Gifts From USA For Korean Family
September 10, 2015 5:25 AM Subscribe
Help pick out amazing gifts for family members in Korea.
I'll be going to Korea with my wife's family soon. We will be attending a wedding, and this is my first time going.
I'm looking to bring amazing gifts for three aunts in their fifties and a female cousin who is eleven. I don't know much about their preferences, but I do know that wife's family gave the eleven year old something from the M&M store that she absolutely loved last year and shared with her friends.
We're looking to bring gifts over in our luggage, and spend about $30 per gift. We'd like to get them things that may cost more or not be available in Korea. They all live in big cities over there.
Any ideas for stuff that from here that they will like?
I'll be going to Korea with my wife's family soon. We will be attending a wedding, and this is my first time going.
I'm looking to bring amazing gifts for three aunts in their fifties and a female cousin who is eleven. I don't know much about their preferences, but I do know that wife's family gave the eleven year old something from the M&M store that she absolutely loved last year and shared with her friends.
We're looking to bring gifts over in our luggage, and spend about $30 per gift. We'd like to get them things that may cost more or not be available in Korea. They all live in big cities over there.
Any ideas for stuff that from here that they will like?
A friend joined his mom in Korea earlier this year - she's from there and was visiting her brother, he joined her a few weeks later. She made friend bring over an entire suitcase full of various gifts, mostly food related. The big requests were peanut butter & beef jerky. I forget what all else was in there, but I do remember an urgent call requesting more peanut butter & jerky (there were already several pounds of each in the bag). Also coffee - lots of coffee.
posted by imbri at 11:12 AM on September 10, 2015
posted by imbri at 11:12 AM on September 10, 2015
And nuts & dried fruit (mango). Tons of nuts - 6 Costco sized bags of walnuts & mixed nuts. There were also 2 of the Costco sized party trays of nuts, dried apricots, figs, etc. Sharing food stuffs is a pretty big thing over there (at least with his family), so assorted party tray type snacks would probably go over well.
posted by imbri at 11:20 AM on September 10, 2015
posted by imbri at 11:20 AM on September 10, 2015
I am Korean and I go through this pretty regularly with my family, what to bring from the U.S. to Korea, and ... the list changes all the time. So something that was the best thing ever one year is not that desirable the next year. Are these family members your wife's relatives? Is it possible to ask them directly what kinds of things they like? Or poll other family members?
(Personally, I've never been asked to bring peanut butter, jerky, nuts, dried fruit, or coffee. On the other hand, U.S. snack foods from well-known brands seemed to go over well with younger relatives.)
posted by needled at 4:10 PM on September 10, 2015
(Personally, I've never been asked to bring peanut butter, jerky, nuts, dried fruit, or coffee. On the other hand, U.S. snack foods from well-known brands seemed to go over well with younger relatives.)
posted by needled at 4:10 PM on September 10, 2015
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posted by OrangeDisk at 7:49 AM on September 10, 2015