The customary German gift is designed to ensure that the new household has enough food — and plenty of flavor! But the ...

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Bread and salt. Wine. A broom or sack of flour. Honey, pineapples, even bluebirds — a symbol of happiness — have been bestowed on people moving into new homes over the centuries.

And many people have relocated because of pandemic-related changes in work, school and home life. Over the centuries, traditional housewarming gifts have included bread and salt or wine or honey.

An assortment of goodies accompanies the bread gift, in what's known as a geschenkkorb. The assortment typically comprises honey, candles and even a broom.