Good grief, is that the time? Christmas is nigh upon us again, with the promise of summer trailing dazzlingly in its wake. Which means sun and decks and a glass in hand. What’s not to like about that? Which also means it’s time to start getting prepped. With that in mind, we present our annual round-up of brilliant buys as selected and championed by you, our customers, over the preceding year. In other words, this is your rock-solid and road-tested buying guide for the festive season and beyond. After all, thousands of local purchasers with a nose for a bargain can’t be wrong. Can they? No, indeed they cannot.