I thought prizes were suppose to be "baby related" and the winner would end up giving it back to the mommy-to-be. At the last baby shower I was at (happens to be the host for mine too) the gift was not baby related but I still thought I should give it to her. She didn't accept it and I got funny looks from other guests. So I thought maybe I was out of place. Well, while talking to my friend today (who is hosting another shower in a couple of weeks) we were talking about prizes. She said that her mom thought there should be two prizes - one for the winner and one for the mom. So what do you think?
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Re: Etiquette regarding prizes for games...
Um, isn't the mom already getting gifts--you know------at the shower?
You can't give your guests a tiny darned momento? I've never heard of giving gifts back, seems pretty rude when they've forked out cash for the mom to be already.
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I went to a wedding shower where the gift was given back to the bride. Once.
I don't get it and I think if you're going to play games, etc, and have a winner- then give the winner a prize and let them keep it.
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This exactly!
I have never, ever seen (I catered events for years) or attended a shower in which the gifts were given to the winner to then give to the mother-to-be. I find this in incredibly poor taste.
Judging from the responses, I guess it's something that's sometimes done, but not something I would ever, ever consider.
I think it's nice for the winner to receive a little bottle of wine or a scented soap basket or something. I assume if they are attending the shower they already bought a gift for the mother-to-be, and shouldn't have to give their 'prize' back to her.
Tacky. tacky. tacky in my book
I've never even heard of this, and where I am, the prizes are things like a chocolate bar or something. It's never anything more than maybe a $5 something. But then, most shower gifts where I am from are also only about $20, regardless of who gets them for you. So we just buy prizes to match the price range!
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This.
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This exactly!