France Gifts by Mediterranean Interiors

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A gift or a present is an item given to someone without the expectation of payment or anything in return. An item is not a gift if that item is already owned by the one to whom it is given. Although gift-giving might involve an expectation of reciprocity, a gift is meant to be free. In many countries, the act of mutually exchanging money, goods, etc. may sustain social relations and contribute to social cohesion. Economists have elaborated the economics of gift-giving into the notion of a gift economy. By extension the term gift can refer to any item or act of service that makes the other happier or less sad, especially as a favor, including forgiveness and kindness. Gifts are also first and foremost presented on occasions such as birthdays and holidays.

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Article Title : Gift
Article Snippet :Gifts Congratulations Gifts Engagement Gifts Housewarming party Gifts Women's day Gifts Valentine's Day Promotional gifts vary from the normal gifts.
Article Title : The Gift
Article Snippet :The Gift or The Gifts may refer to: The Gift (sculpture), an early readymade by Man Ray The Gift (essay), a 1925 sociology/anthropology essay by Marcel
Article Title : Merci Train
Article Snippet :Train sent by the American people to France in 1947. Each of the Merci Train boxcars carried five tons of gifts, all of which were donated by private
Article Title : Gift economy
Article Snippet :norms and customs govern giving a gift in a gift culture; although there is some expectation of reciprocity, gifts are not given in an explicit exchange
Article Title : Pylones
Article Snippet :Pylones is a French gift shop chain. Pylones was founded in Paris in 1985, by Jacques Guillemet and Lena Guillemet. They have 110 shops in 20 countries
Article Title : The Gift of the Magi
Article Snippet :of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular
Article Title : Christmas gift
Article Snippet :The practice of giving gifts during Christmastide, according to Christian tradition, is symbolic of the presentation of the gifts by the Three Wise Men
Article Title : Gift wrapping
Article Snippet :Southern Song dynasty, monetary gifts were wrapped with paper, forming an envelope known as a chih pao. The wrapped gifts were distributed by the Chinese
Article Title : Gift tax
Article Snippet :determining if one owes gift tax, it is necessary to determine what gifts were given for the year, whether or not the gifts are exempt from gift tax or fall into
Article Title : The Gift (essay)
Article Snippet :The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies (French: Essai sur le don: forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques) is

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