The Petite Christmas Eve Trunk

A petite heirloom trunk in deep burgundy corduroy, 38 cm long. It arrives empty, ready for the things that make your Christmas Eve.
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The Petite Christmas Eve Trunk
A petite heirloom trunk in deep burgundy corduroy, 38 cm long. It arrives empty, ready for the things that make your Christmas Eve.
$189.00 AUD

A petite heirloom trunk in deep burgundy corduroy, 38 cm long. It arrives empty, ready for the things that make your Christmas Eve.

Beautiful quality, everything that makes Christmas magical - I can't wait for my little boy to open this beautiful letter!

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Keepsake qualityDesigned in Australia, made to be kept

With a letter, it ships together by 12 November.

The Petite Christmas Eve Trunk is 38 cm long, 22 cm deep and 18 cm tall, with room for a book, folded pyjamas and a few small treasures standing on end. Christmas Eve is the night they try hardest to stay awake. This petite heirloom trunk becomes your family's Christmas Eve box, in deep burgundy corduroy with a striped lining, ready for the things that make the night: new Christmas pyjamas, a Christmas book to read before bed, the elves' writing pencils, a personalised gift tag with their name on it, or a letter from Santa to open before sleep. It arrives empty, so what goes inside is always yours to choose. You can also bring it out on the first morning of December to start the season. One trunk, every Christmas, for as long as they believe.

The corduroy is a deep burgundy wine, a shade darker and softer than the Dark Red of the Santa letter envelopes, so the two sit beautifully together without matching. Inside, the lid carries a gathered corduroy pocket sized for a letter.

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Trunk Details +
  • Size: petite, 38 cm long, 22 cm deep and 18 cm tall on the outside. Standing on end, a hardcover Christmas book rises above the rim, while a letter from Santa in its envelope, a box of the elves' pencils and a board book sit at or just below it.
  • Colour: deep burgundy fine-wale corduroy, a shade darker and softer than the Dark Red of the Santa letter envelopes, so the two sit together without matching.
  • Lining: burgundy and cream striped fabric throughout, with one gathered corduroy pocket across the inside of the lid, sized for a letter.
  • Hardware: two brass latches on the front and a brass carry handle at each end.
  • Weight: about 3 kg. It arrives empty, in its own foam-lined box.
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The trunk ships worldwide in its own foam-lined box, within 3 to 5 business days of your order, with tracking sent to you the moment it leaves. Ordered with a Santa letter, everything waits for the letter and ships together by its date, about three weeks from your order.

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The Christmas Eve Trunk open beside the tree: deep burgundy corduroy with a striped lining, holding a Christmas book, tartan pyjamas and a letter from Santa

Christmas Eve, then every Christmas Eve

The night before Christmas, kept in one place

On Christmas Eve the trunk comes out and the lid lifts on everything that makes the night: new pyjamas, the book you read before bed, a letter from Santa with their name on the envelope. It arrives empty on purpose. What goes inside is yours to choose and different every year, and the trunk is the part that stays the same.

The rim of the open Christmas Eve Trunk with the tree lights glowing behind it

Or begin on December 1st

Open the season on the first morning of December

Some families bring it out on the first of December instead, to mark the switch from ordinary time to Christmas time. Fill it on the first, then again on the twenty-fourth. Either way it goes back in the cupboard on Boxing Day and comes out again next year, for as long as they believe.

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Frequently asked

What goes in a December 1st box?

The classics are a Christmas book, Christmas pyjamas, an ornament for the tree and something for hot chocolate. Families with a letter tradition add the elves' writing pencils, and some give their letter from Santa on December 1st so the whole month is spent believing.

What size is the trunk, and what fits inside?

It's petite: 38 cm long, 22 cm deep and 18 cm tall. Standing on end, a hardcover Christmas book rises above the rim, and a folded pair of pyjamas, a letter from Santa in its envelope and a box of the elves' pencils sit comfortably beside it.

Is the trunk red or burgundy?

Burgundy. The corduroy is a deep wine colour, a shade darker than the Dark Red of my Santa letter envelopes, so the envelope stands out against it rather than disappearing into it.

Does anything come inside the trunk?

It arrives empty on purpose. The books, pyjamas and treasures in the photos are styling props to show what fits, and they aren't included. What goes inside is the tradition, chosen by you and different every year, and the trunk is the part that lasts.

What is the December 1st box tradition?

On the first morning of December, children open a box that starts the season: something to read, something to wear, something to do together. It marks the switch from ordinary time to Christmas time, and it comes back out every year.

December 1st box or Christmas Eve box?

Either, or both. Some families bring the trunk out on December 1st to open the season with some small gifts, a cheeky elf, an advent calendar etc, others keep it for Christmas Eve: a book and pyjamas, the letter from Santa and a gift from Mum and Dad.

The Magical Details

  • The brass latch on the front of the burgundy corduroy Christmas Eve Trunk, unhooked

    Deep Burgundy Corduroy

    A fine-wale corduroy in deep burgundy wine, a shade deeper than the Dark Red envelope, soft enough to want to touch and sturdy enough to come out every Christmas.

  • A letter from Santa tucked into the gathered corduroy pocket inside the lid of the Christmas Eve Trunk

    A Pocket in the Lid for Their Letter

    One gathered corduroy pocket runs across the inside of the lid, sized for a letter from Santa, so the first thing they see when it opens is the envelope with their name on it.

  • The Christmas Eve Trunk open beside the tree: deep burgundy corduroy with a striped lining, holding a Christmas book, tartan pyjamas and a letter from Santa

    Brass Latches and Handles

    Two brass latches on the front and a carry handle at each end, so it closes with a click and carries from the cupboard to the end of the bed.

A Christmas detail that lasts forever.

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