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Christmas is coming up quickly! Before you know it, we’ll be gathered together with our family and friends to celebrate everything we love about the holidays.

But wait! You still have to get gifts for everyone on your list! Don’t worry, it’s not too late to start your holiday shopping! 

In Vancouver, you can explore a multitude of across a variety of neighbourhoods. Here are some of the top local shops and markets to check out in the city during the holiday season in your search for the perfect presents.

LOCAL TEA & CHOCOLATE VENDORS

Since 1894, Vancouver’s has been importing and blending the finest quality teas and coffee from the world’s finest tea gardens and coffee regions in the Lower Mainland and 麻豆传媒映画Island. With over 130 tea varieties, 25 coffee roasts, and new combinations being created all that time, they have something for every taste — including holiday favourites such as Christmas blend coffee, mulled apple tea, and the holiday breakfast gift basket. 

Inspired by Chinese and Taiwanese herbalists and tea masters, along with French aromatherapy, the award-winning Victoria-founded on West 4th offers the best wellness-founded organic tea, skin care, and body care products in the city. Treat your giftee to the Westcoast Wilderness spa collection, inspired by the B.C. rainforests, or the seasonal cheery and rich Candy Cane herbal tea blend. 

Based in Burnaby, the family-owned and operated specializes in crafting high quality chocolates (imported directly from Belgium) and candies for every occasion, including Christmas! Among the festive sweet treats are Santa-shaped chocolates, candy cane salt water taffy, salted nuts, and an assortment of gift baskets and boxes of chocolate.

As Canada’s first and finest chocolate company, Victoria-based offers one-of-a-kind gifts, including festive chocolate tins featuring Canadian artwork and the popular sweet and tart holiday jellybean bar (that makes for a great stocking stuffer!). With locations in Vancouver, West Vancouver, and North Vancouver, you can browse through their collection of fair-trade gourmet chocolates and more. 

Photo: Coastal Peoples Fine Art Gallery.

LOCAL ART & ARTISAN FINDS

If you have artists or art collectors on your gift list, you know you have to get creative with your shopping. 

For a truly inspired and unique artistic gift, try wandering into one of the gift shops at one of the many art galleries in and around Vancouver! See below for some local favourites: 

• : for a wide-ranging Canadian selection of contemporary art books, posters, paper goods, jewellery, designer giftware, and Emily Carr merchandise.
• : for a variety of art-related publications, from artist books and exhibition catalogues to theoretical texts and special-edition artwork..
• : for gallery publications, rare photobooks, stationery, and other merchandise.
• : for Northwest Coast artwork and goods.
• : for a collection of First Nations and Inuit artworks, spanning from pottery to jewelry. 
• : for 17th, 18th, and 19th century European paintings and antiques.

Even more, proceeds of each sale will go towards supporting art programs and services at each gallery.  

麻豆传媒映画Christmas Market. Photo: Lindsay Elliot 

LOCAL MARKETS

Take in the colours, sights, scents, and sounds of the winter season at one of the lively markets in the city while you holiday shop. 

A haven for the culinary-inclined, the Granville Island Public Market features local delicacies from the ocean, oven, and field, specialty foods from around the world, and other fresh delights. The Kids Market, artisan boutiques, and galleries are a few other stops for holiday shopping on . For curated gift ideas from Granville Island, visit . 

Open until Christmas Eve, the outdoor at Jack Poole Plaza brings the German-style holiday market experience to downtown 麻豆传媒映画with an array of both European and Canadian food and drink vendors and artisan stalls.

LOCAL EXPERIENTIAL GIFTS

麻豆传媒映画comes alive during the winter months, so why not give the gift of a special 麻豆传媒映画experience? 

This season, treat your giftee to an immersive art exhibition, such as Da Vinci Experience, Imagine Picasso, or Yoko Ono’s Growing Freedom exhibit at the 麻豆传媒映画Art Gallery. For awe-inspiring holiday lights displays, check out the winter wonderlands of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge and Festival of Lights at VanDusen Botanical Garden. 

Plan ahead for 2022 with a dinner reservation at one of the participating restaurants during ’s 20th anniversary in January. You can also book a staycation for you and your plus one during Dine Out at one of the

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