I have been invited to spend Christmas with some swiss friends.
What is expected of me as a guest
What are culturally acceptable gifts
What should I expect

When i go to a swiss family i always take a good bottle of wine and a homemade dessert hope this helps and i wish you a merry christmas enjoy your swiss christmas meal

Or a bootle of wine and some local dessert speciality (like rueblitorte in aargau, basler leckerli in basel and so on)... if your cooking skills aren't that good or you are just too lazy that is

yours truly covered this topic in lengthy articles

http://www.xpatxchange.ch/index.php?...293&Itemid=106

this is about when being invited to neighbours inlcuding some gift ideas to bring

and whilst on topic the other part of this articles is about general gifts for baby,weddings,bereavements

http://www.xpatxchange.ch/index.php?...292&Itemid=106

Hope it gives you some ideas, you can always PM me if you want to know more!

Cheers