How we pack a parcel so it arrives in one piece
Kraft paper outside, a padded box inside, and the tag where the postman cannot crush it (sample note).
Gifts for everyone on your list
Fir Lane Gifts (sample) is a Christmas shop with about nine hundred gifts, most under $40. Find one by who it is for, and we wrap it for free.
Open every day
until 19:00
Free wrapping
on every gift
Choose a tag to see the gifts. Example prices.
This year's picks
Six gifts we keep reordering. Each tag says who it suits and what it costs; ask us and we put it aside for a week.
For the tree $18
Painted glass bauble, winter village
Mouth-blown glass, 8 cm, painted by hand. No two villages are quite the same.
For the cook $24
Spiced biscuit tin
Twenty gingerbread stars from the bakery two doors down (sample), in a tin to keep.
For little ones, age 3+ $64
Small wooden rocking horse
Beech and birch with a wool mane, seat height 30 cm.
For the host $16
Beeswax pillar candles, a pair
Hand-poured from local beeswax, about thirty hours each.
For a walker $42
Lambswool scarf, fir and cream
180 cm long, knitted in a family mill (sample maker).
For a first Christmas $22
Felt robin with a name ribbon
Wool felt, stitched by hand. We write the name and the year on the ribbon for free.
Example prices. Stock changes daily in December.
Shop by collection
Four rooms of the shop, from the tree to the kitchen table.
Wrapped for free, tag written by hand
Every gift bought here is wrapped at the counter at no cost, posted or not.
1
Choose the gift
In the shop, or by the request form with the name of the gift.
2
Choose the paper
Kraft with red and white twine, fir green with gold, or cream stripe. All free.
3
We write the tag
Tell us the name and a line. We write it by hand and tie it on.
4
Collect it, or we post it
Wrapped while you wait in the shop, or packed in a padded box for the post.
Last order dates
Order by these dates and it arrives before Christmas. After that, the shop is open until 15:00 on Christmas Eve.
Posted, standard
3 to 5 working days, tracked
Order by 18 December
Posted, express
Next working day, tracked
Order by 22 December, 12:00
Local delivery
Within 5 miles of the shop, by our van
Order by 23 December, 16:00
Click and collect
Wrapped and waiting at the till
Order by 24 December, 12:00
In the shop
Wrapped while you wait
Order by 24 December, 15:00
Dates for this December (sample). Orders by the request form or by phone.
Stocking fillers under $10
Small things by the till that fit in a stocking or beside a place card.
For a little artist $4
Beeswax crayons, eight colours
For the tree $6
Glass icicle
For anyone $7
Tin wind-up robin
For a sweet tooth $5
Peppermint bark, 100 g
For a camper $9
Lantern pocket torch
For a card player $8
Snap the reindeer, pocket cards
Example prices.
Wreath evenings
Make your own door wreath at the long table in the back room. Small groups, everything provided.
Thursdays in December, 18:30
Fresh wreath evening
Make a 40 cm wreath with fir, cones and dried orange. Everything you need and hot spiced apple juice are included, $55.
Saturdays in December, 10:00
Wreath morning for two
One wreath, two pairs of hands. Good for a parent and a grown-up child, $75 for two.
Second Sunday, 14:00
Table centrepiece
A low arrangement of greenery and candles for the Christmas table, $45.
Any evening
Private wreath evening
For teams and friends, 8 to 14 people, from $50 a head.
Example prices. Dates (sample).
Gift notes
Glass baubles: how to pack them away for next year
Tissue, a dry cupboard and one rule about the loft (sample note).
Twelve Secret Santa gifts under $20
Gifts that keep to the limit and still look generous once they are wrapped (sample note).
Find the shop
Fir Lane Gifts (sample)
3 Fir Lane, Springfield
Monday to Saturday
9:00–19:00
Sunday
10:00–17:00
Thursdays in December
until 21:00
24 December
9:00–15:00
25 and 26 December
Closed
December opening times (sample). January to October: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–17:30.
