Secret Santa Gift Guide

Secret Santa comes with its own unique pressure: finding something thoughtful for someone you may or may not know beyond a Slack display picture.

This list from our sister website Souk is filled with small joys, things that are useful, a little unexpected, and comfortably under Rs. 1000, so you can gift something that lands well without overthinking it.

01 Gol Gappa Kettle & Katori

We all know the friend who’s forever planning a chaat break, and this tiny set is made with them in mind. It comes with a ceramic kettle for the paani and a matching katori for assembling each puri. Fill the kettle with about 160 to 175 ml, enough for six to eight puris, and let everyone pour their own. The reactive glaze gives each piece its own tones and speckles. Grey is on preorder for dispatch in the third week, and beige ships now. And it’s not just for chaat, it doubles up for soy sauce with sushi, milk with rasmalai or even jhol with momos. Microwave and dishwasher safe, though a gentle wash keeps it looking its best.

02 Christmas Cocoa & Coffee Gift Set 

For anyone who could use a tiny breather in the middle of the festive chaos, this box is a small, feel-good pause. It comes with a coffee scrub that wakes up dull skin, a hot chocolate that actually tastes like something you’d want to replace your morning coffee with.

A coffee–vanilla spa bar for the end-of-day shower, and a cacao lip balm that’s basically a winter-bag essential. Everything is made with earth-friendly ingredients and thoughtful packaging, so it feels like an easy gift that lands well.

Warm, comforting and just the right bit of pampering.

03 Salty Birds Sticker Book

Some gifts fall into that sweet spot of “I’d never buy this for myself, but I’m so glad someone else did.” The Salty Birds sticker book sits firmly in that zone. It looks like a polite little collection of old-school bird illustrations until you realise every bird is serving attitude. The captions are funny in that slightly unhinged way that makes people laugh out loud, and the whole thing is weirdly therapeutic to flip through. It’s small, silly and delightful in the best way, exactly the kind of gift that lands well with anyone who appreciates a bit of humour.

For the full list of superhit Secret Santa gifts, head over to Souk!