It's awards season in the US at the moment, and while you might think celebrities and regular folk don't have a lot in common, the truth is that stars receive gift bags just like us when they attend annual events. And while your company retreat in the Blue Mountains might not be on the same level as the Oscars, you and this year's Best Director might end up leaving with similar goodies. Well, some of them anyway.

Promotional Gift Bags at The Grammys

The funny thing is, as flashy as awards shows are the gift bags the celebs get to take away at the end = practical. This year's Grammy award gift bags, for example, contained promotional hand sanitisers (presumably for the celebrities to use after shaking hands with skeezy record producers) and exquisite branded baseball caps from a local Californian business.

grammy cap  grammys sanitiser

Also included in the gift bag were some natty travel pillows that look almost like half of a neck brace (they'll be lifesavers next time Kanye feels like nodding off during a speech) and some customised chocolate in a variety of different shapes and flavours. Notice anything familiar about those products? They're the kinds of gifts regular folks like you and I receive during business getaways and corporate retreats. That's because even the rich and famous love chocolate and need to keep their hands clean. Celebs also travel and go outdoors - practical branded gifts just make sense when you want to get your message across at big events. Heck, they even gave out promotional mints that (allegedly) help with sleeping!

grammy neck support  grammys chocolate

promotional mints sleep

Buuuut practicality is in the eye of the beholder. Also included in the Grammys gift bags? A Gibson guitar, tickets on an $18,000 luxury Canadian train tour, Marchen designer sunglasses and nearly $700 worth of clothing.  OK, so perhaps celeb gift bags have a few differences from ours after all!

Info first spotted here: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/bizarre-items-inside-the-32000-grammys-gift-bag/story-e6frfn2r-1227213150231

Article Updated 23/01/18: New image added, futher product details.