{"id":1929,"date":"2009-11-30T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/gorgeous-christmas-gifts-for-mums\/"},"modified":"2014-05-16T13:34:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:34:44","slug":"gorgeous-christmas-gifts-for-mums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/gorgeous-christmas-gifts-for-mums\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorgeous Christmas gifts for mums"},"content":{"rendered":"Now of course I treasure every homemade calendar, wood and pottery\u00a0present I&#8217;ve ever been given\u00a0by my offspring for Christmas. And if Tinkerbell and her friends are reading, I&#8217;d really like some fairies to come in and clean my house from top to bottom (yes, even the skirting boards) sometime before the 25th. But if someone is planning to buy me something, bearing in mind budgets are tight this year, I&#8217;d like it to be something I really, really want. So here&#8217;s my pick of some of the\u00a0best Mum Gifts around\u00a0this season:\r\n\r\n<strong>Michael Kors&#8217; <\/strong><strong>Very Hollywood<\/strong><strong> Eau de Parfum<\/strong>. Everything about this fragrance screams glamour &#8211; from the pink box to the beautiful bottle, which will look stunning in your bathroom or on your dressing table. And of course it smells\u00a0heavenly &#8211; with delicious notes of mandarin, iced bergamot, jasmine, ylang ylang, raspberry and gardenia.\u00a0Simply fabulous.\u00a0From \u00a333.28, available\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/HouseofFraser.aspx?t=lwk\">House of Fraser<\/a> .\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/MichaelKors_120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"125\" \/>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Lovepurseandpyjamas_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"156\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>A pair of Cath Kidston pyjamas.<\/strong> OK, so maybe they&#8217;re not the sexiest things in the world (although they are very pretty) but they look incredibly snuggly and sometimes that&#8217;s A Good Thing (\u00a340, available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/JohnLewis.aspx?t=lwk\">John Lewis<\/a>). Also available at John Lewis is this adorable\u00a0Jan Constantine &#8216;Love&#8217; make-up bag, (\u00a329).\r\n\r\n<strong>A spa voucher from <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/SpaFinder.aspx?t=lwk\"><strong>SpaFinder<\/strong><\/a> . One of my favourite presents ever has to be the\u00a0spa visit\u00a0the Man of the House gave me\u00a0one year\u00a0&#8211; a whole day of pampering and nothing to think about except myself and which room my next treatment was in, amazing. I don&#8217;t know any woman who wouldn&#8217;t be thrilled to be given one\/some of these for Christmas.\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Spaimage_132_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"142\" \/>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/CherylCole3Words_120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>A CD\u00a0to do some mummy dancing to.<\/strong> I don&#8217;t really want to find Susan Boyle under my tree this Christmas, good though <em>Wild Horses<\/em> is. I want to find Cheryl Cole&#8217;s fab album\u00a0<em>3 Words<\/em>\u00a0(\u00a38.95, available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Play.aspx?t=lwk\">Play<\/a>.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/MarksandSpencer.aspx?t=lwk\"><strong>M&amp;S&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a><strong> lovely Signature candle.<\/strong> It&#8217;s only \u00a37, but it&#8217;s stylish and elegant and smells of delicious grapefruit and ginger &#8211; perfect for lighting while you take a relaxing pampering bath with&#8230;.\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/GrapfruitGingerScentedCAndle_140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"120\" \/>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/GoodworksGoodtoUnwind_140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Goodworks amazing Good To Unwind gift set (\u00a320, available from <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Boots.aspx?t=lwk\"><strong>Boots<\/strong><\/a><strong>).<\/strong> Simply everything you need for some serious Mum TLC, in one brilliant package and at a bargain price.\r\n\r\n<strong>And finally, a good read.<\/strong> I&#8217;ve chosen two with a\u00a0slightly spooky theme.\u00a0Marian Keyes just keeps getting better and better, and her latest, <em>The Brightest Star in the Sky<\/em>, is an absolute genius of a book. And newcomer Cally Taylor&#8217;s novel, <em>Heaven Can Wait<\/em>, is beautifully written, a real page turner &#8211; can&#8217;t wait for more from her. Both available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Waterstones.aspx?t=lwk\">Waterstones<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Giftsforher_Books_170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"128\" \/>\r\n\r\nP.S: don&#8217;t foget to tell your nearest and dearest that if they shop through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/default.aspx?t=lwk\">KidStart<\/a> for any of the above, they&#8217;ll get money back for your kids. What&#8217;s on your Christmas wish list?\r\n\r\nwritten by Liz Jarvis","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabulous Christmas present ideas for mums","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3505,4],"tags":[694,344,536,695,277,696,697,698,98],"class_list":["post-1929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-and-fashion","category-great-family-life-tips","tag-cath-kidston","tag-cheryl-cole","tag-house-of-fraser","tag-john-lewis","tag-ms","tag-marian-keyes","tag-michael-kors","tag-spa-voucher","tag-susan-boyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Gorgeous Christmas gifts for mums - 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