VerZogt: What a great idea for a present – how to deal with “disappointment”. So he doesn’t get everything that his friends received. They are supposed to be “presents” or “gifts” not entitlements. He wants a steel band? Oh well, I as the person giving the gift like the leather band better.
Did one ever wonder why a tallis and kittel are given as a present to the chosson? MAYBE, it’s because they are the only gifts that he will take with him “nach a hundredt un tzvanzig”. Why give a watch? To make him aware of the greatest gift Hashem gives a human being – the gift of time and how to use it correctly…and not just as an adornment for the wrist.
Is a silver esrog box important? Maybe buying an esrog and lulav for the first 10 years would be more important then the box that holds it.