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When is a good time to open wedding presents at reception?

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Like after dinner,cause I have no idea.

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  1. you NEVER open presents at a reception you open them the next day. at my wedding we opened them at my parent's house the next day.


  2. No, no, no no no. You do not open your gifts at the reception. Do not make your guests sit through hours of present opening (unless your wedding reception is only 10 people, all family). The people who weren't able to afford or chose not to give extravagant gifts may feel awkward. And what if someone wasn't able to give a gift at all, and just brought a card? Opening your presents at the reception is uncomfortable for all involved, and comes off as greedy to boot.

    The classy thing to do is take them home, open them privately, and send a thank you card to each and every person who attended the wedding, whether they gave you a gift or not.

  3. It use to be tradition to open gifts while guests ate their cake.  In the last several years bride and grooms have opted to take them home and open them.  I dont know why all the thumbs down I said it USE to be tradition.  In this hurry up world people dont want to sit and watch you.

  4. I have never been to a wedding where they open the gifts at the reception.  You will be so busy at the reception and the time is going to fly - at my wedding the bridesmaids and ushers loaded the gifts into my parents' truck and the next day we had brunch with friends/family and then went back to my parents' house to open the gifts - left for our honeymoon the day after that (having that "breather" day was such a great thing!).   Started writing personal thank you's when we got back from the honeymoon - making sure to specifically state the gift given in the thank you.

  5. You don't open them AT the reception. In fact, you don't even go over to that table until after EVERYONE has left. You take them home and open them that night or the next morning. You really aren't supposed to expect gifts so to open them there would be rude...

  6. plese open your gifts at your own home after you return from any honeymoon trip you may make.

  7. You don't open gifts at the reception! That's rude to those who didn't get you anything and its incredibly tacky!

    Either have a brunch the next day to open with your immediate families or open them together privately when you get back from your honeymoon.

  8. I've never been to a wedding where the bride and groom opened the presents.  I know we didn't at mine.

    I'm pretty sure you just drag them home and open them afterwards.

  9. You don't, ever, it is considered to be disrespectful. Imagine this, *into the mic "Thank you Aunt Brenda for the matching slippers"......*paper unravels, tape rips* "Thank you Uncle Benny for the keys and lease to your condo!"* How S****y would your Aunt Brenda feel after that?

    yea... that is why you don't do that at a reception =P

    plus, you're not 10

  10. You shouldn't open your gifts at the reception.  You should wait until after your honeymoon.  Have someone hold onto them until you get home.

    Best wishes to you.

  11. I've never seen gifts opened at the reception.  Maybe it's normal where you're from????

    Most people open them the next day or after their honeymoon.  I had a brunch-type thing the day after at my in-laws and my parents and his parents and grandparents were there and they watched us open gifts.  I think it'd be really boring to do it at the reception.  Besides, most people who give gifts tend to give money and it'd be rude to announce to all your guests who gave how much.

  12. i have never seen anybody open presents at a reception.  it would just take too long.  you open them when you get home.

  13. Never.  You do not open them at the reception, you open them in private after the wedding or the next day.

  14. No no no no no. This is NOT a 10 year olds birthday party. Adults do not want to sit around and watch you open presents.  Its bad enough they had to sit through the shower.

    You take them home, and open them there.

  15. Elegance is key. You open presents at home.

  16. you usually don't open them at the reception, but its your wedding and you can do things however you'd like to do them :)

  17. You're not supposed to open them there.  You're supposed to take them home with you, or have a family member take them home and keep them until you get back from your honeymoon, and then you open them there.

  18. I didn't open my gifts at the reception.  I opened them at home, when I returned from the honeymoon...when I finally had time to write a thank you note.

  19. I've never been to a wedding where they open gifts in front of the guests.

    Normally, the bride and groom wait until after the wedding, either privately, or with family and members of the wedding party (parents, best man, maid of honor, etc.)

  20. You dont at any point open any of the gifts.  They are just all placed in the same spot, and then you take them home after the reception and open them then.

  21. You don't open them at the reception.  You open them at home after your honeymoon.

  22. The gifts are opened at home in private,so no need to worry about incorporating it into your reception timing.

  23. Don't! It's soooooo boring to watch and kind of tacky.  It's good to do it after the wedding in privacy.  Maybe aunt Sue gave you 300 dollars and Aunt May only gave you 30.  People don't need to know about it..

  24. This is not a child’s birthday party. You take the wrapped presents home and open them later.

  25. I never herd of anyone opening up their gifts on their wedding day. Think about it. Why would you want to spend time opening your gifts on your one wedding day when you can do it on Honeymoon? Why waist time opening gifts when you can do it later. I never have herd of anyone opening their gifts at the reception.

  26. NEVER! its not right to! if some one gave less than another its kinda wrong  for them to see that! OPEN AT HOME! and its tacky!

  27. You never, EVER open wedding gifts at the reception!  The only time it's proper to open gifts at a party is if it's a birthday party, or wedding SHOWER. Period.  Think of the potential embarrassment of your guests who give you $25, and then the next card is for $500...how do you think that will make the other guest feel?  Extremely bad manners to open/announce gifts at the reception. This is meant to be done by you and your future husband , and perhaps your parents as well AFTER the wedding.

  28. You do not open presents at a reception, you open them at home after your honeymoon.

  29. You never, ever open wedding gifts during the wedding. The bridal shower is the only "wedding event" that you open gifts at the party in front of guests.

    You should open your gifts after your wedding or when you get back from your honeymoon.

  30. I've never seen anyone open presents at the reception. Ever.

    You take them home and open them in private.

  31. Never. Tradition and etiquette dictate that you take them home and open them when you're ready, not at the reception. It helps to have someone deisgnated as a gift collector at the end of the night. They can load up all the cards/gifts for you and either take them to your house or your parents or whoever for you.

    Hope this helps!
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