Christmas is fast approaching and everyone’s already pretty occupied thinking on either what food to prepare for the Noche Buena and what gifts should they get their family and friends. Definitely everyone wants their gifts to be memorable and be reminiscent of themselves.
It is the busiest time of the year, so here is a guide on where to look for the best finds and have a stress-free shopping spree for the gifts this coming Christmas!
Noel Bazaar
Noel Bazaar is largest and longest-running annual holiday bazaar in Metro Manila. They feature small to big entrepreneur that sells merchandises from arts and crafts, to clothing and fashion accessories, home decors, novelty items to food and drinks. If you want to buy something unique and new, this might be the place for you since most of the shops/sellers here would be start up entrepreneurs who are still making a name for their products or items. Aside from getting new and unique gift or items, you are also helping these start-up entrepreneurs put up their name by discovering their items or products.
You can check the schedules and venues of the Bazaar through their facebook page.
Divisoria
For a budget-friendly shopping trip for gifts to be given for your family and friends, Divisoria has it all! From cheap toys, school supplies, to fashion merchandises and all the jazz. You can get budget friendly items inside the malls in Divisoria: Tutuban Mall, Lucky China Town, 168 Mall and so on and so forth. There are independent shops and businesses there that sell a lot of different and variety of things. You can also haggle for a lower price. But if you want to get more for lower costs, the shops outside the malls in Divisoria will be cheaper as they pay lower rent than the ones in the mall. You can also haggle especially if you’ll buy many items from one shop.
Online Shops
For the people who just want to stay at the comfort of their homes but are very keen in shopping for gifts for their loved ones, online shopping is for you! It’s not news that online shopping platform such as Shopee, Lazada, Zalora and Carousel are dominating the online market with their promise of easy breezy shopping with just clicking through your phone and waiting for the items to arrive. While this is the easiest place and way to shop, the downside for this is that the fact that you can’t check first the products you’ll be buying and the products may take a while to arrive so you’ll have to order in advance if you want your gifts to be received by your loved ones on or before Christmas.
Do you have your list for the gifts to be given to your family and friends yet? Head on to Noel Bazaar, Divisoria or buy online before you get too busy to even think about it!
