Unbox the tree, find the decorations the kids painted when they were little, check which lights still work, and start thinking about themes for this year’s table.
Christmas is almost here, and the IKEA Holiday Shop is now open in all stores across Australia and New Zealand, as well as online.
IKEA’s new Christmas collection includes 195 articles across three ranges: VINTERFINT (decorations), STRÅLA (lighting), and VINTERSAGA (food).
It is all about finding new ways to make the festive season feel like your own and set the scene at home for a playful, joyful time to come together with friends and family.
This year, IKEA’s Christmas collection centres on two distinct themes.
- ‘Scandinavian Folklore’ is rooted in tradition, with familiar Christmas colours and details that feel warm, nostalgic and timeless.
- ‘Happy Carnival’ is more playful, with bright colours, patterns, and unexpected twists… a hot dog tree ornament, anyone?
Christine Gough, Life at Home expert at IKEA Australia and New Zealand, said Christmas here is all about basking in summer entertaining, being proud to open our homes to loved ones, and creating an atmosphere that feels effortless yet extra special, with a little festive magic.
“We know Christmas can be an expensive time, and IKEA is here to help make hosting, gifting, cooking and decorating the home achievable and easy,” she said.
“The products in our Christmas range are affordable and high quality, designed to be long-lasting so they can become family favourites to add to the collection bought out and re-used year after year.”
It all starts with the Christmas tree, with options for every space and style, from artificial pine trees and string light trees to pot plants and a space-saving wooden wall tree decoration that doubles as a DIY advent calendar, perfect for apartment living.
The decoration options are limitless at IKEA and are made from a range of sustainable materials including straw, felt, glass, paper, linen and recycled polyester.
This year, hanging tree decorations come in all shapes and sizes: from jolly birds and squishy red mushrooms to paper lanterns and woodland animals, and even icons from the IKEA food range, the soft serve ice cream and hot dog.
Keep the little and big kids busy in the lead-up to Christmas with the iconic IKEA gingerbread house kits in regular and mini size. The gingerbread village has expanded this year to include assemble-yourself gingerbread Christmas tree and elf kits, too!
Forget the elf on the shelf, in Sweden, it’s all about a gnome known as ‘tomte’, who is said to protect the home in Scandinavian folklore, is available in several sizes as a cute plush Santa Claus decoration found sitting anywhere around the home to add a touch of northern hemisphere festive spirit.
The new range includes star-shaped paper lampshades, festive string lights, red and green candles, candlestick holders like a Santa boot, and LED decorations such as a snowman and modern candelabras to create a striking Christmas tablescape.
IKEA gift wrap is always a best-seller, and this year it introduces double-sided wrap with two patterns to vary your presents’ look, plus paper and cloth bags, boxes, stockings, sacks, ribbon, string, and gift tags to make gifting easy.
To get your haul home, or to transport gifts, the humble FRAKTA bag also gets a Christmas glow-up, with the large carrier bag in a special-edition muted dark green and red check pattern.
Visit the IKEA Holiday Shop online and in-store with VINTERFINT, STRALA, and VINTERSAGA before checkout at all stores in Australia and New Zealand.
