Chennai Christmas stores stock up one-of-a-kind and eco-friendly decorations

Looking for unique ornaments and tree hangings to add to your Christmas decor this year? These Chennai-based stores have you covered.

As the Grinch that the pandemic was is not looming over anymore, Chennai’s residents are busy dusting off their old trees or buying new ones, to decorate with customised ornaments, tree skirts, hangings and fairy lights.

Niveatha Ramkumar, an Alwarpet resident, was busy unwrapping the decorations for her red and white-themed Christmas tree. After havingdiscovered shops and sellers on social media she went to their shops to buy decorations. “I think I’ll have to buy a new tree just to accommodate all the new ornaments I have purchased,” she says, scrolling through her phone for new trees. While she is happy with her picks, she adds that she couldn’t buy everything she liked as the stocks were getting sold out very quickly. 

Padmini Gohul, owner of Sorrel Gardens, which has several stores and nurseries along East Coast Road says she has brought in around 90 new products for the festival this time.

These include an eight centimetre tall wooden Christmas express with snowmen, reindeer, carousels in red, gold and green, leaves with red berries, star tree-inserts made of resin, mini nativity sets , figurines of Santa Claus handing gifts to children, and idols of animals made out of ceramic.

They also stock Santa Claus figurines, in big, small and mini sizes, which according to Padmini are popular return gifts.

These products have been imported from Thailand, Indonesia, China and Europe. “Apart from the decorations, many of my customers also purchase Christmas-themed crockery and linen,” she says. Padmini’s customers come from across the country and outside as well.

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