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So, it really is no wonder that people are trying to have weddings on a budget while still having the wedding of their dreams and without cutting their guest list down to only 10 people or having a cash bar. Church weddings can be quite expensive so you need to make sure that you have enough money at your disposal. However you define a destination wedding there are multiple places to go for the best destination weddings and a variety of ways to plan for your event. Simply set up one side of the yard for the ceremony and the other side for the reception. You just have to consider that space and guests to be able to accommodate everybody. You do not have to sacrifice the ancient Celtic symbolism of the rings either.
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Celebrities and other famous personalities, along with royalty have the luxury of considering having castle weddings. This is my favorite part of a cruise ship wedding, as it allows you to extend the celebration for the entire length of the cruise instead of one night. Not only are they less expensive so that you will not have to start your marriage in debt but they are less stressful too.
My favorite part of weddings are the traditions. Every family has their own unique traditions, and new wedding traditions are born all the time.
Wedding Dances
Most weddings have the traditional first dance, the dance of the bride with her father, and the dance of the groom with his mother. Some families have their own traditions about which songs to dance to. And some like to use this dance to celebrate a special bond. At a recent wedding I was at, the bride and her father loved to dance and be silly together; their dance together was the Electric Slide.
At a Jewish wedding, the tradition is to dance the horah, a traditional circle dance where the bride and groom are lifted on chairs as guests dance around them. The tradition began in Europe when men and women werent permitted to dance together; lifting the bride and groom on chairs allowed them to see each other at their own wedding reception. And in some areas, no wedding would be complete without the money dance. Guests pay the groom to take a turn around the dance floor with the bride; the couple uses the money to start their new life together.
Flowers, Cake, and Cameras
At most weddings, the bride tosses her bouquet to all the single women present; tradition is that whoever catches the bouquet will be the next to get married. And a newer tradition, but just as popular, is for the groom to toss his new brides garter to all the single men. There are lots of traditions, too, with the wedding cake. Most couples save the top layer of their cake to eat on their first anniversary. Of course, too, theres the traditional cutting of the cake and feeding each other that first bite (and the strange tradition of stuffing cake in your new spouses face).
In the South, its popular at weddings to have a separate grooms cake, usually decorated to celebrate a hobby or interest of the groom. Disposable cameras on wedding tables have led to lots of new wedding traditions. I have friends who take pictures of their ties at every wedding they go to. And I heard of a couple who takes fruit from garnishes at every wedding they go to to make a smiley face plate; they take a picture of it for the bride and groom as well as one for their own album.
Of course, theres my favorite wedding tradition. At my wedding, my husbands fraternity brothers continued their new tradition of serenading the bride. Its a moment Ill never forget!