(Wedding) Gifts Registration （结婚）禮品登記

In America, people give gifts in many occasions, such as graduation, birth of a child, or a wedding.  For big occasions like wedding, many engaged couples register with department stores, listing the items they would need in their married life.  Friends and family who can choose their gifts from the list, which usually have different price levels to suit people's varied ability to pay for gifts.  Of course, people still can send gift they deemed more appropriate not included in the gift registries.

For a wedding, the gifts can be brought to the wedding or separately, usually with identifications so the bride would know whom to thank for the gifts her spouse receive - it's a custom that bride should write thank you card to the people who send the gift within reasonably time frame.

在美國，人們有很多送禮場合，如畢業，孩子出生，或者婚禮。對於重大的場合如婚禮，許多未婚夫妻在百貨公司登記，列出他們在他們的婚姻生活需要的东西。朋友和家人可以從禮物表里選擇禮物，它们通常有不同的價位，以適應人們的不同支付能力。當然，人們仍然可以送他們認為比較合適的，不包括在禮品登記内的禮物。

就婚禮而言，禮物可以拿到婚禮或另送，通常包含​姓名​標識，讓新娘知道感謝誰的禮物 - 習俗是新娘應該在合理的時間框架内给送的禮物的亲友寫感謝卡。


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