “crafty” gift. 

That’s Christmas has already covered the innovative company Sugru who offers a wide range of crafting items for you to use to create fantastic gifts, or for you to give out as Christmas presents for other people.

There’s their Kintsugi Repair Kit in Gold or Silver, Multicolour Wool Clothing Repair Kit, Fix & Create Kit by Sugru all of which you’ll be able to learn about at this post, here:

https://thatschristmas.blogspot.com/2022/10/gift-them-art-of-repair-with-sugru.html 

The following retailers/companies sell craft and crafting items, so why not check them out?

https://www.poundland.co.uk

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk

https://www.theworks.co.uk/c/art-and-craft/craft-supplies

https://www.craftyarts.co.uk

https://www.fredaldous.co.uk

https://www.madarches.co.uk

https://www.coltoncrafts.co.uk

https://www.bakerross.co.uk/craft-supplies

https://www.etsy.com/uk/c/craft-supplies-and-tools

https://www.littlecraftybugs.co.uk/craft-supplies.html

https://www.craft-supplies.co.uk

https://home.bargains

https://www.therange.co.uk

https://sugru.com

https://www.daler-rowney.com

Over the next few months That's Christmas will come out of hibernation

Yes, over the next few months That's Christmas will come out of hibernation and we will be bringing our readers all the latest news on Christmas gifting ideas, plus how to source items for delightful homemade Christmas gifts and trinkets.

That's Christmas will also be carrying news and features on Christmas season foods and drinks, plus Christmas-related foods and special seasonal drinks.

So please, watch this space!

And if you have news of a Christmas-related product or service that you would like to share with our readers, please email us at afj_uk@yahoo.com