It's a little silly, but people love doing it. Probably because people like giving others gifts?

[He likes giving gifts too... Though the box of chocolates should obviously indicate that.]

Do you have any holidays like that where you're from?

[He's curious... She's not from Earth, so there's a lot that he just doesn't know. But he does know that she may as well be like any other normal person, her glyphs and semblance and Aura aside.]