The best Christmas mugs on the market in the UK

Whether it’s a steaming hot chocolate, your favourite coffee or even a cheeky hot toddy, nothing beats cosying up with a warm drink during the cold Christmas months – especially when that drink is in a festive mug!

To celebrate the arrival of our favourite season, we’ve scoured the market to find the best Christmas mugs available to buy this year… keep reading to discover our favourites!

Best Christmas mugs to buy in the UK

Spode Christmas Tree Mugs, Set of 2

If you're on the lookout for a thoroughly traditional Christmas mug, you can't do better than this set of two ceramic mugs from heritage pottery brand Spode, which has been turning out quality earthenware since 1770. This particular Christmas tree design has been in use by the firm since 1938, giving the mug a truly classic quality, while the green matching spoon makes for a lovely finishing touch. Classic, cute and with a generous 414ml capacity, it's the perfect Christmas hot chocolate mug. Plus, it's dishwasher and microwave safe.

• £19.99 for two

Buy Spode Christmas Tree Mugs from Amazon

Christmas Biscuits 1/2 Pint Mug

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One of our highlights from Emma Bridgewater's Christmas 2022 collection, the Christmas Biscuits mug is giving us serious urges to grab the nearest box of cookies and settle down for an epic dipping session. Made of dishwasher safe earthenware and hand-painted with cute biscuit motifs in festive red and green, it doesn't get more Christmassy than this!

Personalised Glass Christmas Mug

Why not treat your loved ones to personalised Christmas mugs for your next festive movie night? We like these understated glass mugs from Etsy maker Stanleyandsolly. You can choose to personalise them with an initial only (above), or an initial and name in silver glitter.

• from £5.25

Buy Personalised Glass Christmas Mug from Etsy

Fotini Tikkou Mr and Mrs Claus mugs

These festive Anthropologie mugs make a wonderful Christmas gift for loved ones or Secret Santas – choose from Mr or Mrs Claus, brought to life in a cute 3D design by illustrator and maker Fotini Tikkou for Anthropologie. Both mugs are made from hand-painted stoneware, for a cosy, handmade look that’ll suit a country kitchen. Dishwasher and microwave safe. And if you love Tikkou's style, check out the matching dessert plate!

• £14

Buy Mr Claus mug from Anthropologie

Buy Mrs Claus mug from Anthropologie

Double Wall Insulated Christmas Mug

When Keeping Up with the Kardashians star Kourtney Kardashian, raved about double walled coffee glasses on her lifestyle website Poosh, they quickly became all the rage, and it wasn’t long before Instagram bloggers everywhere were posting pictures of the aesthetically pleasing mugs all over their feeds. These festive versions from Amazon are slightly less sleek, but much more fun for the Christmas months - each one holds around 230-280ml of liquid, and they’re made out of high quality lead-free borosilicate-glass. Find glass coffee mugs you can use all year round in our list of favourites.

• £18.99

Buy Double Wall Insulated Christmas Mug from Amazon

Tesco Disney Festive Mickey Mug

• £4

Buy Festive Disney Mug from Tesco

The perfect gift for Disney fans, this colourful china mug - available for delivery or collection at Tesco - features Mickey Mouse in festive reindeer getup, on a background of jolly red scattered with snowflakes. Its rounded shape is ideal for wrapping your chilly hands around on a cold winter's day!

Woodland Christmas Mug

If you’re not a huge fan of over-the-top yuletide decorations but still want to make a subtle nod to the season, you’ll love these Christmas mugs from the home of affordable décor, Matalan. Belonging to their Woodland range, this forest green mug features an understated stag design that’ll look right at home amongst Scandi-style or Japandi themed décor.

• £3.50

Buy Woodland Christmas Mug from Matalan

For more festive inspiration, visit our Christmas hub for our ultimate guide to planning - and enjoying! - the holiday season, and don't forget to take a look at our pick of the best Christmas trends for 2022.