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Secret Santa gift ideas for an afghani colleague.

Hi, I have a colleague at work, and I am his Secret Santa this year. He has never celebrated Christmas before, and he was happy to participate in Secret Santa this year. He is from Afghanistan as you may have already guessed, and he has been living in Europe for quite a few years now. I know that he loves cricket, and I was thinking of getting him an Afghanistan cricket shirt, not official one since it's a little over the Secret Santa gift budget limit this year but a knock off that would represent his love for both Afghanistan and cricket.

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So, I am just wondering what other good gift ideas you may have, and what would make an afghan person really happy,

Posted Nov 24, 2022, 2:47 PM UTC · edited

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omw2fyb--•

Afghans love green tea, can’t go wrong with a cool tea set either but I like your idea too!

Also FWIW it’s “Afghan”, as “Afghani” is the currency 🙂

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EWLTMOP•

Thank you for advice! Sorry for misspelling, learned something new today!

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thecoolmarshmallowAfghan <3•

cricket shirt would be a good idea.

tea. afghans are obsessed with tea.

sweet stuff: jalebi, afghan cream puffs, kulche shor, gosh-e-feel

out of curiosity, is he homesick? because you don't necessarily need to get him a certain gift because of ethnicity unless he misses afghanistan or mentioned wanting something related to it.

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EWLTMOP•

He never mentioned being homesick that much, but he is talking with his friends and family very often. Thank you for the tip!

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thecoolmarshmallowAfghan <3•

no problem :)

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PBAHA97•

Afghan people love their tea, so the best gift in my opinion would be to gift them a good quality thermos. A slightly bigger one perhaps (700ml-1L). Don't bother with low quality ones cause noone like to put their precious tea in a unreliable thermos.

Afghans also appreciate leather goods, wallet, shoes, boots, belt...etc.

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EWLTMOP•

Thank you for tip! I will take a tour to a proper tea store, and see what I find!

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fancyfootwork19Kandahar•

I second for leather goods

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PBAHA97•

Big up, fellow KDR boy.

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fancyfootwork19Kandahar•

Afareen bachem 🙏🏽

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PBAHA97•

Dawa di sa zoya 😂🤜🤛

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melilley•

A framed map of Afghanistan from Etsy.

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EWLTMOP•

Thanks for the tip, I will check that map out on etsy!

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melilley•

This seems like a good one there's lots : https://www.etsy.com/listing/1244877735/afghanistan-map-shades-of-black-grey

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birdsmom35•

Just want to say you’re awesome for being so caring. What a great coworker you are :)

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xanax_7•

Plus one to this.

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New_Consideration257•

*Afghan

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EWLTMOP•

Sorry for misspelling, I corrected my mistake now, Learned something new today, thanks!

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