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PHOTO © ALAMY | WORDS CLAIRE MARTIN<br />
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MADE<br />
FOR...<br />
Christmas<br />
Unusual festive<br />
gifts from around<br />
the network<br />
Presépio<br />
€60<br />
LISBON<br />
Christmas in<br />
Portugal isn’t<br />
complete without a<br />
presépio, or nativity<br />
scene. This riot of<br />
colour is about as<br />
authentic as it gets.<br />
Made by artisan<br />
potter Irmãos<br />
Baraça, it’s available<br />
from concept<br />
store Ofi cina à<br />
Lapa in Lisbon,<br />
which specialises<br />
in handcrafts and<br />
design objects from<br />
across Portugal.<br />
90 Rue Saraiva de<br />
Carvalho, tel: +351<br />
213 978 203<br />
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1 2 3 4 5<br />
Caganer<br />
FROM €6<br />
BARCELONA<br />
This charming<br />
fi gurine of a<br />
peasant squatting<br />
with lowered<br />
pants is such a<br />
regular addition to<br />
Catalonian nativity<br />
scenes that when he<br />
was omitted from<br />
Barcelona city’s<br />
display in 2005<br />
there was an outcry.<br />
Said to bring on a<br />
successful harvest<br />
(he is depicted<br />
“fertilising the<br />
earth”), you can<br />
buy him from the<br />
Christmas markets<br />
in Barcelona or at<br />
caganer.com<br />
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Santa<br />
Figurine<br />
€59.90<br />
BERLIN<br />
Handcrafted<br />
wooden fi gures are<br />
an essential part<br />
of Christmas in<br />
Germany. Candles,<br />
and sweets used to<br />
adorn Christmas<br />
trees, but in the<br />
19th century, people<br />
started adding<br />
wooden ornaments.<br />
This beautiful piece<br />
by Björn Köhler<br />
can be found at<br />
q-handel.de or visit<br />
Erzgebirgskunst<br />
Original in Berlin. 9<br />
Sophienstrasse, tel:<br />
+49 (0)30 282 6754<br />
Chocolate<br />
Wreath<br />
£25 (€28)<br />
LONDON<br />
Originally, wreaths<br />
symbolised life<br />
enduring through<br />
the cold winter<br />
months and were<br />
made of evergreen<br />
branches. But<br />
Christmas wouldn’t<br />
be the same without<br />
lots of chocolate,<br />
so why not splash<br />
out on this edible<br />
version with dark<br />
chocolate, roasted<br />
almonds and orange<br />
peel from Artisan du<br />
Chocolat. 89 Lower<br />
Sloane Street, tel:<br />
+44 (0)84 5270<br />
6996<br />
THE BUZZ | SHOPPING<br />
Christmas<br />
Tree<br />
DKK299 (€40)<br />
COPENHAGEN<br />
Danish kids will<br />
recognise artist<br />
Shane Brox from<br />
his popular TV show<br />
Shanes Verden.<br />
This year he has<br />
created Christmas<br />
decorations for<br />
Royal Copenhagen,<br />
including this fun<br />
Christmas tree,<br />
which you can even<br />
put candles in! Pick<br />
up yours at the<br />
Royal Copenhagen<br />
fl agship store.<br />
6 Amagertorv,<br />
tel: +45 3313 7181<br />
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