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[absolutfailure]

If you get a gift in the mail, should you open it then, or wait until the event/date that the gift is for?

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[margoeve]

Depends on what event the gift is for.

[elkor]

should you open it then, or wait until the event/date that the gift is for?

Depends on how close to the event you are.

If you're a month out, go ahead and open it, because of the potential of losing the gift or having something happen to it if you inadvertently store it improperly (i.e. a box of chocolate left in the sunny portion of the living room).

If it's a day or two, (up to a week), wait until the event has passed. In between that, go either way.

[jennytheonly]

Since I've read that it's okay to mail Thank You notes before the wedding even takes place, I'm thinking it's okay to open the gifts whenever you receive them.

[vitainpalus]

You forgot the third option, open it and pretend you didn't until the day the gift is supposed to be opened. ;)