Kosher Christmas Hampers

A kosher Christmas hamper? It does sound incongruous, but when everyone in your company is getting their Christmas hampers, you don't really want anyone to feel left out. Now you do have two options:

1) Give Jewish employees a kosher Chanukah gift basket for Chanukah (December 16th this year)
OR
2) Give Jewish employees a kosher Christmas hamper along with everyone else in the company.

Whichever option you choose, here's where you can find kosher Christmas or kosher Chanukah hampers:

Ripe Gifts, UK
Offer a wide range of Christmas hampers and a selection of kosher Chanukah gift baskets. They'll also happily make any of their regular kosher hampers look festive if you want to give a kosher Christmas hamper.

Panzers Hampers
This long-standing family-run deli in St. John's Wood offers an attractive range of Christmas food hampers and a special-order option for kosher Christmas hampers.

Merry Christmas or Happy Chanukah, the choice is yours.

Christmas Truffles Review

For chocoholics, Christmas is like, well, Christmas. Since most people know I'm a chocolate fan, I'm usually sent enough Christmas chocolates to put off my New Year's resolutions until next Christmas (when I will, of course, have to put them off again until I've polished off all my yummy chocs, which will take until the next Christmas etc.).

But not all Christmas chocolates are created equal. For me, the stars of my Christmas chocolate collection are chocolate truffles. There's just something magical about the way a good truffle just melts in your mouth. And magical is what a good Christmas should be, right?

So, what makes a perfect Christmas truffle? For me, they must have good quality chocolate, some alcohol in there somewhere (it's Christmas, remember!) and that extra special something. Here are my top three Christmas truffles, along with links to where you can order them. If you'll be ordering Christmas hampers for fellow employees, make sure you're around when they get them. You won't want to miss out on tasting these!

1) Sloe Gin Christmas Truffles
To die for! In these wonderful truffles, hand-picked wild sloe berries have been steeped in gin and blended as a truffle with rich dark Belgian chocolate. The best Christmas truffle I've tasted this year.

2) Port & Cranberry Truffles
Absolutely scrummy. Real port and cranberry centre in plain, dark chocolate.

3) Christmas Pudding Truffles
Organic dark chocolate centre with brandy and Christmas spices. Comes in a nicely boxed assortment with other festivly-flavoured truffles.

May your hamper be filled with Christmas truffles!

Welcome to Christmas Hampers

Finding the right Christmas hamper for a friend, relations or business associate is tougher than it looks. There are plenty of online Christmas hamper sites around, but trawling through them is not easy. That's where I come in. I've been sourcing luxury Christmas hampers and corporate Christmas hampers for various companies for longer than I care to remember. Better yet, I've also been on the receiving end of a few myself and have had a good look at the Christmas hampers sent in to us.

So here is my pick of the best Christmas hampers, Christmas hamper companies and Christmas hamper fillers around. If you have a Christmas hamper company to suggest, or want to give feedback on any of the Christmas hampers I review, please add you comment.

Here's wishing you a Christmas full of hampers!