Honoring parents in ceremony

How are you incorporating gift-giving during the ceremony? Usually, parental gifts are given during the rehearsal dinner along with the gifts for the wedding party members. Are you sure that the gift-giving during the ceremony won't take away from the ceremony itself?

We had an honoring the parents section of our ceremony, but we thought it would interrupt the flow to present our parents with gifts during the ceremony. Also, we thought it would add too much time to the ceremony and/or may be awkward for our other guests. Instead, we had our officiant say some lovely words about how important our parents were to us and that we wanted to thank them for their love and support. But if presenting each set of parents with a gift during your ceremony is important to you, I think this sounds fine. Just remember that they probably will not open or really look at their gifts until after the ceremony. ETA - maybe add "paging Celia" to your title as she may have some good advice for you on this

Sounds like a great idea. I'm sure both your parents will appreciate it. Be sure to touch base with your officiant so they can include it in your wedding script. Best wishes!

I actually like the idea of that because each of you are acknowledging each others parents. I feel that you can give gifts either at the rehearsal or day of, sorta as long as the parents get something. I agree with TarHeel729 as well, they may not admire it as much during the ceremony as much as if you gave it to them prior but still, your heart is in the right place.