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posted 5 months ago in Etiquette
  • poll: When should we put the announcement in the paper?
    Christmas Day - what a present for friends and loved ones! : (24 votes)
    67 %
    New Years Day - what a fresh start to the new year and the year you will be married! : (8 votes)
    22 %
    Just wait - too tacky! : (4 votes)
    11 %
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    MilksMom    June 23, 2012   Richmond, VA

    Hi Bees!  FI and I are both from the same hometown and thought around the holidays would be the perfect time to "announce" (in the paper) our engagement.  Our logic is that our friends will be home from out-of-town to see it in person in the paper.  This year, though, Christmas and New Year's Day will be on Sundays...pretty important days!  People still read the paper on those days, though, don't they?  Is it tacky to put it in there on important days?  So here is our dilemma:  Do we do it on Christmas Sunday, New Years Day, or wait until after the holidays all together? 

     
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    T-Rex       (Formally Red Dino)

    Does the paper run announcements every day, even on Holidays?  I know of some papers that do it once a week.  

     
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    MilksMom    June 23, 2012   Richmond, VA

    @T-Rex: Just Sundays.  They will run the announcements on holidays.

     
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    Juliepants    June 2, 2012   Ontario

    I think most people would be home for Christmas, but not necessarily New Years.  I vote Christmas!

     
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    T-Rex       (Formally Red Dino)

    Okay!  I would say Christmas, I think that sounds the best, and more people will be back home that day.

     
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    Buzzing bee
    kay01    May 27, 2012   NH/VT

    I have to say it wouldn't make a difference for me - I've never read engagement announcements in the paper, even before I switched to reading online.

     
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    Bumble bee
    MilksMom    June 23, 2012   Richmond, VA

    @kay01: Totally agree (I still do, though!)  We were thinking that parents would see it, too, and point it out. 

     
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    Bumble bee
    MilksMom    June 23, 2012   Richmond, VA

    Tiny bump?  Computer is dying....

     
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    Bumble bee
    MilksMom    June 23, 2012   Richmond, VA

    Any last minute opinions?

     
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    kate169    May 21, 2011   Virginia

    Christmas!!!

     
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    bells    June 26, 2011  

    None of my friends read the paper especially not on christmas day so I cant give mych advice

     
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    Mrs. Maple Syrup    August 2, 2010  

    Does your paper let you pick the day?  Some papers you submit your announcement and they can run it at any time.

     

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