"A few years ago, I came across a clever housewarming gift on Instagram. It was a jar of honey with a note that said something to the extent of, "Honey, so that your memories may always be sweet." I had a housewarming party to attend that weekend so I grabbed some local honey and a wooden dipper, tied them with a ribbon, wrote the saying on a pretty tag, and brought that along with my standard bottle of wine."
"In the movie, George, the protagonist, and his wife, Mary, go to a housewarming party with a three-part gift in tow. The gift is accompanied by a poem. "Bread, that this house may never know hunger, Salt, that life may always have flavor, And wine, that joy and prosperity may reign forever." Throughout the years, two additional lines have made their way into the poem, including the reference to honey where my familiarity with it started."
An Instagram-inspired honey-with-a-note housewarming gift uses the phrase "Honey, so that your memories may always be sweet." The film It's a Wonderful Life provides a traditional three-part housewarming gift: bread for abundance, salt for flavor, and wine for joy and prosperity. Two later additions — honey for sweet memories and olive oil for health — expanded the formula. Original presentation pairs all elements in a basket with tags explaining each line of the poem. The formula adapts easily to modern gift-giving for housewarmings and holidays by assembling symbolic edible items with explanatory tags.
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