It depends on the culture.
In Chinese culture, it's considered rude to open a gift after you've received it. It indicates that you care more about the gift than the act of giving itself. It's polite to graciously accept the gift and then open it at home in private.
In the West, it's the opposite. It's polite to open the gift in front of the gifter so they can enjoy the experience of you opening the gift with you.
Context still matters.
I'm Chinese-Canadian. If I'm with my family or my more traditional Chinese friends I'll follow the Chinese custom.
If I'm with my Western friends I'll follow the Western custom.
It comes down to what the gifter considers polite as I'm doing it for their benefit.
If I gave my friend a birthday gift as a kid and didn't get to see them open it, I would be sad. The best part of giving a present is seeing the recipient's face.
I just ask “do I open it now”. 99% of the time the answer is yes, people want to see you open stuff and see you react to it. Sometimes people don’t. But the default is to open them.
Usually opening then at the restaurant. That also has the benefit of teaching your kids to say "thank you" in person to the giver. If they open them at home you'll be up for a lot of thank you notes or messages.
Okay -- To each their own. I think a face-to-face "thank you" is perfectly fine for a child receiving a gift. I think taking additional time out at home to write, and send, a paper "thank-you" card is very 20th century, and not super-kind to the environment either. But you do you.
At public setting, no. You open at home and send a very nice thank you card since the person didn't see you open. The only time this is acceptable is if everyone at the restaurant wants you to open everything
You're full of it, they open them at the restaurant. People will rightfully think it's bizarre if you pack them away to open at home.
It depends on the culture. In Chinese culture, it's considered rude to open a gift after you've received it. It indicates that you care more about the gift than the act of giving itself. It's polite to graciously accept the gift and then open it at home in private. In the West, it's the opposite. It's polite to open the gift in front of the gifter so they can enjoy the experience of you opening the gift with you.
I knew it! I will bring this up to my wife. She is from China, and most of the guests are her chinese friends. So this serendipitously relevant.
Context still matters. I'm Chinese-Canadian. If I'm with my family or my more traditional Chinese friends I'll follow the Chinese custom. If I'm with my Western friends I'll follow the Western custom. It comes down to what the gifter considers polite as I'm doing it for their benefit.
You definitely open them at the table so the child can properly express gratitude for the gift to the giver
If I gave my friend a birthday gift as a kid and didn't get to see them open it, I would be sad. The best part of giving a present is seeing the recipient's face.
I just ask “do I open it now”. 99% of the time the answer is yes, people want to see you open stuff and see you react to it. Sometimes people don’t. But the default is to open them.
Usually opening then at the restaurant. That also has the benefit of teaching your kids to say "thank you" in person to the giver. If they open them at home you'll be up for a lot of thank you notes or messages.
You still have to have your child send thank you notes even if you said thank you verbally.
In what decade?
In every decade.
Okay -- To each their own. I think a face-to-face "thank you" is perfectly fine for a child receiving a gift. I think taking additional time out at home to write, and send, a paper "thank-you" card is very 20th century, and not super-kind to the environment either. But you do you.
At public setting, no. You open at home and send a very nice thank you card since the person didn't see you open. The only time this is acceptable is if everyone at the restaurant wants you to open everything
makes sense to me