Bridal Shower and Opening Gifts

rochellekaren

For a bridal shower,  would it be a good idea to ask guests to wrap their gifts in clear wrap with card attached?  Sometimes sitting thru opening gifts can be tedious.  This would be a huge time saver and allow the bride to be to circulate and be more a part of her party. 

sarahbear

Tacky. Don't dictate to guests what to do with their gifts.

TheDuckis

The point of the shower is for the bride to open gifts. If she doesn't want to do that, there's no point in having a shower.

6fsn

I don't think it's acceptable to ask people to wrap their gifts in a certain way.  Unless there are 50 people there it shouldn't take that long to open gifts.

HerHighness

TheDuckis:

The point of the shower is for the bride to open gifts. If she doesn't want to do that, there's no point in having a shower.

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Butter Cookie

No. That would be extremely tacky. The bride can't talk and open presents at the same time? Is she going to be alone in a room opening presents? Any bridal shower I've been to there was present opening (with everybody standing/sitting around) and talking, plus food, drinks, etc.

SA7206

I agree with others. If there are a large number of guests, then designate a bridesmaid to help her unwrap the gifts (untie any ribbons, etc), but still let her open the gift.  That way it speeds up the process a little bit.

Also, I know a lot of people aren't fans of games, but bridal bingo or the timer game keeps people's interest during gift time.

kjvogelsang

I agree, it's tacky. However, if you have that kind of relationship with some of your friends or relatives, I would maybe ask them to help.

I had a friend that hosted a baby shower and asked a couple of us girls to do it. We didn't care at all and were happy to, BUT we also have that type of relationship where we don't get offended at things like that!

TheDuckis

Gift bingo is my favorite shower game.

My flowergirls helped me open gifts at my shower, and everyone had a great time watching them.

Heather&Ben

Very tacky & appears gift-grabbing instead of celebratory IMO.  Opening gifts is a huge part of showers & pp like seeing your gifts!!!

northtamarack

I agree it isn't something that should be done.  If you are looking to save time, have one person hand the bride a gift, have another one on the otherside taking away the trash.  This makes it go a lot faster. 

Dreynol1

One of my bridal showers was hosted by a friend of my MIL in a small town in Texas. In parts of Texas, its traditional to leave gifts unwrapped and on display on tables in the home the shower is being held at. Gift cards with labels for who the gift is from are set out in front of the gift. This way,  guests can browse the tables and see all the gifts. Its more of a "come and go" feel where guests stop by the home and mingle with the bride to be and her family. Just a thought. I actually enjoyed this much more than opening gifts in front of everyone. It left more time for socializing.