When are you supposed to open up wedding gifts?

Oh god no. That's is ridiculous. lol. I opened them as they came in. I still haven't sent thank you cards (which I freaking hate but I'm trying to wait on at least a sneak peek of photos back so I can send a card with a photo) but I at least sent texts or fb messages to let people know their gift was received and didn't get lost.

I have never heard of waiting. I would imagine people would wonder if you received & liked their gift while you are waiting months to open it?

Open it! We just received our first gift today too!

Um, no. Traditionally, people weren't even supposed to bring gifts to the wedding reception. They were to be sent to the couple's home before or after the wedding, so that the couple could leave from the reception to the honeymoon without worrying about what to do with gifts. Even now that that rule has been relaxed, even gifts given at the reception are typically not opened at the reception, because that would take up too much of the reception time, give the reception a shower vibe, and potentially embarrass guests who did the traditionally polite thing in NOT bringing gifts to the reception. You certainly don't bring gifts TO the reception for the purpose of opening them.

It is also nice to get as many thank-you notes out of the way *early* as possible! Once a friend wrote us a thank-you note before the wedding and a second afterward, cause she couldn't remember if she'd sent one-- the first one was nice and chatty-- the second was *very* formulaic-- it was clear she was just writing the same thing over and over.... I had to laugh.

Anyway, open them ahead, write your notes promptly, and keep a list of the notes you've already sent!

You are suppose to open them as soon as you get them and send ty notes out asap. Gifts or cards are not suppose to be opened at the reception at all!

I've never heard of opening gifts at the reception at all. If I receive any, I would open them as they come....

We opened the few that came to the house before the wedding, and those that we received on the wedding day, the following day. Still working on thank you notes...........ugh.

I would open them as you get them and send out thank you notes as quickly as you can. I highly doubt anyone's expecting you to open their gift at the reception. That would be awkward.

Open them now! Opening them at the reception would be really weird..

Open them as you get them, that's what we're doing. And send your thank you cards ASAP! It'll be nice to have less to worry about after the wedding.

I don't think I'd be able to have the self control to have a present in my house and not open it. (:

Ha I was actually just talking to my mom about her first wedding last night and she said they made her open them at the wedding (was back in the 80s). It seems beyond awkward and uncomfortable

Edit: typo

We have been opening them as they come and sending thank you notes right away

Are they confusing the gift opening with the shower? You don't open presents at a wedding.

Rip that puppy open asap and put it to good use!

Tell them no, it's a wedding not a birthday party lol. As the previous responses have said, open gifts as they come, and send thank yous right away so it is done.

Definitely open it, don't take it to the reception lol. Any gifts brought to the reception will sit on their table and your MOH or someone else is responsible for taking them to your home for you. I really want to send a cute picture of us holding a "thank you" sign or something with my thank you notes, so I'm keeping track of all gifts on my wedding wire guest list.

I've only heard of opening as they come OR sometimes at an after wedding brunch, especially if the couple didn't live together prewedding

Open them at the wedding. Have lots of speeches then go into the middle of the reception area and open your gifts one at a time. Make sure that you do this before dinner though, that way you can refuse to serve dinner to those who didn't get you a gift. Make sure to let them know that you will be doing this beforehand, preferably right on the invitation.

Usually it's the day after or so. If there are gifts at the venue, designate someone to load them into a vehicle and drive them to your house/parents house/etc. We opened gifts together the day after the wedding. Whatever you do DON'T follow my first paragraph!

Opening gifts at wedding is a huge faux pas. Open now or if you must, open at your shower.

No one actually opens gifts at their reception!! If you haven't had your shower yet, wait until then. Otherwise, open it now and send a thank you! (Don't wait til the wedding to send one)