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New year compositions in Madrid: fir from Christmas to the Three Kings
New Year compositions in Madrid fill the two weeks that run up to Reyes Magos on 6 January, Spain's biggest winter gift day, when children receive their presents from the Three Kings. With 25 December, 1 January and 6 January all public holidays in Madrid, the choice over those two weeks is where the fir goes: carried into someone else's home, or kept on your own table. The rest of the city's calendar of dates is covered on Madrid's flower calendar.
Noble fir and red berries to hand over on a visit
A bouquet of noble fir, a basket or a fir-filled bag are built for carrying, not for standing on a windowsill. They travel in one arm on the way to someone else's home. A basket stands on its own without a vase, so the host has nothing to look for once the door opens. Red berries against blue-grey noble fir are the colours to expect.
Noble fir holds its needles better than most Christmas tree species, and its branches are stiff. For a gift that stays wrapped until it reaches someone's hands, fir bouquets are the simplest choice. Where more branches and more berries suit the room it is going into, look at New Year baskets instead.
A tabletop arrangement, a tree built from cut branches and a wreath all answer the same question: where will it sit for the next two weeks. A dining table wants something low enough to see over, a sideboard can carry more height, and a front door asks for a wreath rather than anything needing a flat surface at all. Settle the spot first and the format follows on its own.
If the piece sits in foam, water it every day in a thin stream over the whole exposed surface rather than from one side, and never tilt the container to check it. Keep it away from radiators and out of direct sun. For a piece that stays in one spot on the table, table pieces are the place to look.
New Year Gifts: fir with a cake that carries the greeting
Some New Year gifts pair fir with something edible: a bento cake, palm-sized and boxed in cardboard, carries a short greeting piped in cream across the top. A cream-topped cake like this should not sit at room temperature for more than two hours, so it is worth timing the order for an hour when the recipient is actually home to open it. New Year gifts group the two together.
New Year corporate gifts in Madrid before the office closes
A company sending gifts to several people can place several orders in one go, each going to its own address, with delivery charged separately for every address rather than once for the whole batch. Invoicing goes to the company rather than to a card, closing documents come from the manager on request, and a company that orders regularly can sign a contract instead of paying order by order. Offices along Paseo de la Castellana are one usual address for this. New Year corporate gifts are built for exactly this split.
Delivery times for New Year compositions in Madrid are shown on each product card. Most orders go out and reach the recipient the same day they are placed. The florist photographs the finished piece before the courier leaves, so the sender sees it before anyone else does. No address is needed if the sender has only a phone number for the recipient. Ordering from abroad works the same way through Madrid's flower calendar. Zones and timing in full sit on delivery across Madrid.
Where to start depends on where the fir is going. A visit to someone else's home points towards a bouquet or a basket that stands on its own without help. Keeping fir on your own table points towards a centrepiece sized to the spot it will hold for the next two weeks. A cake pairs with either once the fir itself is chosen, and a corporate order simply repeats the same choice across however many addresses it needs.