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A good gift to the home keeps giving all year round. Here are five things to help celebrate the season in a host/ess with the most-est way, but that will keep entertaining you into the new year.
Sound
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Fill your home with carols in this moment, and whatever suits your taste next. Sonos offers a wide range of smart speakers, from individual portable speakers to full home theatre systems. The Sonos Roam, $229, is a portable smart speaker that will fit neatly into a stocking and comes in five colours. sonos.com/en-ca/
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Lights
Let your home twinkle year-round with coloured lights that match your mood, the season, your team on game day or your home’s architecture. Evergreen Lights installs LED lights permanently on your home’s exterior. The display is controlled by a mobile app that you can use anywhere with wifi access around the world. A small home starts around $1,000 plus tax. evergreenlights.ca
Fizz
Enjoy all the fizzy water you like, decorated with only some ice cubes, or add bubbles to any liquid from fruit juice to wine, iced tea to spirits. Drinkmate carbonation dispensers comes in four colours that can blend in or stand out in a kitchen. Check out the website for a selection of drink recipes — the Pear-fect Warmer, a Ginger Highball or Homemade Lemon Lime Soda. Available at Drinkmate-canada.com, Amazon.ca and Best Buy. Starts at $129 for the dispenser alone. Other packages include carbonation cylinders.
Raise a glass
Entertain with wine bottles on hand at just the right temperature. This Hisense wine fridge comes in 46-bottle ($799.99) and 54-bottle ($899.99) versions, with dual temperature zones. The current sales promotion knocks $100 off those prices until Dec. 14. Available at The Home Depot, Costco, The Brick, Leon’s and Best Buy.
When the guests have gone…
After all the fun, when you’re ready for visions of sugar plums to dance in your head, nestle down in soft linen sheets from the Edmonton-based Skylark + Oak Linen Co. These are made from 100 per cent European flax and handcrafted in Portugal. Light and breathable, linen bedding helps regulate temperature. A set of queen-size linen bedding is $309. Egyptian cotton and flannel bedding is also on the menu. Order at skylark-owl.ca
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