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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
My other pet peeve - bringing presents to the reception. Send them before, to the bride at her home address, or afterwards to both of them at their new address, but don't saddle someone (usually the bride's family) with having to try and store your gift without losing the card.
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This bears repeating....
people, please do NOT take gifts to the reception.
We had 6 gifts where the card got separated from the box. That does not count the multiple cards that we received that were just well-wishes (those people had mailed a gift instead) and were not originally attached to a box.
We had to wait until all gifts arrived through the mail to figure out which 6 people likely had brought one of the 6 mystery gifts. Then we had to call and explain the embarrassing situation and ask those people if they had indeed brought a gift to the reception, and then ask them to tell us what it was so that we could properly acknowledge the gift in a thank you note. Awful.
In addition, it was pouring, pouring rain on our wedding day. We left and went to a hotel, and our sweet families and friends had to take over 100 boxes up to our 3rd floor apartment. In the pouring rain.
So.. I will say it again. Do not take gifts to the reception. Either mail them or hand deliver before or after the wedding. Miss Manners endorses this as well.