Should I bring a hostess gift?

A Gift for the Host The best thing you can bring to a dinner party is a token of your appreciation. When someone is kind enough to extend an invitation, you should be kind enough to bring along a hostess gift, says etiquette expert Jodi Smith of Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting.



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Hostess gifts don't require thank you notes. By nature, hostess gifts express appreciation, so writing a note of thanks for them would be like thanking someone for thanking you.

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