The Main's massive Montreal 2024 holiday gift guide

Get 55+ gift ideas from Montreal and Quebec-based businesses in everything from clothing, food, and jewelry to décor, homeware, and self-care products.

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The Main

December 9, 2024- Read time: 1 min

With Hanukkah and Christmas steadily approaching, gift ideas can get overwhelming.

When you really want a gift to be thoughtful, there can be a million and one ideas out there, making it difficult to know where to start (especially as Canada Post’s strike continues to slow delivery times). Sure, you can check out holiday markets in Montreal, but they are many and you are just one shopper.

That’s why we’ve put together a best-of list of gift ideas with makers and creatives from Montreal and Quebec who you can reliably lean on for ideas—everything from clothing, snacks, jewelry, home décor, and self-care products can be found here. Best of all, orders from these local operations ought to arrive just in time for the holidays.

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Check out The Main’s own shop, the Dépanneur, for gift ideas that support our storytelling!

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