They are ok, but the gift opening part is always pretty boring.
There is nowhere in the Bible that it talks about bridal showers. Bridal Showers were invented by society.
You can find many ideas for bridal showers at www.bridalshowerday.com or other related sites that you can search. Also you can watch E! channel to find great ideas, [they have a lot of wedding and bridal shows]. And you can ask friends who have been married what they did for their bridal showers!
Not just Bulgarians. The people in most other countries don't normally host baby showers. It is an American/British tradition, and not a very old one at that. It is slowly becoming more and more popular in other countries as they adopt/mimic many American practices, such as bridal showers, baby showers, greeting cards, etc.
Yes, it is generally a western tradition. However, Germans also partake in this tradition of bridal showers with pretty significant regularity.
At special occasions and bridal showers
It is in poor taste to have a bridal shower at the home of the bride's mother. The bride's aunts or friends host showers.
Your family or friends can give you baby showers.
Traditionally, baby showers are a female only event. However, couple's baby showers or coed baby showers are increasingly common and these parties will have both men and women.
A bridal shower is, indeed, the same as a stagette - also known as a stag party for the bride. Bridal showers, though, have a less raunchy connotation compared to Stagette.
There are many things to do for fun at bridal showers. I would say to have some games for everyone to participate in. For more ideas you can visit the bridal shower website.
Ladies Room Diaries - 2011 Bridal Showers Bring Crazed Flowers 1-2 was released on: USA: 9 October 2011
Baby showers are a ceremonies. They are because they celebrate a birth of a baby and it is a ceremonies just like weddings and anniversary's