gift-giving customs
Exchanging wrapped offerings
Gift-giving customs are the social conventions governing when, how, and what to give as presents within a culture or community.
These vary widely: some cultures expect gifts to be opened immediately, others consider this rude; some require reciprocation of equal value, others emphasize the thought over cost.
Understanding local gift-giving customs helped her avoid offending her hosts.
- dowryMarital property transfer
- potlatchCeremonial wealth distribution gathering
- gift cardsPrepaid retail certificates
- gift basketDecorated container of presents
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
thank-you notes · anniversaries · regifting · gift receipt · status symbol · white elephant · red envelope · cash gift · regional customs · peace offering · birthdays · love language · baby showers · bar mitzvah · housewarmings · hostess gift · wrapping paper · charitable donation
- social usages for menchivalry, gentlemanly conduct, social graces, respectfulness, handshake
gift-giving customshoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
withholding · stinginess · miserliness · selfishness · greed
gift-giving customscommercial transactions
Exchanges involving payment
buying and selling · monetary transactions · barter · fee-for-service · commodity exchange
gift-giving customstaking
Act of acquiring
taxation · confiscation · hoarding · theft · extraction