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Gift etiquette across cultures, and guides to the holidays people actually celebrate.
The first guides are being written. In the meantime, the cultural calendar already covers the major name days.
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Flowers in Romania: why the number matters more than the flower
Even numbers are for funerals. It is the single easiest way for a well-meant gift to land badly.
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The Greek name day: why it outranks the birthday
Who hosts, who visits unannounced, and why the gift is not opened in front of you.
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March 8th is not the same holiday in the East and the West
One is a political anniversary, the other is closer to Mother's Day. Sending the wrong one reads as tone-deaf.
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Writing to someone older than you in Romanian
The dumneavoastră question, and why getting it wrong is louder than a spelling mistake.