The Mr. and I are heading to a friends house tomorrow night for dinner. They recently moved into their new place and we want to bring a housewarming gift. (OK, let's be honest here, I want to bring a housewarming gift, I'm pretty sure the Mr. could care less.)
Anyhoo, I learned that it was a European (namely Italian and German) as well as Chinese custom to bring salt as a present to new homeowners. The former believing it adds spice to the resident's life and the latter believing the salt brings good luck. (Similar to the way throwing salt over your shoulder protects against bad luck once you've spilled it!)
Now, I realize that this is more a "Friday Fun Superstition" than a "Friday Fun Fact", but nonetheless, it's a fun gift idea the next time you visit someone who recently moved in to their home. I plan to jazz the gift up a bit by purchasing a gourmet salt from Williams-Sonoma as well as wrapping it up in pretty paper. Hey-you can't just bring some random salt shaker you swiped the last time you went out to eat!
Happy Friday everyone!
that's such a great idea! you're so creative!
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