By the time Labh Pancham is over, December is already in view. Three kinds of gifting land in the same four weeks: the corporate year-end gift, which for many companies is more inclusive than a Diwali gift; Christmas itself, on Friday 25 December 2026; and the relatives who fly in from abroad for December weddings and leave with a suitcase of things they cannot get where they live. This is what we make for each, with the dates.

Year-end corporate gifts

Not everyone on a team celebrates Diwali, and a December gift avoids the question. It also arrives when the Diwali gifts have been eaten, used or forgotten. Pieces that work for a mixed team and a mixed client list:

  • Gold-leaf coaster set of three, ₹349 per set or ₹299 from 25 sets, in black, navy, gold, white marble, amber or emerald. Emerald and gold read as festive in December without being tied to any one festival.
  • Logo desk stand, ₹199 each or ₹149 from 25, with the company's name cast under the resin.
  • Pen holder, ₹699, in the brand colour.
  • Gold-foil tray with two jars, ₹1,499, for the client who sends the most work. Fill the jars before it goes.
  • 5 by 6 inch photo block, ₹1,200, with the team photo from the year-end party, one per person. This is the gift people photograph and post.

Quantities, branding and how the price tiers work are all in the bulk gifting guide. Bulk orders take 15 to 24 days, so for distribution in the week before Christmas the order needs to be confirmed by 25 November.

Christmas pieces

We do not make Santas. What we do make, in red, green, white and gold, works on a Christmas table or a mantelpiece:

  • Pearl and gold-leaf tealight holders in red and green, ₹169 each or ₹129 from 50, in a row down the middle of the table.
  • Gold filigree tealight stands in white, ₹169 each or ₹129 from 50.
  • Keychains with gold leaf and a date, ₹299 down to ₹149 from 100, for a school, a church group or a building's Christmas party.
  • Coasters in emerald and gold from the set above.

Family flying in from abroad

December is when Ahmedabad's NRI relatives come home: for a wedding, for the winter, for a parent's health check-up. They arrive with chocolates and leave with things for the house abroad, and we get two kinds of requests around that.

Gifts to give them while they are here

Something small enough to go in a cabin bag and hard enough to survive it. The photo block, the coasters, the roli plate in its gift box, and the Shubh Labh hanging pair for their front door in Edison or Brampton, ₹249, are the four that go every December.

Things they ask us to make before they land

A pooja thali for the mandir abroad is the most common. A 6 or 8 inch thali fits in a cabin bag; a 12 inch goes in checked baggage in the foam packing it arrives in, and we have not had one break that way. A name plate for the house abroad, in Gujarati, Hindi or English, takes two to four weeks, so it has to be ordered well before the flight lands; many families order it in November for a mid-December pickup. A round frame with a kuldevi or a temple image printed and sealed, from ₹1,500, is the third.

Resin is not restricted by airlines. Brass diyas are fine in checked baggage. Keep the original foam corners and box, and tell the check-in counter it is fragile if the piece is over 12 inches.

If they have already left

We ship to the USA, Canada, Australia and the UK by tracked air courier, 6 to 9 business days, and take payment in USD, CAD, AUD or GBP by card. Duties, if any, are the recipient's, and shipments to the USA under 800 dollars usually enter duty-free. The international orders guide covers all of it, and the USA, Canada and Australia pages have the specifics for each.

Order-by dates

  • Corporate year-end bulk orders: confirm by 25 November for delivery in the week of 15 December.
  • Christmas pieces within India: order by 5 December for the rest of India, by 10 December within Gujarat.
  • Name plates and custom thalis for relatives to carry back: order two to four weeks before their arrival, so by mid November for a mid December landing.
  • Shipping overseas for Christmas: order by 20 November.

And if a relative lands on the 20th and asks for a thali to take back on the 27th, message Heta anyway. The 6 inch stock-colour pieces sometimes exist, and she will tell you straight away either way.