Giving Tet gifts is a good culture that has been preserved for generations of Vietnamese people. Each hand-delivered gift fully encapsulates the giver's feelings to family, colleagues, friends... Join Huongmai Cafe to learn the custom of giving Tet gifts and the meaning of gifts in the article below.

  1. Vietnamese custom of giving Tet gifts

Any one of us cherishes the moments of reunion on Tet holiday. After a year of hard work, every New Year to spring comes back hungover, eager to go shopping, prepare meaningful gifts, return to reunite and give gifts to family and relatives.

Giving Tet gifts on every New Year's occasion knocking on the door means bringing good luck and blessings to the recipient. That's why Tet gifts are always invested and carefully selected to express the giver's sincerity and enjoyment to the recipient.

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Today, Vietnamese people not only give Tet gifts to elders such as grandparents and parents to show their filial piety, but also give them to colleagues and friends to send their wishes for a happy, prosperous, and peaceful new year expressing sincerity, showing a strong and close relationship.

Giving Tet gifts has deeply crept into the culture of millions of Vietnamese people every spring. And just like that, it became an indispensable tradition of the nation. New Year's gifts usually have red, yellow, and green colors... symbolizing luck, fortune, a happy and prosperous life. It can be as simple as a box of jams, candies, boxes of tea... for us to sit together and enjoy, while reviewing the happy and sad stories of the past year to reach a new year full of wealth, luck and success.

  1. Meaning of Tet gifts

2.1 Box of sweets for Tet

According to the old concept of Vietnamese people "Betel nut is the beginning of the story", nowadays every spring, a piece of cake opens the story. Confectionery is a familiar dish that can be found in every home during Tet. The first is to worship ancestors, then to entertain guests or the whole family to gather to eat cake and enjoy tea. Each type of confectionery has its own unique character in terms of color, ingredients and flavor. This gift will "score" with all ages, all interests.

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The custom of giving Tet gifts is that the confectionery is very popular. In particular, the crunchy, fragrant butter cookies are the most popular. This is a delicious snack and also a healthy nutritious food that provides an abundant source of energy for the body, which can replace a snack. On New Year's Day, everyone gathers together, sips cake and enjoys tea and chats. Through generations, confectionery is still an indispensable Tet gift in every Vietnamese family. A tray of eye-catching, delicious candies means wishing for a prosperous new year, full of joy and happiness.

2.2 Dried fruits and Tet jam

On Tet holiday, in addition to confectionery, it is indispensable for a tray of delicious, sweet and juicy dried fruits and jams to sip next to a hot teapot. The eye-catching colorful sweet jams are simple gifts corresponding to the sour, spicy, sweet, and fleshy flavors of life. Today, Tet cake gifts are more advanced and modern. In addition to the traditional Tet jam, there are more flexible dried fruits such as dried figs, dried apricots, raisins, etc., which have a special flavor that brings a sweet feeling to the tongue enjoy.

A full tray of Tet jam, can be lotus jam, coconut jam, ginger jam, melon seeds, dried fruit ... will have to make family members fall in love on every occasion of reunion and reunion on a warm spring day. This is a favorite gift chosen to give to family, relatives, friends, colleagues with the wish of a sweet, joyful and happy new year.

2.3 Tea and coffee       

In addition to the above gifts, tea and coffee are also chosen by many people. These are two drinks that are highly appreciated for their convenience, beauty, diverse designs, suitable for buying and using, entertaining guests or as gifts. Huongmai Cafe specializes in providing quality tea and coffee products, ready to serve you this Tet.

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This article Huongmai Cafe collected, edited and supplemented. Hope the article is useful to you in understanding the culture of the Vietnamese people and choosing the most suitable gifts to give to those who cherish this Tet holiday.

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