Neighbor Gifts

So I was reading this article the other day about this non-Mormon had moved to Utah and was experiencing how all the social things in the city revolve around Mormon activities not clubs of any other sort. She was explaining how she has been learning to accept living in an area where the majority are Mormon/LDS. Towards the end she talks about neighbor gifts. We have a single guy that lives in the small rental next to us and is from the East Coast.  He was not home when we dropped off our gift to him - it was nothing big, just homemade rolls and some candy. As the night went on, I started to wonder if he was thinking the same thing this lady did about how strange it is to be given a neighbor gift. We will see - When Michael walked past last night the box was not on the doorstep anymore so he either got it or someone came and took it (as the Christmas gift stealing has been making headlines here and also here. So I know it is very common! =) )

So my question to you
Do you do neighbor gifts or do you receive them?

What is the most unusual neighbor gift you have received?

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