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Apologies if it's a silly question but I am from a different country and therefore culture and so would be keen to learn about British gifts etiquette if there is one.
In particular, a nice middle-class guy living on our street kindly invited his neighbours, including my wife and I, to celebrate his 60th birthday. What is a typical budget in such situations? And what sort of gift would be the best option?
This is not a silly question. Most british people would not expect anything other than a bottle of wine maybe, and a card.
Something of around £20 if it fits the personality of the person, will also work but for a neighbour this would almost be impossible to gauge.
A safe answer is to talk to their wife, and find out the kind of things that might fit. Some people have a birthday list etc. and some simply do not want anything, because they have everything they need and do not want to hassle of people choosing and failing to find things.
A few weeks ago we went to a friends 60th who specifically did not want anything.
