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Dowry and gifts are different. Dowry is paid in vain while gifts are paid according to stature.
There are several different housewarming gifts that are traditionally given in Chinese culture. Some of these traditional gifts include bread, wine, salt, and candles.
Noble women of the Middle Ages were expected to bring a dowry to the marriage.
A dowry system is something that is used often in India. This is where gifts are given to a bridegroom's family in exchange for the bride to be married to the man.
== == Appropriate anniversary gift giving for the first, fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth and fiftieth years of marriage. Gifts in the early years of marriage were small remembrances, or tokens, such as paper (1st), wood (5th), and tin (10th). In later years of matrimony, gifts gained value, including crystal (15th), china (20th), silver (25th) and gold (50th). The light-hearted nature of early anniversary gift giving, saying "the paper, wooden and tin presents are seldom anything but jokes but, still mean something to many people. Crystal is the earliest that is likely to be taken seriously by the gift-bearers." {| ! Year |} {| ! Traditional |} {| ! Modern |} 1st Wedding Anniversarypaperclock 2nd Wedding Anniversarycotton/strawchina 3rd Wedding Anniversaryleathercrystal/glass 4th Wedding Anniversarybooks/flowers/fruitlinen/silk 5th Wedding Anniversarywoodsilverware 6th Wedding Anniversaryiron/sugarwood 7th Wedding Anniversarycopper/wooldesk set 8th Wedding Anniversarybronze/potterylace/linen 9th Wedding Anniversarypottery/willowleather 10th Wedding Anniversaryaluminum/tindiamond jewelry 11th Wedding Anniversarysteelfashion jewelry 12th Wedding Anniversarylinen/silkcolor gems/pearls 13th Wedding Anniversarylacefurs/textiles 14th Wedding Anniversaryivorygold jewelry 15th Wedding Anniversarycrystalwatches 20th Wedding Anniversarychinaplatinum 25th Wedding Anniversarysilversilver 30th Wedding Anniversarypearlsdiamond jewelry 35th Wedding Anniversarycoraljade 40th Wedding Anniversaryrubyruby 45th Wedding Anniversarysapphiresapphire 50th Wedding Anniversarygoldgold 55th Wedding Anniversaryemeraldemerald 60th Wedding Anniversarydiamonddiamond 70th Wedding Anniversarydiamond/platinumplatinum 75th Wedding Anniversarydiamonddiamond
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A house warming gift for a Chinese family should be thoughtful as to what the family may need or want based on their personalities. A traditional gift for all people in any culture would be a house plant.
Of course it is appropriate to send thank you cards for Christmas gifts! It shows that you appreciated their gifts and respect them enough to let them know what they did was thankful and caring.
The type of gifts that are appropriate for Hanukkah are gifts that are small but are also meaningful. Buy a gift that you know they would love but also make sure its not too big.
Certainly, just say please before or after the no gifts message .
Some examples of traditional gifts are:chocolates / candiesstuffed toys, like bearsflowerslingerie (depending on how old and close you are)perfume/colognejewelrynice dinnerwine
Traditional gifts were sweets or sweet food specially made for the occasion.