Any US Moms advise on Thanks Giving Gifts

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DS is staying with a US family, he will be there for Thanks Giving.

Should he get them a gift? If so any ideas????

Oh how nice! He doesn't have to give a Thanksgiving gift, it isn't really a gift-giving holiday,, but he could bring a "hostess gift" as part of coming to visit and be pleasant and willing to help out in the kitchen on the big daystir the gravy or whatever if he's around and not playing football with other kids at the moment. I am sure that a little something from the UK would be nice to bringmaybe kitchen-themed (pot holders/tea towels/trivets etc.) or some actual food item that could be served, or not, at Thanksgiving that had a British flair?

My friends in the US love the Cath Kidston fabrics, especially the ones with London buses etc, so teatowels or an oven glove from there have gone down well. Also biscuits or jam from Harrod's because everyone's heard of that and knows it's fancy. Also M&S stuff, but my friends lived here abs developed a fondness for Percy pigs.

Agree it’s not a gift giving holiday but a help out in the kitchen one. A cooking kitchen item (tea towel) is great…along with mashing up the potatoes.

it's not a gift holiday.
when I lived in the us we would bring the host flowers & wine. or some special biscuits. or some nice (paper) napkins.

it's basically a fancy dinner party.

or bring a tray of food, like pigs in blankets (check if there are jewishs/muslim guests before brinking pork)

No one gives or gets gifts. We just eat traditional food and watch TV.

Although you could get them a gift for hosting, just as a thank you for allowing him to stay. Probably a English biscuit (fam loves hobnobs) snack is best or booze

Thanksgiving is not like Christmas. Gifts aren’t exchanged.

I’d probably bring some kind of food related “gift” as a thank you for hosting me sort of thing. Wine, a dessert, box of chocolates, flowers etc.

We used to take cheesecake to my SIL on Thanksgiving each year. One year it was sold out we took Chocolate cream pie and Lemon meringue pie. It was topic of conversation. How could Safeway sell out of cheesecake?

UPDATE
Sorry I didnt communicate it well.

He is already there been there since August. When he arrived I sent a bouquet of flowers to show our gratitude. He has chores to do and seems to love helping out.

I assume TG they will have a family meal I wasnt sure whether in his spare time if he should get a gift but as youve all said not a the done thing so will tell him to offer to help prep the meal, set the table etc.

He's back to the UK for Christmas and Im going to send him back with Christmas gifts... so you'd recommend

Kath Kitsen tea towels
Harrod biscuits

any other ideas???

If he’s living with them then just offering to help out. If you’re going to someone else’s house for Thanksgiving then you might bring some food, often there’s a list agreed before, but not if he’s already living there. Gifts from the UK - British chocolate, M&S type food gifts. Maybe some nice toiletries - Molton Brown or that kind of thing.

M&S have got those London style shortbread tins for Christmas - those would be good.

Best thing about thanksgiving is no gifts, lots of great food. I bet anything brought from the UK would be a great gift. For me it would be food items we don't have here.

I think a hostess gift is always lovely. Flowers can be very nice because then they can be used as a centerpiece if one is needed. I like the dishtowel idea (I love a cute dish towel), also for a dinner party a nice bottle of wine or some fancy chocolates are probably not going to go untouched! Nothing expensive though. I'm sure they will just be delighted by his polite manners!

Ooo! Emma Bridgwater mugs, pasta bowls, etc. It's astronomically expensive in N America.

Does he like to cook? He could offer to bring a side dish, like a vegetable, an appetizer, or a dessert. He could offer to bring a nice piece of cheese and crackers if he doesn't. Something like that. But honestly, you don't really have to go to the trouble of sending tea towels abroad. A simple bunch of flowers (not an expensive arrangement) as someone above said, is nice, too.

Definitely just a food holiday!! Since he is living there have him pitch in. If he really wants to bring something perhaps he can get a bouquet of flowers for the host. I'd bring that or a bottle of wine as a hostess gift.