When Do Christmas Candle Boxes Need To Be Ordered?
Work backwards from the day the candle has to be on the shelf. Production takes 8 to 10 business days after dieline approval for a carton and 10 to 12 for rigid. A printed sample takes 7 to 10 before that, and free shipping across the United States takes up to 5. The table counts those figures back from your shelf date for a rigid set and for a carton set.
| Step | Rigid set | Carton set |
|---|---|---|
| Send the quote request | 32 business days before | 30 business days before |
| Request the printed sample | 27 business days before | 25 business days before |
| Approve the dieline | 17 business days before | 15 business days before |
| Production complete | 5 business days before | 5 business days before |
| Delivered across the United States | On the shelf date | On the shelf date |
A rigid set needs the quote request about seven weeks before the shelf date, and a carton set needs it about six weeks before. Count back from your own shelf date and send the quote a week earlier if the artwork is still changing.
Sleeve Or A Full Seasonal Box?
A sleeve, for almost every brand. A printed sleeve in 300 GSM board slides over the box you run all year and carries the holiday artwork for 100 units at a time. The stock left after the holidays is then a stack of sleeves and not a stack of boxes. A full seasonal box earns its place only for a set that exists in the holiday season alone. Candle gift boxes carry the base build the sleeve goes over.
Which Finishes Read As Christmas?
Hot foil in gold or red on a deep green or navy wrap is the pairing most Christmas candle boxes use, and it prints in one pass. A metallic Pantone ink gives a lighter shimmer across a whole panel at a lower cost than foil. Soft touch lamination over a dark wrap reads as velvet and suits a rigid set. Keep it to a wrap color and one foil, because a sleeve carrying three finishes rejects more sheets on press.
Do Holiday Sets Need Different Inserts?
No, because a set of two or three jars uses the same cavity insert as the rest of the year, cut to the jar diameter plus 2 mm. The candle box inserts page carries the rule. The one holiday build that is different is the advent box, a 24 cell divider grid in a lidded tray with a numbered lid. It uses the grid from the tealight candle packaging page.
How Do You Order Christmas Candle Boxes Wholesale?
Send the jar size, the set count, the quantity and the shelf date through our quote form and a dieline and a price come back within the week. The terms below hold at 100 boxes and at 5,000, and they do not change in the season.
- Minimum order is 100 units per size and design and it comes down on rigid, corrugated and larger sizes
- Price breaks arrive at 500 and 1,000 units on one artwork and not across mixed designs
- Production takes 8 to 10 business days for folding carton and 10 to 12 for rigid and wrapped
- A plain sample takes 3 to 5 business days and a printed one takes 7 to 10
- No setup or tooling fees apply because the die and the plates sit inside your unit price
- Shipping is free across the United States on every order we take
Order a printed sample of the sleeve, because a red foil on green can only be judged in the hand. Every other candle style sits on the candle boxes page, and the full range for products beyond candles sits under our custom packaging boxes.
The Customized Boxes