Prepping for a guest celebrating Passover

[Gregory87]

We are hosting some guests next week who are coming to spend Passover with relatives.  It is our practice to welcome visitors celebrating holidays or special events with decorations and/or appropriate treats.  For example, during Christmas, we set up an X-mas tree and put up related items (stockings, colored lights, etc.).  When a guest is celebrating a birthday, we buy balloons, a card, and a mini-cake.

Since we are not familiar with this Jewish holiday, what might be suitable decorations and/or thoughtful treats to share with our guests?

Thanks for any suggestions you can provide!

~greg

[Patricia1375]

@Gregory87  It's more about the meal.  I have provided a Sadar plate (mine was home made),.  I purchased a package of Matza crackers which are real stiff, and glued them into a deep square, and purchased a pot of panzies and placed them inside the the "Matza pot".  Here is a website to give you some ideas:  https://moderntribe.com/collections/passover. 

[Inna22]

@Patricia1375 I just clicked on your link. Some of the items are hilarious! Chewdaica Passover dog toy that has the colors of matza  and the matza throw blanket are to name a few

[Inna22]

@Gregory87 they will need one more chair than the number of people in the group for Elijah. If your place has an exact number of chairs, they will need one more. Overall, I would imagine they will bring everything with them. There is also a different levels of being religious. Those more religious would probably not even accept someone's Seder plate. If you can score chocolate covered matza, that would be a big hit. A bottle of kosher wine or grape juice if they are bringing kids. It is very thoughtful of you to prepare for each guest like this

[Gregory87]

Hello @Inna22 & @Patricia1375.

Thanks for responding to my posting.  We ended up popping by the local grocery which carries Kosher products.  We thought about getting chocolate-covered matzo and  Passover-approved Coke.  Unfortunately, the matzo was a little more expensive than budgeted and the store didn't carry the special Coke.

Instead, we went with a box of jellied fruit slices, a tin of coconut macarons, and a 6-pack of Dr. Brown soda.  The guests LOVED the items we provided!  

They were gathering for seder at a relative's house, so there was no need for extra seating.  However, they did cook some recipes for the ceremony and said that our kitchen was suitably equipped.

Glad we were able to provide a welcoming setting for their holiday visit.