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New Year compositions in Delhi, for a 1 January that is not a holiday
New Year compositions in Delhi are ordered for 31 December, because 1 January is not a public holiday here and the festival of gifts and new beginnings is Diwali. Fir is ordered for the evening of that date, for the households that actually keep it, and the first real choice is whether the arrangement leaves the house in someone's hands or stays behind on a table.
Noble fir bouquets and baskets to carry to a host
A visit to friends or family calls for fir that travels well: a hand-held bouquet, or a basket that needs no vase once it is set down on a host's side table. Red berries and a gold ribbon suit either format, since red and gold read as lucky, festive colours here, while a plain white arrangement is one to skip. The order goes in for the exact date and a chosen time slot. The florist photographs the finished piece before the courier leaves, a step covered on the delivery in Delhi page.
Once midnight has passed, what stays behind in a Delhi flat is a different kind of fir. A low arrangement built in a dish of foam sits on a sideboard or dining table and isn't meant to be carried from room to room, and a tree built from loose branches works the same way. A wreath, by contrast, belongs on the front door rather than indoors. The foam under either piece wants a thin stream of water across its whole exposed surface every day, without tilting the piece. Delhi's winter is covered on the city's winter weather page; indoors the piece stays away from radiators and direct sun.
Something to eat at midnight: cakes and New Year gifts with the fir
A palm-sized bento cake, boxed in its own small carton, carries a short greeting piped in cream across the top, and it sits naturally alongside a fir arrangement among the New Year gifts on offer. A cream cake should not sit at room temperature for more than two hours, so the cake is timed to land close to the evening it will actually be eaten, not hours ahead of it.
New Year corporate gifts for a Connaught Place office
Connaught Place is the city's business and shopping centre. A single order can cover New Year corporate gifts for a few addresses at once, with delivery counted separately for each one. What the courier needs at an office is the company name and the floor, since reception generally takes it from there. The invoice can be raised to the company rather than to an individual, settled by bank transfer, with supporting paperwork issued on request. Fir on the desk sits alongside the Diwali sweets colleagues already exchange.
A tabletop arrangement is the place to start if the fir is staying in the flat after midnight, while New Year bouquets and a New Year basket suit a visit that moves on to someone else's table. New Year compositions in Delhi are timed to the evening of 31 December, and conditions for each district are on the delivery in Delhi page.