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A wedding is often followed or accompanied by a wedding reception, which in some areas may be known as the 'Wedding Breakfast', at which an elaborate wedding cake is served. Western traditions include toasting the couple, the newlyweds having the first dance , and cutting the cake.
“Traditionally, the parents of the bride pay for the wedding, the parents of the groom pay for the rehearsal dinner and the wedding party hosts the shower,” said Jennifer Hines, a wedding ...
Most wedding traditions in the United States and Canada were assimilated from other, generally European, countries. [1] Marriages in the U.S. and Canada are typically arranged by the participants and ceremonies may either be religious or civil. In a traditional wedding, the couple to be wed invite all of their family and friends.
Beyond the familiar traditions like Santa Claus, a fir tree, caroling and gift-giving, a number of countries—including the U.S.—bring their own unique twists, both old and new, to the holiday ...
A bride-to-be is boycotting her family's holiday gatherings this year because her stepfather won't pay for her destination wedding. The woman detailed her decision in a letter to Slate's parenting ...
The Serbs have many traditions.The Slava is an exclusive custom of the Serbs, each family has one patron saint that they venerate on their feast day. The Serbian Orthodox Church uses the traditional Julian Calendar, as per which Christmas Day (December 25) falls currently on January 7 of the Gregorian Calendar, thus the Serbs celebrate Christmas on January 7, shared with the Orthodox churches ...
To successfully ring in the new year as newlyweds, Sanders recommends starting the ceremony around 7 or 8 p.m. and running the reception till at least 2 a.m. Remember: This is a holiday wedding ...
Traditional Ukrainian wedding – is a wedding in Ukrainian folk everyday life – a complex mixture of rites of different days, in which elements of the ancestral exogamic era, Greek-Byzantine religious-mystical influences and newer Ukrainian ones are distinguished.