re: Open casket funerals are more emotional

Sadly I’ll get to experience both at some point. My dad prefers a traditional open casket (though isn’t crazy insistent on it) while my mom is absolutely adamant about having a closed casket.

I prefer the closed casket. I don’t want my last memory of someone to be seeing them dead. I don’t think an open casket really helps that much with closure. At least for me.