🎄 The Aussie Christmas Gift Checklist

36 real gifts for a summer Christmas, with real amazon.com.au prices — the esky, the ham, the beach and the backyard. Tick what you want as you go; your list saves automatically.

🇺🇸 Not in Australia? Use the US list — amazon.com prices in USD.

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Prices are in AUD and move, in both directions. These were checked on amazon.com.au on one day in August; between Black Friday and mid-December the same products get discounted, marked back up and sold out — sometimes all three. Treat every figure as a guide and tap through for today's price. Worth watching the Australia Post cut-off dates too — for anything arriving before the 25th, mid-December is the wire.
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Keep track of who you've bought for 🛍️

By the second week of December nobody remembers what they've already bought, which is how two people end up with the same present and one cousin gets forgotten entirely. The gift planner fixes that: a list per person, items saved straight off this page, ticked off as they arrive.

Free, and about a minute — one list per person, with prices and links kept in one place.

Writing your own list instead? 🎁

Then flip it round. Put these on a wishlist, send one link, and people buy from it instead of guessing — they claim items anonymously, so nothing arrives twice and you're still surprised on the day. Anything expensive can be a group gift, so several people chip in rather than one person carrying it.

Turn your ticks into a wishlist →

Doing a Kris Kringle this year? 🎅

We run the draw for free. Everyone joins a circle, sets a budget and links the wishlist they'd like their Kris Kringle to see. The draw skips self-matches and reciprocal pairs, and each person sees only their own name — so nobody, including whoever organised it, can work out the whole ring. Useful when half the family is interstate.

Set up a Kris Kringle →

Aussie Christmas gift FAQs

What are good Christmas gifts under $30 in Australia?

Plenty, and they are the ones that get used all summer. UNO is about $6, Monopoly Deal $7, a Sun Zapper zinc stick $11, UNO Show 'em No Mercy $12, Sun Bum after-sun $13, Bananagrams $20, reusable ice bricks $20 and a wide-brim sun hat $25. That band is also where most Kris Kringle caps land.

What do you buy for an Australian Christmas when it is 35 degrees?

Think about where the day actually happens — outside, around an esky, in and out of the pool. A meat thermometer for the ham, ice bricks that keep the prawns cold, a sand-free beach towel, thongs, coloured zinc, a backyard game and something cold to drink from all beat the jumpers and candles you see on overseas gift lists.

What is a good Kris Kringle gift?

Keep it under the group's cap and make it something anyone would use — a card game, a zinc stick, ice bricks, a sun hat, after-sun. The under-$30 section here is built for exactly that. If you are the one organising the draw, giftgiving.fun runs it free: everyone joins a circle, the draw avoids self-matches and reciprocal pairs, and each person sees only their own name.

Are these Australian prices?

Yes. Every product on this list is a real amazon.com.au listing with an AUD price, checked on the date shown at the top of the page. Prices move a lot between Black Friday and Christmas, so tap through for today's.