Should you take a gift for your host? The answer is often yes. In Turkey, it's polite to bring snacks and make sure you take something for the children to eat! People in China like to receive gifts from guests, too, especially if they're red, because red is a lucky color. Be careful, though! Never give a clock as a gift in China. Clocks are bad luck because the Mandarin word for "clock" is similar to the word for "death