Christmas present for your mom in India: gifts for the woman who makes Christmas happen, from Rs 549

For the one who bakes the cake and sets the crib

In most homes that celebrate Christmas, mom is the one who makes it happen. She soaks the fruit for the plum cake weeks ahead, unpacks the crib and the star, plans the Christmas lunch, irons clothes for midnight mass and remembers every neighbour who needs a box of kulkuls or rose cookies. A Christmas present for her lands best when it is either for her alone, or makes her part of the day prettier.

This is true whether your family is in Goa, Kerala, Mangaluru, Mumbai, Shillong or Kolkata, or whether yours is a family that simply loves Christmas and puts up a tree every year.

From our range, hand-poured in pure soy wax in Jalandhar:

• Vanilla Reverie, Rs 549: vanilla-scented soy wax in an amber glass jar with gold flakes and a black screw lid. Vanilla smells like her baking, and this is our only scented candle. For her bedside, to light when the house finally goes quiet on the 25th.
• Braided Candles, Rs 849 for a pack of 4: round candles with a chunky braided rim, in pink, blue, butter yellow and peach. Four soft colours for the Christmas lunch table or the sideboard next to the crib.
• Spiral Pillar Candles, Rs 799 for a set of 5: twisted pillars in ivory, pink, blue, yellow and navy, or a single colour at Rs 179. Tall enough to look formal at dinner.

Which mom are you buying for?

For the Christmas window, many families place a single white candle on the sill on Christmas Eve. One ivory spiral pillar does that job on its own, or three in a row for Rs 537.

Two-candle Christmas presents

• For her and for her table: Vanilla Reverie plus Braided Candles, Rs 1,398.
• For her and for the window: Vanilla Reverie plus the Spiral Pillar set of 5, Rs 1,348.
• For a coastal mom: Vanilla Reverie plus Seashell Candles, Rs 1,448.

All three cross Rs 999, so shipping is free. Add gift packaging and a gift note on the product page.

Sending it home when you cannot be there for Christmas

If you work in another city and will reach home only on the 24th, or not at all this year, ship the present straight to her address. Enter her address at checkout, add gift packaging, and write a gift note on the product page. Two lines thanking her for every Christmas she has made for you is the part she will keep.

Couriers are busy in the last two weeks of December. Dispatch is 24 to 48 hours and delivery 2 to 7 days after dispatch, so order in early December and check the delivery estimate for her pincode on the product page. We cannot promise a date.

If you are going home, carry it with you. Put the braided candles out on the lunch table yourself on Christmas morning and do one job she usually does: lighting the candles, laying the table, or washing up after.

What else children give their mothers at Christmas

The common Christmas presents for a mom in India: a new dress or a saree for midnight mass, a cardigan or shawl for the cold evening, jewellery, a new set of baking tins or a stand mixer she has wanted, a framed family photo, a hamper of good chocolate and wine, a plant for her balcony, or a day at a spa after the festive cooking is done. A candle does not replace the main present; it is the small, personal thing on top, or the gift from a younger sibling with a smaller budget.

We do not make LED candles, Advent candles, Christmas tree ornaments or a range of scents. For those, go to a Christmas market, a home decor store or a specialist scented-candle brand. For our other Christmas pieces, see our page on Christmas candles online in India.

How payment and returns work

• Prepaid only through Razorpay: UPI, card, net banking or wallet. No cash on delivery.
• Free shipping from Rs 999; Rs 79 below.
• A return request must come within 24 hours of delivery. Damage reported within 24 hours is replaced or refunded, with refunds in 5 to 7 working days of approval. Cancel free before dispatch.
• Questions: +91 85958 24586 on WhatsApp, or maharani@raajkosh.com.

A note for the card: keep candles away from the tree, the crib straw and paper decorations, never leave them burning unattended, trim the wick to about 5 mm, and keep each burn to 3 to 4 hours.