December Wedding; when to send invitations?

Yes August and september are way too early. People will not be able to commit - especially for a holiday weddding so far in advance.

I would treat it like a destination wedding and send out the invites ten weeks before. But if you want VIPs to be aware you can always send STD's out 8-6 months in advance so people know the date and know a formal invitation will follow. I think sending a STD in June (6 months before) will help solve your issue. As it lets people know the date and being to consider what their plans are so when you do send invites a the appropriate time they have had time to figure things out

If you send STDs then that will solve your worry.

Way too early. My suggestion would be send STD's out, then invitations around Mid October. Invites usually go out 6-8 weeks before the wedding. AS that's a very busy and expensive time to travel, I really would send STD's out, and word of mouth of when wedding is. Sending invitations out too early you run the risk of guests losing them, forgetting to rsvp.

It's too early. I would do 12 weeks. So maybe Early October.

Given the wedding date, I would mail the invitations in early October, but stay with the normal RSVP date that would be required to get an accurate head count to the caterer.

If you don't already have a hotel block, you need to do that soon. Some hotels might not allow blocks near Christmas so finding a hotel might take more time.

View Quoted Comment Couldn't agree more!

Thank you so much everyone!
I'll go ahead and send them in October.

I got married on December 23 (last year)! I sent out STDs in March but before I did that I confirmed with my VIPs that the date worked for them. I then sent out my invitations towards the end of October with a RSVP date of December 2 because my venue needed the final numbers by December 16. Due to the wedding being on a holiday weekend I kept my guest list small. I expected 50 but had 40. I took care of their accommodations for the weekend.

ETA: typos

We’re getting married Christmas Eve of this year.

We sent out STDs earlier this year (March I think?) and are sending invites in early October with a Dec. 1st rsvp date.

I highly recoment sending stds, a lot of our out of town family has already secured plane tickets etc.