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  Dear Polite One, We are planning a large high school graduation party for my daughter at our home. I would like to send announcements to those who I know can't attend, as I'm very proud that she graduated and is off to college.  However, I also feel that sending announcements might appear as a tacky way of asking for cash.  Would it be best to send announcements , mentioning the party, but stating that gifts are not expected?  Proud Mom Dear Proud Mom, A graduation from high school should be celebrated, as it is a life event. Sending announcements is appropriate and polite, but don't mention gifts .  It would appear as gifts are expected.  If you want these people to attend the party, however, send an invitation not an announcement. And on these, it is perfectly fine these days to mention no gifts.   Congratulations! The Polite One More by The Polite One Is a graduation party for 8th graders gift-giving event?   How to ...

  There is more to wedding invitations than listing who is marrying.   We must determine the formality of the wedding, where what time, and who is the host.   This will determine the formality of the invitations.    Determining what information should be listed and creating the perfect invitation is not an easy task resulting in etiquette rules to follow, such as not including gift registry information.   How about other wedding correspondences?   Let’s read what others are asking.   Gift Information in the Announcement? Dear Polite One,  We plan to be married in Brussels where we live right now.  All my family lives in the US and can't make it to the wedding.  So, ours will be an exceedingly small civil ceremony.  How and when do we send announcements to my family/friends in the US and his family here?  It is very costly to cash foreign checks and to ship gifts here, so we will have a reg...