I love this thread! I am so excited by Christmas, I have been putting £20 away every month, £2 on the gift cards every week and buying gifts when they are on offer. So I will hopefully be well prepared.
The best thing I have so far is this:
https://www.disneystore.co.uk/mickey-mouse-clubhouse-mickey-mouse-clubhouse-teapot/p/34249/307718/
He loves Mickey Mouse Club House and is starting to copy what we do so I think he will enjoying making pretend cups of tea.
I'm really looking forward to it, not sure what to expect from a 9 month old but i can't wait to snuggle up on xmas eve watching christmas films with him xxx
William was 9 months on the 29th December last year so I can give you some idea. He wasn't really old enough to watch a film but we watched a Christmas cartoon on which he seemed to like.
He liked the Christmas tree and the lights but as he wasn't crawling yet he didn't wreck it like everyone said he would (he will this year though!).
He ate solids at that age so enjoyed tryings lots of new foods.
He enjoyed opening his presents and playing with the toys, I did get too many though as he got bored with it and overwhelmed. If you do prefer to do lots of gifts it will make it easier if you spread them out over the day. He had more fun with his toys on Boxing Day when it was quieter.
We put toys together and put batteries in ahead of time which made life easier.
The toys he loved (and still loves now) from that Christmas are the wooden shape sorter, wooden blocks, Hide and Squeak Eggs, stacking cups, football, books, sit and ride toy.
He also really really loved his activity table but has mainly grown out of it now.
The toys that he has not used from that Christmas are Pingu and Thomas the Tank on DVD (we mostly record it from the TV), soft blocks and a push along baby walker which he ignores.
Hope that helps with your planning, every child is different though so your little boy at nine months might be completely different from how William was.