Christmas Gift Guide 2023
The Christmas Gift Guide is a little late this year, as I’ve recently lost access to the polly@massiveorangebook.com Microsoft email account associated with the website. It’s been the SO frustrating!
Long (boring) story short, it looks like I’m going to be unable to regain access to that email account, so there will be a new email address set up in the new year. The new email address will be hello@massiveorangebook.com, which has been reserved and registered and is in the process of being set up!
Huge apologies if I’ve missed anyone’s emails about the Christmas Gift Guide or any emails in general. In the new year I’ll be reaching out to everyone be re-added to media lists etc. and hopefully get things back on track.
ANYWAY…
Here’s the rather delayed Christmas Gift Guide!
Book – Love in Winter Wonderland – By Abiola Bello
This is the book I’m currently reading to get me in the festive spirit! I’ve just started my new PR role at Wonderland Communications in Bristol, and so I absolutely love that by chance I was sent a book about a bookshop called Wonderland. What a cute coincidence.
Genres: Teen/YA Fiction/Romance
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 10th November 2022
Will Trey and Ariel find their happily ever after in this hopelessly romantic love story?
Trey Anderson is popular and handsome, and he works at his family’s beloved Black-owned bookshop, Wonderland. Ariel Spencer is quirky, creative, and in need of a holiday temp job to cover her tuition for The Artists’ Studio. An opening at Wonderland is the answer . . . and the start of a hate-to-love journey for Trey and Ariel. When Trey and Ariel learn that Wonderland is on the brink of shutting down, can they get over their differences and team up to stop the doors from closing before the deadline?
Book – Only for the Holidays – Abiola Bello
I was also sent this other book by Abiola Bello, and I just love these adorable book covers. I’ve always been really stuck in my ways about reading, sticking solely to mystery/thrillers when it comes to novels, but recently I’ve been trying to branch out into different genres. I’m so excited to read these books over the Christmas break.
Genres: Teen/YA Fiction/Romance
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 12th October 2023
The Spanish Love Deception meets The Holiday in this fake dating YA romance about a city girl and country boy’s lives colliding at Christmas.
City girl Tia Solanké is dreading the festive period. She’s on a break with her boyfriend and the last thing she wants to do is spend Christmas away from London. Arriving at Saiyan Hedge Farm, Tia takes an instant disliking to it. She falls in horse manure, is chased by sheep and the Wi-Fi sucks. How is she meant to stalk her ex now and concoct a fool-proof plan to win him back?
Country boy Quincy Parker and his family run the farm, and this year they’ve been selected to host the biggest event in the town’s calendar – the Winter Ball. Preparations are underway, and Quincy is working around the clock to make it a success. The only problem is, he’s told everyone he has a date to the ball, when in reality that couldn’t be further from the truth.
At first, Tia and Quincy don’t see eye to eye, until they realise they both have something to gain by pretending to be a couple. But when a snowstorm threatens to cancel the Winter Ball, their fake relationship is put to the test. Will Tia and Quincy be able to keep up the pretence and save the day, or will real feelings get in the way?
Ramsbury Single Estate Gin and Glassware Gift Set
The perfect gift for gin lovers! Ramsbury’s award-winning crisp and full-bodied London Dry Gin is one of the nicest gins I’ve tried. It’s also lovely to have proper gin glasses to enjoy it in!
RRP: £49.99
Radox Soak & Sleep Ultimate Collection with Wax Burner & Melts
Radox Soak & Sleep Ultimate Collection with Wax Burner & Melts – RRP £18.00 (Promo RRP £9.00) – available at Sephora, Asda, FeelUnique, Morrisons, B&M.
Amp up your big night in this this indulgent set, including:
Radox Feel Blissful Bath Gel 500ml
Radox Feel Relaxed Shower Gel 250ml
Radox Blueberry Bath Bomb 100g OR Radox Raspberry Bath Bomb 100g
Radox Wax Burner with Wax Melts
A subscription to Happiful Magazine
Happiful is a UK based mental health magazine which is released in print and online monthly. The magazine features loads of topics in the mental health and wellbeing space, and can make a lovely gift for a loved one!
You can find out more on the website – https://happiful.com/magazine
CleanCo – Non-alcoholic spirits
Founded in 2019 by entrepreneur and British TV personality Spencer Matthews, CleanCo has rapidly grown to become the world’s leading independent non-alcoholic spirit brand.
