Updated Hostess Present Question

vworonec

I asked a few days ago about what to bring for a hostess present and someone suggested apple cider. I asked my friend (going to her grandma's house) if that would be a good thing to bring and she looked at me like I had 6 heads. She said her family would probably drink it, but it seemed like she had never heard of it or had it.

So I guess I should change my plans... would a mum or poinsettia be an ok gift? 

My mom made a good point that my friend might have thought apple cider was alcoholic (I guess cider normally means booze in the south??, I'm from New England so this is not what I meant!) and her family is very anti-booze.

Jim&Jaime

Cider seems weird as a gift to me as well.  I think the poinsettia would be a nice gift, and seasonally appropriate.

alewpanda

I would have considered cider a great gift, but I second the pointsettias!

Temp905625875002822

Your original thread mentioned you baking something. I think that's a better idea than anything else.

I believe plants are a good gift only if know the recipient enjoys gardening, otherwise I think hostess gifts should be bouquets of flowers or a flower arrangement. And does she have cats? I think poinsettias are harmful to cats?

TarHeels&Rebels

Jim&Jaime:

Cider seems weird as a gift to me as well.  I think the poinsettia would be a nice gift, and seasonally appropriate.

I've lived here all my life and while, yes, there's hard cider that's like beer, that's not what "cider" means.  We're familiar with cider.  And I agree that cider seems a very peculiar gift.

And ditto the last poster who said baking is the way to go.  A coffee cake or pound cake will last for a week and are pretty much universally liked.

Poinsettias actually aren't poisonous; it's just an urban legend.