Day after gift opening

I am having lunch at my parents house the day after and any gifts we receive will be opened then. This is not a formal thing though, just my FH and close family having a lunch on leftovers haha

Skip it. It's always awkward to open presents in front of people.

My parents married in the late 1970s and they didn't even do that.

98% of the gifts we received, at our reception, were either checks or cash. Awkward to open, in front of people.

Never heard of it

I have never heard of this and I would not bother attending one either.

My family usually hosts a lunch for our of town guests the day after and we do the gift opening. It's more time for us to celebrate more and get quality time.

Also, our family has a tradition to give a gift that all the aunts and uncles pick to represent our passed grandparents, it's always special.

My FH and I are just going to open ours together at home a day or two after the wedding when we feel like it.

As PPs have said, I believe this is an Upper Midwest thing. I grew up in Minnesota, where my aunt had one of these in the late 1980s.

FWIW, giving gifts for the wedding is also a regional thing. Here in the Northeast, I've always heard "gifts are for showers, cash is for weddings."

I've never heard of this....

we leave for our honeymoon the day after.. we're opening our gifts in private.

Ugh I hadn't thought of this but I think I will absolutely have to invite my parents. Probably FHs parents as well if they are in town but I don't think they will care to watch that.

My friend had a private gift opening after her parents paid for the wedding and my mom was flabbergasted and kept telling our family about how rude that was of her. Ladies doing it in private, I recommend you make sure your mom won't be offended by not being there (even though that shouldn't be a thing..)