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XP: Housewarming Etiquette
Just a little background... My husband and I got married January 31st with a small, family only, wedding. We moved into our house February 26th. We have been asked countless times when we are going to have a housewarming party. I kinda thought it would fall off, but it seems to be a persistent question, and the house is finally at a point where we can have people over proudly.
Now, I would prefer people not feel obligated to bring gifts. We want this to be more of a casual barbecue than anything else. However, I also know that a majority of our friends feel that this is them coming to celebrate the marriage and new home, since they weren't invited to the wedding or reception. I also know that putting "Please, no gifts." Can be recieved as rude. Should I just not mention it at all, and let everyone do as they see fit?
I toyed around with the idea of putting different times on invites. Like putting 2pm on family invites, and 3 or 4pm on friends invites, but hubby felt that this was weird. No one from the 2 circles have contact with each other so I don't think anyone would notice, and I think it will just help the flow of traffic. What do you guys think?
Etiquette-wise, I'm not entirely sure how everything works for housewarming parties. How far in advance do we need to send out invites? Does anyone have any wording suggestions? Do people need to RSVP?
Re: XP: Housewarming Etiquette
Don't mention gifts. People will do what they want. If your circle does housewarmings up big, people will bring gifts. In other circles, housewarmings aren't gift giving occasions. Just be gracious however it works out.
The easy answer is to hold an open house. Serve apps from, say, 2-5 on a Sunday afternoon or 3-6 on a Saturday afternoon.
I send out invites 3.5 weeks prior. For wording, I've never been a cutesy one; I just use the standard like "join us for an open house." Whether people RSVP is up to you. For an open house, where you can hold back unprepared food, I don't think it's as big a deal as with a dinner party where you need to know exactly how much food to cook. If you wanted to do things at a set time for a meal, then I would go for an RSVP.
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All of this. For ours, I did a light RSVP to get a general idea of numbers, we invited 75+, but didn't hold to that request. Typical gift(s) for housewarmings are plants and wine, and I don't care for gift giving to be dictated on an invite either, so just ignore, appreciate, and send a thank you note following.