Diwali 2019: Celebrate this year with unique Diwali gift ideas

Diwali is a festival that is celebrated in India with great enthusiasm and joy. Lots of small clay lamps (called diyas) and candles are lit and placed inside and outside the houses. There is a lot of fireworks everywhere on this vibrant festival, the “Festival of Lights”. Families get together and worship Goddess Lakshmi by doing the Lakshmi Puja, and exchange gifts and sweets with relative, family, and friends.

Exchanging gifts is a common practice. Families, friends, businessmen, and corporate companies, all of them distribute gifts on this day. Sweets and homemade snacks are exchanged at home among the neighbours. Traders, shop owners and businessmen’s share gifs with their peers in the market circle and the staff. On Diwali, corporate houses also gift their employees customised Diwali gifts with incentives.

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Ideas of what gifts to exchange have no boundaries as such, it can be anything and everything. It can range from a box of sweets, dry fruits, electronics, a hamper of assorted chocolates, kitchenware, crockery, money envelopes, or fabrics any many more. You can also gift your loved ones, some traditional or customised diyas, lanterns, and torans.

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List of gifts to exchange this Diwali

• Sweets like Gulab jamuns, son papdi, Kaju katri, etc
• Dry fruits
• Driftwood lampshade candle
• Electric Humidifier and Aroma Diffuser
• Silver-plated Pooja thali set
• Gond tray set
• Handcrafted ceramic and glass luxury bowl set
• Lord Ganesha candle holder
• Goddess Lakshmi’s silver-plated idol
• Silver bowl set with spoon and one tray
• Beautiful bandhanwars or torans to decorate their homes.
• Beautiful wooden Cortez photo frame
• Flavoured chocolates in a golden pouch with ribbon
• A stylish dinner set
• Gold or silver coin with goddess Lakshmi’s or Lord Ganesha’s photo
• Terracotta jewellery
• Handmade soaps in unique shapes that look pleasant and feels aromatic

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How to wrap your gift this Diwali?

Gifting and packing the gift has become a paramount aspect during Diwali festival. Decorative gift boxes with extravagant patterned or personalised ribbons can make the gift look classier and beautiful. Adding such embellishments to your gift will add a feeling of love and thoughtful touch to it. Use coloured tapes and ribbons on plain papers and boxes of gifts, and small-personalised notes attached to the gifts. You can also put some fresh flowers on top of the gift box or packing to decorate the gift. So, this Diwali season, don't just dress up yourself but concentrate on dressing up your gifts differently and beautifully as well!

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