Come Chinese New Year, we troop from home to home, feasting, doing the routine visits, and sometimes, stay for more than a meal or two at someone’s home. Showing up empty-handed just doesn’t cut it unless you want to be perceived as extremely stingy and to not be invited back again next year.
Here are some unique and interesting gift ideas this CNY that should win you a fan or two.
This unique collaboration between Moleskine and Shanghai Tang is perfect for celebrating the Year of the Dragon. Featuring the auspicious Dragon symbol, the classic Moleskine is peppered with Shanghai Tang’s signature colour scheme. The Feng Shui Diary even serves as a Chinese almanac and guide for the year ahead. Shanghai Tang’s official Feng Shui Master, Mr. Koon Zhi Zheng, provides his unique insight on the pages within.
Shanghai Tang’s first ever collaboration with Nespresso will allow families to indulge in a nice cuppa coffee with the Limited Edition Shanghai Tang for Nespresso CitiZ Dragon Coffee Machine, Ritual Cappuccino Dragon Cup Set and more. Only 3000 sets are available in select markets, so hurry.
If you’re feeling generous and your loved one is born in the year of the Dragon, you may find something special in this year’s Singapore Mint 2012 Festive Lunar Dragon Collection, which includes Singapore’s first, largest and heaviest silver coin minted in 999 fine silver.
For something even more auspicious from the Singapore Mint 2012 Festive Lunar Dragon Collection, you may want to check out the 24K Gold-Plated Dragon made in the figure “8”, the perfect centrepiece for a home.
Nothing says “good luck” like a hamper filled with plump and juicy oranges. This gift basket is the perfect representation of wealth and luck and the range also comes packed with a jade plant and Lucky Kitties.
Visiting your in-laws or business associates? Packed with a premium selection of food and drinks including Eiffel Tower Cordon XO Cognac Extra, New Moon New Zealand Superior Abalone,Tian Ran Bird’s Nest and more, the Prosperity Treasure Chest is ideal for its traditional style and practicality.
The perfect symbol of status, the limited edition Signature Dragon Collection in stainless steel ruby features the 4-claw dragon traditionally assigned to nobles and senior officials only and takes a 20-stage process, eight hours of hand-engraving and more than four highly-skilled craftsmen are needed to craft the dragon on a single phone. We can’t think of a phone that is more intricately designed than this.
The Museum Roundtable, a collective of public and private museums and heritage galleries chaired by the National Heritage Board (NHB) are selling these uber-cute specially-designed plush toys for the festive season. Each museum has their own unique plushie and they will also be hosting a whole slew of free events and giving out free specially-designed red packets as well!
To commemorate the festive season, Brand’s Bird’s Nest will now be available in a special 8-bottle festive pack. It’s the perfect gift for both the young and old. Plus, these festive packs allow you the chance to redeem top quality cookware from world-leading brand, Tefal, by collecting stamps that come with the packs. Valid till February 29, 2012.
Gaggenau’s fully automatic espresso machine CM 250 aims to bring the full range of café delights to your home. Imagine getting an espresso, latte, macchiato or a cappuccino at the touch of a button. It also includes a personalisation function, which enables you to programme and save up to six individual settings such as beverage type, cup size, coffee strength and brewing temperature – the perfect housewarming gift.
We’re loving this limited edition gift from Crabtree & Evelyn. The red packets are decorated in graceful Chinoiserie-chic rose motifs and it even comes with a pastel green pouch that is tailored to fit up to 20 red packets – perfect for keeping your red packets organised. All you need to do is purchse up to $100 of Crabtree & Evelyn products to get the gift! While stocks last.