Gifts and Presents

you be careful:)

Some time ago as I was invited to the Christmas eve celebration of a German family and also experienced this kind of occasion for the very first time, I did feel so embarrassed at the scene of exchanging the Christmas gifts. This was not about how expensive or how cheap a present you sent (of course I would say a tin of cola is surely not acceptable^_^), but about the manners there. In China as invited to a feastful dinner or similar occasions, it’s quite frequent to hand over your present at the first moment you see the host to show your gratitude. That son lived with me together in an apartment so I wanted to give my gift to him who’s in my sense on behalf of his whole family. But he just refused and said I should save this until we were at his home. So I had to stuck it into my pocket again, which was embarrassing enough to have killed me.
And later as we arrived at his home, I remembered his words this time and just observed how things went on. But out of my expectation there came an American girl too who was also invited, and now I had a problem. I just prepared a good and “big” present package for the while family and this girl got some more small presents along with her so that she could also send them to others at presence. Surely you can image how enjoying I felt to receive her cute present with empty hands on my side. If this was in China, I could at least spare the following terrible scene, because we Chinese never open the gifts at once to express our happiness and thanks. But here in Germany I have to, like others do. So again I had to admire her gift to be so wonderful in front of her while not daring to see her face.
So this is my unforgettable experience and I would very much suggest my fellow countrymen to keep in mind^_^!