mailed gifts?

lilee_v

My shower is Saturday and some people had their gifts shipped (unwrapped) to me already but are still showing up to the shower, how should I go about opening their gifts or displaying them? Do I just put them in with the other presents and make sure people know that they were shipped (not that they didn't bother to wrap them)? Thanks!

srs5624

I don't think it's necessary to display them.

If the guests wanted you to open/display their gift at your shower, they would have waited until then to give it to you. If they did send it to you in advance to bring to the shower (likely would have been out of town guests that have to fly in) they probably would have sent a wrapped gift and included a note/phone call with instructions to open it at the shower.

Jenniferk08

i wouldn't display them but I would be sure to thank those guests and let them know that you received their present. 

rhubarb123

I would not lug them to the shower to display them.  You could either take a pic of each one and display the photos or you could type up a list of the items and who they were from and display that.  Then, before opening the other gifts just mention that several people mailed the gifts to your house and you wish to thank all of them and have provided a list of all of those gifts which is located on the gift table, etc.

lilee_v

rhubarb123:

I would not lug them to the shower to display them.  You could either take a pic of each one and display the photos or you could type up a list of the items and who they were from and display that.  Then, before opening the other gifts just mention that several people mailed the gifts to your house and you wish to thank all of them and have provided a list of all of those gifts which is located on the gift table, etc.

 

This is a great idea, thanks so much!