I don't tend to think of all the invites as wanting a gift, although I'm sure some are! My parents were like christiangirl.....they just wanted to tell people and didn't do it to get gifts.
Now, for my wedding, I just sent invites to relatives we had seen or heard from in the last year or two. My family is super small, so no problem, but my husband has a huge extended family and we just were not going to send invites to all of them. Some families just want to be polite and not leave people out, so the parents request invites be sent to everyon they know. I think that's a little excessive!
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