Last year, for example, I received a box of mooncakes which opened to reveal a vanity mirror.

Two years before, it was a faux-oriental cabinet with a set of tiny doors.

This year, I got a monogrammed trunk with 3 different compartments—one for tea, two for mooncakes. The exterior was finished in aquamarine pleather, while the inside was done up in the sort of expensive felt one often sees in jewellery cases.

However, nothing can compare to Lady M’s Jade Rabbit Zoetrope Mooncake box. The box is circular like a carousel, and it glows when you spin it because why not? If mooncake boxes can be briefcases, Ikea bookshelves, and avant-garde night lamps, who are we to stop the box from identifying as a merry-go-round?