Traditional Italian Housewarming Gifts
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Traditional italian housewarming gifts. Here are 13 traditional housewarming gift ideas. Thank you bonus it was fun to shop for and then assemble. Vases throw blankets pillows towels flowers and picture frames. Then it never fails someone pulls up at the same time as me carrying a basket full of awesome ideas.
Fill them with a bottle of wine sweet treats and homemade preserves whatever you like. Italian housewarming basket mngermanshepherd. Besides being highly useful traditional housewarming gifts were also ceremonial and symbolic. Here are 15 housewarming gifts and their symbolic meaning.
Their intentions were to clear the abode of bad vibes and evil spirits. From the classic christmas movie its a wonderful life this is a unique printable home blessing poem to include with a homemade gift of a loaf of bread salt and a bottle of wine. It s flavorful and prized by cooks around the globe. Or just print from your home computer and frame it up for a great holiday or housewarming gift.
October 22 2016 at 10 56 pm reply. Salt is also said to cure all wounds and ensure health and happiness. We gift gray sea salt. It carries the blessing of may your house never know hunger personalize this gift idea even further by wrapping it in a custom tea towel.
Traditional housewarming gifts include. Cutting boards dish towels and bottle stoppers. In the past housewarming gifts were quite functional such as a bag of groceries and firewood. Cheese knives drink pitchers serving platters and wine glasses.
I needed a last minute gift. A candle can be a great housewarming gift. Bread wine honey olive oil and salt. I am always stumped when it comes to getting housewarming gifts.
Traditional housewarming gifts what they symbolize giving a food basket as a housewarming gift is a safe bet they are sure to be appreciated and can be as economical or as expensive as you like. Wreaths doormats and planters. Another of the most common traditional italian housewarming gifts is salt. Bread is a common traditional housewarming gift.
It is believed that lighting a candle helps ward off evil spirits by adding light into the home and symbolically casting out darkness. Thank you for writing and letting us. Click on the gifts such as candle bread and salt in the image below and they will take you to a brief description of their origins and symbolism as well as perfect gift suggestions for the new homeowners. October 27 2016 at 7 42 pm reply.
Personalize your gift by. Italians believe that placing a pinch of salt in the threshold of each door will bring the new homeowner good luck.