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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can’t give a substantial gift, there’s no point in going. Don’t embarrass yourself and the hosts. [/quote]

Right.  We are not Jewish but gave $100 and was told by hostess mother that "most people have $500."!  I kept her "personal note" to me and it is verbatim:

'Thank you for the $100.  The average gift was $500 but we know that not everyone can afford this amount and Larlo appreciates all gifts."

I suspect that she thought that I would send her another $400.  I did not.[/quote]

I actually don't believe this. My daughter's favorite gifts from her friends were a little costume jewelry heart necklace and another was some cutesy perfume that smells like vanilla. Family gives money in increments of $18, sometimes the checks are substantial if the family is wealthy. However, kids that go to the party are absolutely not expected to give anything more than a token of friendship and MAZAL TOV. [/quote]

This exactly. I am the poster uptrend who said a lot of my DD's gifts from wealthy NWDC families were the kinds of tokens kids give each other... and those are the ones DD liked best. Inexpensive earrings, a scarf, and Politics and Prose or Apple Music gift cards were popular and well received gifts. [/quote]
Do kids usually give a token/fun gift like this in addition to cash, or is it either or? My kids aren’t sure what to give[/quote]

My DDs were given a lot of jewelry from Tiffany - two or three kids would buy a charm for a necklace or a pair of earrings as gifts. [/quote]

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