What's the history behind housewarming gifts?
Buying a house of your own is one of the biggest achievements of a person especially in the case when it is for the first time. Throwing housewarming party is a tradition which we can see in India too and known as Grihapravesh. During this occasion friends and relatives are invited and the invitees present gifts as a token of appreciation for the achievement and to congratulate the person. As per few information in the pages of history the concept of housewarming originated in France. During such parties, all those persons who have helped making the house are also been invited. People who all are invited generally bring firewood for warming the house. These actually help in creating a pleasant as well as welcoming atmosphere. This is how the concept of “Housewarming” came into existence. Bringing of firewood on such occasions transformed in the later years and now giving gifts that can help in warming and blessing the house and the couples who purchased the same. Unique housewa...