Our friends were married in July. We were invited, but we didn't attend because the ceremony took place in Brazil.
I wanted to send them a gift then -- but because it would have had to be shipped to his home in NJ and he was in Brazil for the entire month of their wedding, I decided to wait until her visa was approved and she joined him in the States to send them something. Unfortunately, we kind of lost touch with them in the intervening months and never got around to sending a gift, which I feel bad about.
Would it be appropriate to send them a gift from their registry for Christmas, six months after their ceremony? Or should I just send a belated wedding gift? I'm worried that if I send it as a Christmas gift, they'll feel obligated to reciprocate. But at the same time, I feel weird about sending a wedding gift five months late.