Growing up I witnessed first hand that the lovely tradition of gift giving varies greatly from culture to culture. My father had many visitors from around the world, and as I recall the visitors that always, always arrived with interesting gifts were first and foremost from Japan. Our Japanese visitors just wouldn't have dreamed of coming to our home without a gift in hand, and consequently our living room cabinets seemed to be full of interesting curios from Japan and around the world! Fast forward to my life now, and I can tell you that the Moroccan gift giving tradition is alive and well, and I am more than happy to be on the receiving end, lucky me!
We had a guest from Casablanca, who was to stay with us for just two nights, and would you like to know what he brought us? In addition to the Moroccan food items shown in the photo, there were quite a few other gifts as well.........I'm sharing this with you as a great example of how you can make your hosts feel really good by simply showering them with interesting gifts!
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