Yuletide season is just around the corner and the city has already begun prepping for a merry time. It’s time to channel your inner grinch and get into the spirit of the festive season because Santa Claus is coming to town! Here’s our guide to the best markets in the city for all your Christmas needs. From XMas trees to reindeer sleighs, find it all here.
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town! Hit Up These Markets For All Your Christmas Needs
New Market
The good ol’ New Market is paradise for those looking for Christmas trees and decorations as well as delicious treats for the season. The place is lined with shops and street vendors selling everything from Santa Claus caps to baubles and stars for your tree decor. Pick up delicious plum cakes, fruit pies, and peppermints from the iconic Nahoum’s. Shop for shola flowers and wreaths from R.Das without burning a hole in your pocket.
Free School Street
Another area lined with tiny shops selling all things Christmas. The pavements are filled with trees along with several shops selling decorations. Find the most stunning faux trees at Merry Flower starting at INR 1,500. The shop also stocks all kinds of baubles, stars, and tinsel decorations that you can imagine as well as reindeers and gilt sledges to complete your XMas decor. For sustainable handmade decor, drop in at Sasha Fair Trade store and get yourself tiny bells, papier-mâché Santas and candles, cloth candy canes, and more. If faux trees aren’t your thing, find the real deal at The Globe Nursery.
Park Street
Park Street is synonymous with Christmas in Kolkata. No celebration is complete without a visit to this particular area. A Christmas shopping spree is incomplete without a visit to the iconic Good Companions for all kinds of decor you need and to Flurys for delicious sugary treats from plum cakes, house special Dundee Cake, Rum & Raisin, Fig and Honey, and more. Plus, the pavements are lined with street vendors selling cute bells, stars, Santa Claus toys, and caps.
Barabazaar
The Barabazaar Christmas Market is, again, heaven for those looking for cute decorations at dirt-cheap rates. Jazz up your Christmas tree with lights, bells, stars, frills, and many more decoration items available at the market. Do up your living room with vibrant wall hangings and cute Christmas trees. You can also get yourself Santa suits and caps if you’re in the mood to play dress up.
Aranya
Located in Dakshinapan, Aranya is your go-to store for all things Christmas-y. We know they are known for their handcrafted clothes and home decor but their range of Christmas ornaments is equally kickass and eco-friendly too! Get your hands on their intricately designed baubles made of handmade paper, foil, and jute. Trees, ‘Merry Christmas’ banners, stars, candy canes, angels, cane balls fitted with fairy lights, and tiny pine-tree cutouts - all these Christmas goodies and more available at reasonable rates.
