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Friday 12th Mar 2010
Home & Living Gifts
Whether you are buying for your own home or a housewarming gift, in this section you will find a vast array of gifts for the home, and house gifts from mood glow candles to kitchen gadgets.
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Originally harking back to a Scottish tradition, housewarming is a common concept today. From the primitive custom of taking the fire embers from an old house over to the new abode to heat the rooms, the term ‘housewarming’ sprang. Today we associate it with wishing occupants of a new home a happy and prosperous life there, by perhaps purchasing housewarming gifts.
Housewarming gifts usually have one of two main capacities; some have both. One requirement is usually to be functional or useful, so first-time buyers would welcome cutlery, glassware, kitchen utensils etc – though people moving from one house to another would tend to already have these things. That is not to say they wouldn’t need their current set replacing if it is well-used....
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