HOUSE POINTS

Baby, it’s cool inside…

COUNTDOWN CHARACTERS

RRP FROM £59.99

VARIOUS RETAILERS

Behold the advent of a new type of Christmas calendar: a big box containing 24 smaller boxes, each one containing a piece of a character. Come Christmas Eve, you’ve built your own icon, from Shrek to Sonic. No glue required; the bits are all push-fit, leaving them free from sticky stuff (until your nieces and nephews get their paws on them).

01 ADVENT CALENDARS

RRP £29.99-£55 VARIOUS RETAILERS For Lego lovers there’s Marvel’s Avengers (Chrimbo-jumper Spidey!) and Star Wars (eggnog Emperor!), while Funko fans can go for DC Super Heroes (and villains – we don’t buy Joker’s ‘Santa’ act) and 24 days of Five Nights at Freddy’s.

02 FUNKO POCKET POP!

RRP £16-£18 FUNKOEUROPE.COM Little figures (3.8-4.8cm) that could make a big difference to your decorations. The Elf four-pack contains Buddy, Papa Elf, Jovie and Narwhal, while inside the Nightmare Before Christmas tree-box there’s Zero, Sally, Sandy Claws and Snowman Jack.

03 REWIND LIGHTS

RRP £22.99 MERCHOID.COM Bathe your living room in the glow of nostalgia with these multicoloured lights: today’s tech cunningly disguised as the temperamental tapes of yesteryear.

04 LEGO ART THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

RRP £169.99 VARIOUS RETAILERS Wallcrawler becomes wall art in a 2,099-piece set that features 15 (non-radioactive) spiders.

05 DIE HARD COLLECTIBLES

RRP £3-£10 LASTEXITTONOWHERE.COM

Keyrings, badges, mugs… These stocking-fillers will have any McClane fan s(w)inging from the rooftops.

06 BANDAI MINIX FIGURES

RRP £12.99 VARIOUS RETAILERS

The Witcher, Wednesday, Stranger Things, Squid Games… What’s the perfect spot for these five-inch vinyl figures? At the centre of a cool/cute/collectible Venn diagram, obvs.