next drop
the next
drop
Thursday 12 November, 9am. Santa's nice list gets in on the Wednesday.
Old pine and and all things nice are back, and everything is posted early enough to be wrapped and under something before anyone starts panicking.
get on the nice list
One email box, one click. That is the entire commitment, and I only write when there is something to say. No chimney needed.
you get in a day early
The nice list opens on Wednesday 11 November — the link and the Christmas offer land in your inbox. Everyone else waits until the Thursday, by which point the good ones have a habit of going.
when it's gone, it's gone
Nothing gets restocked in between. The next batch is the next drop, and that is months away.
questions
When does it open?
Thursday 12 November, at 9am. If you are on the nice list you get in a day before that, on Wednesday the 11th.
The September drop closed on Saturday 3 October. Nothing is restocked in between — this is the next chance.
How do I get on the nice list?
Put your email in the box above. One email a month at most, and you can leave whenever you like.
Will it arrive before Christmas?
Yes. Order by Friday 4 December and it's guaranteed for Christmas. Everything is posted by Wednesday 9 December — well before the Christmas post gets difficult.
I have deliberately set that earlier than the Royal Mail deadline. Nobody wants a present that turns up on the 23rd.
How much will there be?
Small batches. I pour four times a year in Birmingham, and every candle passes through my hands — so there is only ever as much as one person can reasonably make.
When a batch is gone it is gone, and the seasonal editions tend to go first. I would set an alarm.
When will it arrive?
Orders start going out on Thursday 19 November, a week after the drop opens, and everything ordered by Friday 4 December is on its way by Wednesday 9 December.
UK delivery is free, and you will get tracking by email when it goes.
Anything else?
Everything else — how to stop a candle tunnelling, looking after a diffuser, returns, the seasonal editions — is on the care and questions page.