Many brides and grooms have wedding favors for their guests to thank them for attending. In addition, they are a souvenir of the event. Typical favors include Jordan almonds in pretty bags, matchbooks with an inscription, or even plastic wedding rings.
A traditional Hawaiian wedding includes flower leis as favors for guests as well as the bride and groom. A lei is symbol of love and respect.
Wedding favors date back to England in the 16th century and began a a 'love knot' made from lace and ribbon. The love knot represented the couples bond. A wedding favor has evolved into small gift from the bride and groom to their guests. The purpose is to allow the bride and groom to show their gratitude.
Traditionally no. The bride and groom enter as Mr. & Mrs. followed by the wedding party and the parents can follow behind or go ahead and mingle with the guests before the bride and groom enter the wedding reception.
Yes, in Westernized countries it is a custom that the wedding guests see the bride and groom off at the wedding reception. After all the speeches; dinner and some dancing as well as the bride and groom mingling with their guests it is customary for them to go off somewhere else and change into their 'going away clothes.' Then they come back into the reception area and that is when they say goodbye to their guests and the guests wish them good luck.
wherever most of the guests live
It is becoming more and more common that the bride and groom welcome the guests to the wedding reception and then they are announced into the reception hall. Usually it is the parents of the bride, or the parents of the bride and groom.
It depends on how much money the bride and groom have and if they want to spend extra for wedding favor's.
Yes, traditionally one side of the church is filled with family and guests of the bride and her parents, and the other side with the family and guests of the Groom .
No, guests that attend a wedding do not send thank you notes and it's the bride and groom that will send thank you notes to their guests for attending and also thank them for the gift.
A reception area is either a hall; a room in a hotel; golf course, etc., where the wedding reception is held for the bride, groom and guests. There will be alcohol and other beverages; food for the guests; toasts to the bride and groom and dancing.
The groom should buy the engagement and wedding ring for his bride to be and the bride to be should buy the groom's wedding band.
At the wedding where the bride and groom should be introduced as 'man and wife' or 'bride and groom' is at the church when the Minister, etc. pronounces 'I now pronounce you man and wife' and again when you enter the reception hall you should be introduced as 'Mr. & Mrs. _________.' If there is a reception line at the hall then the bride and groom will be introduced together. Toasts at the head table will be directed at the bride and groom. The bride and groom do not have to be together to be introduced once they are mingling with guests at the wedding reception.