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[quote=Anonymous]I think some people bring gifts because for them it is rude to not bring a gift. It goes against a cultural or social norm that when you are invited to attend an event that celebrates a person, you bring a gift as way of showing your appreciation for the person. In many, many places it would be very rude to show up empty handed at an event - especially when you are being given something in return (a meal etc).

Also in some places it is the cultural/social norm the host tries to make the guests comfortable so they wouldn't ask people to go against their cultural and social norms. So when someone gets an invitation that says to go against their social norm and to be uncomfortable, it is hard to know if that is really what they mean. In this case by telling guests what to do and how to do it, it is shifting the balance to say you don't care about the guest comfort, that it is the host comfort that matters. Again - many people who host would never be comfortable making their guests uncomfortable in order to make themselves comfortable so that adds to having a hard time not feeling rude.

So likely you will find most people who bring gifts are those who associate gifts with celebrations and who themselves as a host would be considerate of the social norms of their guest. [/quote]

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