On wedding day, Who hands out gifts to bridal and groom party?

missmaxine  well at my parents and uncles wedding and a family friends wedding it was mainly the hubby, with input from the wife to correct him lol, i was only old enough to remember one of them but i do have vid of my mum and dads

mcewan07  couldn't help you their - im not giving them anything, i know it might sound mean, but after getting their shoes, dress, flowers, hair , make up, mani and pedi and jewelery (all of which they can keep) i really dont have any more money left that i could get them thank you gifts for - and since only one out of the 4 deserve thank you gifts they will not be getting them

mrssteel2b  I thought it was the groom, with the help of the bride? Every wedding ive been 2 has had the groom doin the thank yous, and the bride handin over the pressies xx

heggy  It's meant to be the groom. He speaks for himself and his new wife (cue "Ahhhhh!"). His job in speeches is thank yous!

quoth_the_raven  Right, traditionally: the Best Man speaks on behalf of the groom, to introduce him to the bride's family, and the father of the bride speaks on behalf of the bride to introduce her to the groom's family. These days this obviously equates to just making humorous speeches about them, since they've likely been introduced by then! Then the groom speaks on behalf of the couple to thank everyone for coming, for helping out etc. If there are thank you gifts they're given then.

A fair and common twist is, of course, that the bride hands out those, though, since frequently she's the one who knows where they're going and to whom. But, it doesn't massively matter - it's a tradition that can be adapted as you see fit.

leighleigh  i always thought it was the groom who handed them out, whilst sayig thaks for all the help and support ect

baldwin2bconnolly  I thought it was the groom, but to be honest my H2B is soooo nervous already about speaking infront of everyone that we have spoke about me doing it, as i will have gifts for the parents as well as bridesmaids and pageboys... they are personal to me as well....

kirstysmith  il b doing it at my wedding as im also reading poems for mom n dad to say thanks x

shell31  I was going to give out the gifts as my bridesmaids will have theirs the morning of the wedding so will best man and page boy so only few for witnesses and those whom have helped to give

melissarose  H2B and myself will hand out thankyou gifts together during the speeches, the bridesmaids/bestman/ushers will have gifts to wear given to them in the morning though by either myself or H2B. x

mrspage2b  Im giveing my Bridemaids theirs while getting ready as they are silver heart necklase i want them to ware

essex_bride  like heggy has already said traditionally it is the groom as in his speech he is suppose to include thank you's to members of the bridal party ( Parents / BestMan / Bridesmaids and Flowergirls etc) so it is the perfect opportunity to hand out those gifts x

klt02  We are giving the wedding party their gifts on the morning of the wedding and the parents flowers will be given during the minimal words our best man will say!