Your HAYM Christmas Gift Guide 2025

Your HAYM Christmas Gift Guide 2025

Thoughtful, Beautiful Gifts for Everyone on Your List

Christmas gifting should feel joyful, not overwhelming and this year we’ve made it beautifully simple. Our Christmas Gift Guide 2025 is filled with thoughtful ideas for every person on your list, with a focus on quality, style, and the handcrafted charm you’ll only find at HAYM.

From festive decorations to cosy scents, Scottish makers to artful keepsakes, here are just some of our favourite gifts for the season ahead.

1. Decorations

Start the season with pieces that bring warmth and cheer to the home. Decorations make wonderful gifts for teachers, hosts, Secret Santa, or anyone who loves the magic of Christmas.

Think: wooden and ceramic decorations, felt baubles, rattan star tree toppers, seasonal hanging garlands, and handcrafted keepsakes destined to become part of the family tradition.

 

Wooden tree decorationsA cute fabric Christmas pudding hanging decoration with a cheerful face, brown base, white fabric topping, and small red berries.Vertical hanging Christmas garland made of 12 colourful, modern shapes cut from recycled and hand-painted card prints.Porcelain house-shaped Christmas tree decoration, 11cm, assorted hanging designs

2. Entertaining

For the host who loves bringing people together. These gifts elevate festive tables, cosy catch-ups, and relaxed family gatherings.

Think: mugs, coasters, tea towels, wooden serving boards, candleholders, table accents, and centrepiece-worthy décor.

A festive wooden serving board shaped like a Christmas tree, with a small white ceramic star bowl and a cheese knife.A decorative angel-shaped dinner candle holder with a smooth finish and a stand for a single candle.Set of 4 brown wooden coasters with festive Rudolph the Reindeer design.Box of small ceramic dipping bowls by 'here's how' in sleek, modern Ochre + Rust striped colour combinationScottish Delicacies Teatowel TT0801Hot Chocolate Lidded Mug keeps your warm drinks warm for longer. Mug has cute face and lid is like whipped cream, marshmallows and a candy cane

3. Scents

Fill their home with the warmth of Christmas. These gifts suit everyone from homebodies to Secret Santas.

Think: soy candles, reed diffusers, festive fragrances, melts, winter spices, woodland-inspired scents, and small-batch candles poured in Scotland.

Round metal soy wax candle with red breasted robin design.Ceramic candle in striped, hand-painted pot with lid, blue/navy, featuring festive warm cider scent.Ceramic candle in striped, hand-painted pot with lid, red/pink, featuring festive pink peppermint scent.Round metal soy wax candle with red and white stripes design.

4. Scottish

Celebrate local talent with gifts crafted close to home - thoughtful, meaningful, and filled with character.

Think: slate and tile art, tartan pieces, locally made bowls, prints inspired by Scottish landmarks, handmade soaps, and cards from independent Scottish makers.

Wooden star shaped tree decoration cut from 3mm birch plywood featuring a Carnoustie map printHandcrafted brooch shaped like a heart, made from genuine wool tartan fabric in various colours.Hairy Coo 100% cotton apron with bright Highland Cow printDL-sized Hiya Pal Scottish Banter 2026 calendar featuring colourful Scottish words, one per month.Millionaire’s Shortbread-inspired chocolate bar with biscuit, caramel, and milk chocolate, handmade in Edinburgh, 100g

5. For Her

Gifts she’ll love unwrapping - beautiful, useful, and full of HAYM charm.

Think: jewellery from small designers, handbags, purses, ceramic vases, hand creams, skincare treats, and stationery she’ll use all year.

Woamn wearing handmade Classic ondulée hoop earrings in recycled sterling silver by Olivia Taylor – classic with a contemporary twistMoon Short Wallet Purse Heather LB8113-MC02A thick, small pocket notepad with a colouful stripe patterned hard cover, featuring 192 lined sheets inside.Red Joma Christmas cracker with silver-plated bracelet with heart shaped charm includes pink and red ribbons and MERRY CHRISTMAS textCeramic vases shaped with a lifelike fish design and featuring a chunky handle - Dusky Pink

6. For Him

Useful, design-led gifts that feel considered without being complicated.

Think: shaving soaps, mugs, books, leather keyrings, Scottish scents, wallets, socks, and simple everyday pieces with a stylish edge.

A stoneware mug featuring a blue ombre colour transition achieved with a reactive glaze, approximately 13.5cm wide and 10cm high.Lisa Angel Tan Black Leather Wallets

7. For Babies

Sweet gifts for the littlest ones - and the grown-ups who cherish those early memories.

Think: soft toys, board books, bibs, muslins, socks, adorable prints, and keepsake decorations for their first (or second, or third!) Christmas.

Baby wearing a L'il Pudding red Christmas baby bandana bibWoman holding a baby wrapped in a dinosaur-patterned Ziggle swaddle

8. Books

A perfect present for cosy winter evenings, quiet moments, or stockings.

Think: recipe books, interiors books, local interest titles, wellbeing reads, children’s books, and beautifully designed coffee table books.

Cover of 'Scotland No.7' coffee guide with two people drinking coffee.Cover of the new hardback book by Charlie Mackesy featuring illustrations of the four main characters: the boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse.Cover of the hardback cookbook Cùil, featuring delicious-looking food and recipes by chef Clare Coghill, set against a Scottish landscape.Book cover of 'Wild Guide Scotland' with a scenic view of a bothy by a lake.

9. Fashion

Festive style doesn’t have to be sparkly - we love soft textures, warm layers, and feel-good accessories.

Think: winter scarves, gloves, jewellery, eco-friendly bags, handmade leather goods, knitted socks, and timeless pieces perfect for gifting.

PAIRS Scotland Bamboo socks in Glen Green highlighting their soft texture.Close-up of a textured lambswool beanie hat, showing the quality of the knit and natural colourway, representing the weathered rocks and sand of the Scottish coast.

10. Art

Art makes a meaningful gift - something to treasure long after the decorations come down.

Think: original art, limited edition prints, framed tile pieces, works from Scottish makers, and beautifully handcrafted pieces for thoughtful giving.

A ceramic tile print of a colourful painting titled 'Bluebells', showing a small house nestled in the Scottish Highlands, available mounted on natural slate or framed.Monochrome and red Tennents can A4 art print by Kilo Papa Studio, signed and unframed, reproduced from detailed hand-drawn original artwork.Square black-and-white linocut print inspired by Groove is in the Heart, hand-printed by Pamela Scott, mounted in antique white.Colourful BeeBirds lino print of Broughty Ferry Castle, framed in an 11 x 9 inch black mount, inspired by Dundee’s coastal landmark.Dook wild swimming art print by Hause & Havers, A5 or A4, Scottish loch design, ideal gift for swimmers, made and printed in Edinburgh.

Celebrate Christmas at HAYM

Whether you’re shopping for family, friends, teachers or hosts, our Christmas collection is full of thoughtful gifts made to last. Visit us in Carnoustie or browse online to find something truly special this festive season.

 

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