Last-Minute Christmas Gifts: Snap Up These Bargains Now!

If you haven't finished your Christmas shopping yet, fear not. From portable music gadgets to delicious seasonal drinks, find a few ideas for gifts you can snap up now, some have even been reduced.

So good, you may want to gift it to yourself or at least leave a tot out for Father Christmas, Tiptree English spiced rum liqueur is as local as you can get (for Essex folk). This smooth, small-batch winter warmer is distilled in Essex and packed with festive-smelling ingredients such as quince, vanilla, cinnamon, star anise, orange zest and Tiptree honey grown on the Tiptree farm. Pour over ice and serve neat or add ginger beer for a Dark 'n Stormy cocktail. Available for £10 until 11:59, 31 December 2025, or nip into one the shops around Essex. 35cl. Tiptree.com

If you're a bit too shy for singing in public, this cute karaoke kit is perfect for practising in your bedroom or taking to a friend's house. It's small enough to fit in a stocking. With a variety of LED light effects, voice effects and two microphones, you can duet to your heart’s content. Music Creator Mini Karaoke Station, reduced to £20 from £25, Argos

With flights to Madrid from London Stansted Airport on a certain notorious Irish airline, it's easy to fly to the Spanish capital. Armed with the Tapas Lover's Guide to Madrid, you'll enjoy discovering the city through its famous tapas, with every bar, restaurant and market personally visited by travel writer and editor of this very website, Jo Fernández-Corugedo.

Find recommended tapas tours, hotels with tapas menus and places to each for vegans and vegetarians. From £12.79, pen-and-sword.co.uk

Get your loved ones or friends on the path to green cleaning with a bottle of the Ethical Cleaning Company's Bathroom or All-Purpose spray. Bathroom cleaner uplifts and cleanses with anti-fungal eucalyptus, a dash of zesty lemongrass and sweet, refreshing spearmint oil. All-Purpose cleaner blends uplifting grapefruit, cleansing lemon and sweetly purifying wild orange. These good-looking cleaning sprays are environmentally friendly, safe and non-toxic for humans, plants and pets. The glass bottles are also recyclable, reusable and refillable, 500ml, £10 and 250ml, £5. Local customers can get refills. Shop here