It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Parents stepping on each other’s heads to cleave the hottest toy or gadget from the clutches of increasingly competitive retailers, kids whining about their egregiously priced gifts because theirs didn’t come in the colour they wanted. We love it.

Seriously though, Christmas doesn’t have to be a maddening rush that’s more about consumerism and competition than friends and family. In fact, if you do things right, you can actually turn Christmas into a celebration of music and all the wonderful and often bizarre gifts it’s given to us.

To that end, we’ve compiled what we reckon are some of the must-have gifts this season for the music lover in your life, whether it’s obscure pieces of band merchandise, life-changing pieces of tech gear, or just a great music-related book or an album.

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