when u set up for a bridal tea and people bring presents are you supposed to open them or is that just at a lingerie shower or sumthing?
2006-07-03 06:39:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Usually you open the gifts, but for a tea in particular, the hostesses can designate an area (a bedroom or table) and open the gifts and set them out for display. The guests are free to walk through and look at the gifts, but a tea is usually more in and out, come and go than a typical shower; this way, guests are able to see the gifts and ooh and aah, but don't feel like they have to stay from beginning to end, or sit there bored.
Bottom line: especially with a tea, it can be done however the bride and the hostesses want to do it, and there isn't necessarily a right or wrong way to do it, as long as the guests are at least able to see the gifts and the bride thanks them. One note - if you do display the gifts, be sure that as they are taken out someone is writing down what gifts came from whom - otherwise, thank you notes will be a total nightmare!!!
2006-07-03 10:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Except for showers and small children's birthday parties, opening gifts is not a part of the enterainment at social events. Even at the mentioned events, gifts are opened without identifying the giver (unless the party is confined to very close friends and family). That way, those of slender means do not feel as if they are in competition with the more fortunate. The shower's hostess or the child's parents keep track of who gave what, so that thank you letters can be written.
So the answer depends. Is this Bridal Tea acutally a shower, by another name?
2006-07-03 14:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever there is a party where gifts are given, except the wedding, it is courtsey to open the presents and thank those that gave to you. Reading the cards is nice too, but some people don't do that for time reasons or personal reasons. Always send a thank you card if you recieve a gift.
2006-07-03 13:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by adrixia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You open all of your gifts at all showers. The people who bring them want to see you open them!! Have fun
2006-07-03 14:43:47 · answer #4 · answered by glitter3317 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - people want to see you open gifts at those types of events. The only event you do not do that at are the wedding reception
2006-07-03 13:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One I went to, she opened her presents, but then another one I went to she didn't. I was pissed off that she didn't open them though, I found it kind of rude.
2006-07-03 13:41:42 · answer #6 · answered by Mountaineer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depens on the brides customs
2006-07-03 14:26:05 · answer #7 · answered by Richgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ABSOLUTELY!!
And have one of your friends write down what you got from whom, so you can send thank you notes.
2006-07-03 13:40:53 · answer #8 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