Gift calendar for companies 2026: When and what to please employees and partners

Corporate gifts have never been "just something with a logo" at the end of the year for us. We see them as one of the most visible ways to thank people for their work, build relationships with clients, and strengthen the brand in everyday life.

We know from experience that most companies deal with gifts at the last minute – typically in December. By then, it is too late for creative ideas and custom production, and they are often left with “what is still in stock”. Therefore, we recommend looking at 2026 differently: prepare your own “gift calendar” and distribute gifts to key moments throughout the year.

How to set up a gift plan for 2026

When we plan gifts with clients, we always start not with products, but with questions:

Once we have these answers, we can put together a plan for the whole year and choose the appropriate   promotional items and corporate gifts   so that they make sense for a specific occasion and target group.

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Beginning of the year: thanksgiving and a new start

January and February are the perfect time to give thanks for the past year and get motivated for the new one. We often recommend practical yet visually appealing items to our clients that will be on people's minds all year long:

In our offer   promotional items and gifts with logo   You will also find a variety of office and office-lifestyle products that we can customize to your visual identity - with color, logo, printing or engraving.

Spring: Women's Day, Easter and the first internal events

Spring is often forgotten, yet there are several ideal moments for small but effective gifts - International Women's Day, Easter , spring meetings, project kick-offs.

For ladies in the team or clients, we like to put together packages of more delicate, lifestyle items - mugs, candles, wellness and tea sets, small <a href="https://www.mpromotion.sk/katalogove-reklamne-predmety/kancelaria-a-pisacie-potreby/kancelarske-doplnky"> accessories for the office or home . We can match them in color and content so that they appear as a complete gift, not as throwaway products.

Spring campaigns are increasingly featuring products that promote a healthier lifestyle - such as water bottles, sports towels, or simple fitness accessories.

Summer: teambuilding, events, sports days

Summer is our favorite time to create original gifts – it is associated with teambuilding, sports days, family events, and open-air events.

In practice, we have proven that:

We can turn textiles into visually unified "merch" for the entire team - whether it's simple logos or creative prints tied to a specific event. These gifts live on in photos, internal channels and social networks and significantly help employer branding.

summer corporate teambuilding

Autumn: dry days and warming relationships

In the fall, companies are calling out to "warm up" relationships - both literally and figuratively. The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting drier, and people are more appreciative of things that bring them comfort.

They work very well here:

We can create entire autumn collections from our offer - for example, "office hygge", "travel comfort" or "autumn well-being" - always in line with what your brand communicates and what colors it uses.

Christmas: still the biggest highlight, but no longer the only one

Christmas remains the biggest highlight of the season and is the time when it becomes most evident whether a company has planned its gifts in advance or is handling them at the last minute. We work with clients in both directions:

Christmas sets with mugs, sweets, coffee, tea, textiles or blankets are popular. A good example is the winter sets of the mug + gloves type - practical, seasonal and visually impressive. Add to this high-quality packaging and a personalized card and you have a gift that doesn't look like "just another company bag".

Christmas corporate gifts

Anniversaries, jubilees and special milestones

In addition to calendar holidays, we also work with clients to celebrate their own milestones - company anniversaries, employee anniversaries, successfully completed projects, or acquiring a major client.

We more often choose more premium and durable items for these occasions:

Thanks to long-term cooperation with manufacturers, we can also ensure   custom production   – products that you won't find in regular catalogs. It could be a custom shape, a special material, a combination of several products into a set, or a completely original idea that we come up with together.

How to choose a gift that won't end up in a drawer

When choosing gifts for our clients, we repeat a few simple rules:

When these principles are combined with good timing and thoughtful planning, gifts stop being an expense and become an investment in relationships.

How can we help you with 2026?

We are   advertising agency from Bratislava   specializing in promotional items , corporate gifts and custom production. Thanks to many years of experience in advertising and marketing and cooperation with manufacturers, we know how to:

design a gift plan for the entire year 2026, not just for Christmas,

If you want to keep your gifts under control next year, contact us with a short brief: who your target group is, what your budget is, and what your important dates are. Together, we'll turn it into a gift calendar that will delight employees, partners, and the marketing department.