House warming ceremony invitation

on 01-09-2021 wednesday at 03-22 am

Invties:

Bussa Sruyamma-Mallesham

Bussa Swapna-Lingam

MPTC Mandapally

Vill: Mandapally, Mdl: Thangallapally

Dist: Rajanna Sircilla.

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A housewarming party is a party traditionally held soon after moving into a new residence. It is an occasion for the hosts to present their new home to their friends, post-moving, and for friends to give gifts to furnish the new home. House-warming parties are generally informal.

History

The term "housewarming" is descended literally from the act of warming a new house, in the days before central heating. Each guest would bring firewood, and build fires in all the available fireplaces, offering firewood as a gift. Aside from warming the house, this was also believed to repel evil spirits by creating a protective atmosphere of warmth. Uninhabited houses were considered targets for vagrant spirits, and therefore used to require a certain level of cleansing before a house was safe to be occupied by young children.[1] The origin is from the medieval times.

Gifts

The exchange of bread and salt as a sign of hospitality is common in many cultures. Giving bread and salt as a housewarming gift was popular in Russia, Germany, and a feature of Jewish housewarming traditions.

In Greece, the pomegranate was a traditional housewarming gift. It would be placed under or near the domestic altar of the house to bring good luck, fertility and abundance. While the pomegranate was considered the fruit of the dead, it also had strong connections to marriage and wealth and featured in the myth of Persephone.[2][3]

In the 17th and 18th centuries, pineapples were considered an elaborate and extravagant housewarming gift throughout Europe and America. The tradition began as a means of displaying the wealth and connections of the gift giver as pineapples were associated with the welcoming hospitality of indigenous Caribbean peoples shown to Imperial travellers. [4]

Amongst the Karakalpaks of Northwestern Uzbekistan, guests at a housewarming would bring gifts of cloth when they moved into a new yurt.

Illustration?

Why is there an image of a Tiffany & Co trinket? Was it placed as advertising by someone linked to the company?

proper

I was wondering if it is proper to through a house warming party in my own new house? Magmarconis 16:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, a housewarming is correctly given by the homeowner. See p. 438 of the cite to Miss Manners below. Morrand 14:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Etiquette Rule

Someone put something in the article to the effect that etiquette demands that the host request "no gifts". In actuality, etiquette demands that gifts never be mentioned in an invitation, even to request "no gifts". I'm sure I could find dozens of cites, but I'm a little pressed for time right now... Almost forgot: I deleted it! --Steve Lowther 00:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

One cite: Martin, Judith (1983). Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior. New York, NY: Warner Books. p. 586. ISBN 0446377635.

There are a dozen more in that book alone, I'm sure, but one's probably enough. Morrand 14:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Reference

As I have only ever used links as references, I was not certain how to leave a reference for a book. I simply linked to the book in question under Google Books, but I am not certain that that is the correct way to go about it. Musiqueue (talk) 17:09, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Timing

Are we sure a housewarming party has to take place within 90 days of moving in? A citation for this rule (that I've never heard in my life to be honest) would be helpful!IKenny (talk) 16:08, 16 July 2011 (UTC)