In the west, when you have a baby it's traditional to pass out cigars. When we had little A, we bought our 'cigars' from Bernard Callebaut, and they were pink.
Here, in the east, the tradition seems to be to buy one of these large chocolate baskets (there are specialty stores dedicated to making them) and to supply enough chocolate for a small country. We bought one when baby N was born, all in shades of blue, with a sweet little blue teddy bear on top. As these come from 'local' shops, you often need someone local to do the purchasing for you. Peter's employee, Musabah, organized both the baskets for baby N and NB S on our behalf. He also loaned us his personal gift basket (apparently, locals just BUY a basket that is re-used) to fill with chocolates.
As if she isn't sweet enough!!
NB: I only got to keep about 8 of these chocolates, and the teddy bear (for NB S's keepsakes). Let me tell you--I have yet to find a chocolate here that has HALF the flavour of a Bernard Callebaut bar. The Patchi just doesn't do it for me.
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