Top Shopping Picks From Online Christmas Markets

Vivienne Tseng-Rush | Dec 12, 2022 12:25 pm | Add a comment | 201 reads

Even though there’s a dearth of live Christmas shopping to be done right now, online Christmas markets such as the Rumble in the Jumble’s festive edition – Secret Santa’s Surplus Jumble – and the Christmas Beijing WeChat group founded by Sarah Krasicki, have been ongoing for a while and still seeing new vendors all the time! With so many enterprising entrepreneurs hawking their wares, we asked the experts to sift through them to bring us their top picks from these virtual markets.

Here’s Sarah’s Top 5 picks from the Christmas Beijing WeChat group:

Liuba Draws

New to Beijing, I’ve only recently discovered the wonderful artwork of Liuba Draws, but many of you are likely to be familiar with it.

Liuba’s quirky, colorful watercolor illustrations have been used by well-known businesses such as JOYCE, The Opposite House, Slow Boat Brewery and Wild China to name a few.

I was delighted to discover that in addition to calendars, tote bags and magnet, Liuba Draws also has a Christmas Card collection and a new book ‘Liuba Draws Beijing’. Any of these will make fantastic Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers.

uNic

This Cufaras (Mini Coffer) is an original and new concept created by uNic. It is a gift destined to become an heirloom passed from mother to daughter for generations to come.

The beautifully crafted Beechwood box is decorated with traditional ethnic Romanian motives. Each motive has been carefully selected to represent what every mother wishes for her daughter in life. Hope and light, liberty, joy, passion, abundance, peace, equilibrium, protection and a North Star to guide her along the path of life.

A truly unique gift that I am excited to gift my daughter this Christmas.

Custom Beijing

My family and I love playing北京opoly!

This custom version of the popular family classic is a hilarious take on everyday life in China. It’s a wonderful keepsake for yourself or as a gift for friends who are leaving the Middle Kingdom.

The Chance and Community Chest cards will have you laughing and reminiscing when ‘You are 692 in the Didiqueue’ or you ‘Mistakenly buy 200 items on Taobaothinking the listing was for one’. Travel the city to buy Sanlitun, Shunyi, Wanfujing, Haidian or Guomao and Advance to Go to collect 200RMB.

北京opoly is a wonderful keepsake for yourself or as a gift for friends who are leaving the Middle Kingdom.

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