Christmas gift ideas (2026): Secret Santa, partners, friends and family

Secret Santa gifts under ₹100

• A funny mug with an office in-joke.
• A small plant for their desk.
• Chocolates with a custom wrapper — print a silly title on it.
• A ₹49 mini gift link — Kismat Ka Ticket (a scratch card of prizes like “one free chai from me”) or Tota Bole Fortune (a parrot that reads their fortune). Great when Secret Santa is remote.

Kismat Ka Ticket A lucky scratch card with their name and prizes you wrote. Perfect for Secret Santa. ₹149 ₹49Preview free →

More cheap ideas in gift ideas under ₹100.

Secret Santa gifts under ₹500

• A cosy winter set — socks, a beanie or a small blanket.
• A desk organiser or a nice notebook and pen.
• A scented candle and a mug of hot chocolate mix.
• A board or card game for the team.
• Their favourite snacks packed like a hamper.

Tip: add a short note with a specific compliment — “you always fix my Excel” is better than “Merry Christmas”.

For your girlfriend or boyfriend

• A winter date — fairy lights, plum cake and a movie at home.
• Matching sweaters for the photo you’ll post anyway.
• A letter in your words — see how to write a love letter.
• A Christmas page you build yourself with Make Your Own: your photos, a letter, festive stickers and a little game.
• A story video of your photos with a starry look like Starry Night, ₹49.

Make Your Own Build a Christmas page yourself: photos, a letter, stickers and a little game. ₹499 ₹199Preview free →

For family

• A printed family photo from this year, framed.
• A baking kit or a plum cake from a local bakery.
• Warm shawls for the grandparents.
• A family photo museum for a big gift — the 3D Museum puts the year’s photos on the walls of a museum they walk through. See the 3D photo museum guide.

Far away this Christmas? Send it as a link

Couriers get stuck in the December rush. A digital gift opens on any phone the moment you send it. Make it on Christmas Eve and send it at midnight. Ideas for people who live apart are in our long-distance gift guide.

Short Christmas wishes

• “Merry Christmas! May your plate be full of plum cake and your heart full of peace.”
• “Santa asked what I wanted. I said: more days with you.”
• “Thodi si thand, bahut saari khushiyan. Merry Christmas! 🎄”
• “Here’s to warm socks, bad Christmas songs and good people. Merry Christmas!”