With a portfolio spanning Clean T (Tequila), Clean G (Gin), Clean G Rhubarb (Rhubarb Gin), Clean R (Rum), Clean V (Vodka), and Clean W (Whiskey), CleanCo offer an unrivalled range of non-alcoholic equivalents to full strength spirits, without compromising on experience, taste, aroma, or mouthfeel.
Having recently won numerous awards including Great Taste and IWSC, CleanCo continue to dominate taste-led innovation in the non-alcoholic category worldwide.
Pip & Nut and Grind NEW Dark Chocolate Espresso Peanut Butter Cups
Fellow East London brands, Pip & Nut and Grind have teamed up to launch a brand new product, the NEW Dark Chocolate Espresso Peanut Butter Cups, inspired by Grind’s signature house blend and Pip & Nut’s award winning smooth peanut butter.
The fellow East London brands have come together to create the ideal afternoon pick me up, each 34g pack contains two moreish coffee flavoured chocolate cups, offering a permissibly indulgent treat for on-the-go snacking, sharing or nibbling.
The limited-edition Dark Chocolate Espresso Peanut Butter Cups boasts a 100% plant-based ingredient list, making them suitable for vegans – available in Selfridges, Amazon, WH Smith, Boots, pipandnut.com and grind.co.uk for £1.75 from 11th October.
Book – Bright Midnights – Lexy Delorme
Genres: Contemporary Fantasy, Fiction
Publisher: Limerent Publishing
Publication date: October 2023
Online: https://www.lsdelorme.com
Amelie has always been different. Most high school students find life challenging, but 17-year old Amelie has a lot more to contend with than typical teenage angst. Ever since she turned 11, other people have been irresistibly drawn to her—with tragic consequences. Her only escape is at night when she flies to different times and places through her dreams. Her life begins to change when, on one of her flights, she meets Clovis an alluring and mysterious young man who hides a secret.
As Amelie finds herself irresistibly drawn to him, she learns his story and how it intertwines with her own, and finally discovers how to live her life in the real world. Until her own secrets are revealed to the wrong people and that world turns upside down. Bright Midnights is the second in the Limerent Series and continues in the thought-provoking and beautiful style of the first as it considers different dimensions, different ways of looking at the world, and the transcendent power of love.
Dove Men+Care Clean Comfort Wash Bag Essentials Gift Set
RRP £15.00 (Promo RRP £8.00) – available at Boots, Amazon, Asda, Tesco. This gift bundle includes full size:
- Dove Men+Care Classic Antiperspirant Aerosol (150ml)
- Dove Men+Care Clean Comfort Body Wash (250ml)
- Dove Men+Care Clean fresh 2 in 1 Shampoo and Conditioner (250ml)
- Dove Men+Care Extra Fresh Bar (90g)
- Dove Men+Care Washbag
Munchy Seeds Snack Packs
Munchy Seeds Snack Packs make for an ideal stocking filler for those seeking a healthy yet delicious snack to fuel them through festive celebrations.
Munchy Seeds has a flavour to suit all tastes; its sweet and savoury snack packs come in five tasty combos – Mega Omega, Mild Chilli, Honey Roasted, Salted Caramel and Warm Cinnamon.
Each pack contains a mix of vegan or vegetarian roasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds that are great as a snack or sprinkled over a freshly prepared meal for added texture and nutrition. Packed full of fibre and containing more than 6g of protein in each pack, these flavourful snack packs are a quick and easy way to add more nutrients to your diet.
Munchy Seeds are available on Ocado, Amazon and online from https://www.munchyseeds.co.uk/ and retail prices start from just 75p per snack pack or £5 for the full range snack packs.
HugMyDog – Three Bird Roast Dinner
To treat your pet to a festive feast this Christmas, HugMyDog, has created a tasty Three Bird Roast Dinner ready meal for your fury friend to enjoy!
The delicious dish contains turkey, duck and succulent pheasant, with a mixture of cranberries and seasonal veggies including Brussel sprouts. Each serving is packed full of protein, vitamins and essential minerals.
Each frozen ready meal can simply be popped in the microwave for a couple of minutes, left to cool slightly and the served to your dog. Each pack can be purchased for £4.99.
