Re: Your things stolen
^haha lol.
in my family we usually show the stuff, it's not so much a tradition as it is all my family wanting to see the stuff. so my aunts and a few cousins all saw the clothes and jewelry. right after we had gotten all the jewelry together a few days before the wedding, i was like mom, we dont really have to show it to everyone do we. and she said she would ask my grandma who said we would have to show it to my grandpa's bros and sis. so on the day of the mayon they got to see all of the jewelry, nothing else.
we also showed stuff we got for our in laws to my aunts, grandma, grandma's sister, and a few cousins. we're a pretty big family but pretty close and everyone had a big role in the wedding prep so there was no way i would even think of not showing my aunts what was gonna be given to everyone. on the morning of the wedding, we had set up everything for my inlaws in my room (we were living at the hotel) i went away cuz my grandma kicked me out of the room saying they arent supposed to see the bride till the wedding. then the inlaws came in and saw what each of them was getting, and made off with their respective bags. then my inlaws had set up another room with things they were giving me and all my aunts, parents etc went to see that. but everything was really close family and not some distant relative.
the only time we were really afraid of anythign being stolen was when we were showing the jewelry to my dads aunts and uncles on the day of the mayon, and thats why we had my mom, grandma and a chachi at the table. they basically took a suitcase with the jewelry and put it up on the table for 20 min, afterwards grabbed it, put it back in the suitcase and brought it back to my room. and the entire time we kept all the jewelry in the hotel safe where there is security so there was no real threat of anything being stolen.