Nestlé Adult Selection Box - 223g

The selection box is a fixture of a British Christmas. Grandparents hand them out, aunties hand them out, and every child ends up with a small tower of them by the tree. This one is the grown-up version, which nobody else is allowed to open.

Christmas in Canada has plenty going for it, but if you grew up in Britain, the morning does not quite feel right without a selection box in the stocking. People search for this one because they want the day to look the way it used to, even when home is a long way off.

It is a 223g box, flat enough to slide into a stocking or tuck under the tree without anyone guessing. Kept somewhere cool and dry, it will sit quietly in the cupboard until the day, assuming you have more willpower than most. It also travels well in a parcel, which makes it a good Christmas gift for someone who misses home.

Nestlé is the name behind a good chunk of the British sweet shop, and this box sits very comfortably beside a tin of Quality Street on the coffee table on Boxing Day.