Wedding Planning

I would suggest you RSVP as soon as you receive the invitation - if you are sure if you are attending or not. This way you won't forget to return the RSVP card. Otherwise, note the date that this card is due back (it is written inside the card when they need to have your answer) and mark it in your blackberry or on a calendar so you don't forget to send it back.

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In a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, there are no vows recited. However, when the groom places the wedding band on the bride's finger, he says (in Hebrew): "Behold, you are consecrated to me with this ring according to the traditions of Moses and Israel."

If the bride gives the groom a ring, when placing the ring on his finger, she says (in Hebrew): "I am my beloved's, my beloved is mine."

* Etiquette states that the bride and groom's families can invite the same amount of guests. However, depending on the finances of both parents (especially the bride's parents) it's wise for both sets of parents to make a list as to whom they would like to come to the wedding and along with the bride and groom both families should sit down together and decide who should come to the wedding and who should not. The reason for this is that each place setting per guest can cost over $25 - $50 or more a plate. This can become extremely expensive and this does not include the reception area being rented nor the alcohol provided at the reception as well as a corkage fee (just for opening each bottle of wine.)

Usually, the mother of the bride tends to wear colors that compliment the bridal party rather then match them.

Colors that complement the bridal party are for example, if the colors are blue, the mother of the bride could perhaps wear royal blue, baby blue, navy, ocean blue. I think you get the idea. Usually there are two colors for the wedding and so that would open up more choices for colors to wear for the mother of the bride or groom.

As soon as the bride decides on the color theme of the wedding and her bridesmaids' dress colors. A mother of the bride dress should be ordered right after the bride orders her wedding gown. The reason frequently being, mother of the bride dresses in the color, fabric, style, and size that she wants is never available at the first attempt at shopping. Then there is the queston of whether she likes the way to dress looks on her. The bride, believe or not, has a less taxing time and experience than her mother. If it is a traditional wedding, her two choices of colors are either white or ivory and normally, a bride is young and fairly thin. She is much easier to fit. Mother of the brides, on the other hand, have to coordinate color with the color theme of the wedding, and confer with the mother of the groom as well. Their outfits have to complement each other's. Also, mothers of the bride (and groom) want to look their best for the wedding and try to lose those few extra pounds. This delays the time they could use for shopping and when they finally take the plunge, they simply cannot find what they want and have big time crunch situation. Advice to mother of the brides out there is to never to wait till you lose that 10-20 pounds, etc. Buy a dress that you love and look great in and if you lose the weight, get it professionally altered. You will be much happier and stress-free knowing that you already have a dress to wear on that very important day.

Wedding Dj/MC teams run about $1000 - $2000 depending on what part of the country you reside in. toward the coasts the price goes up $1500 plus.

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Right side. The groom will be standing facing the father on his left. It is then common practice for the father to place the brides arm into the grooms arm ... 'passing the watch' so to speak, insuring that the bride will be well taken care of as her father did for all the years leading up to matrimony.

When looking for a Christian speaker, it is more convenient to get him through a related church. A letter can be sent requesting a speaker, a preferred topic and the reason for the celebration.

• The groom stands to the right sideways to watch his bride come down the aisle and his Best Man stands beside him.
  

Unfortunately the bride's parents would pick up most of the bill and the groom's parents would pay the bar bill. If he was any type of a man he would offer to pay half the expenses. Approach him about this and see if he will.

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I think that you are asking about the ceremony, in which case, the groom waits for the bride at the end of the aisle along with the officiant, that is, in front of the altar, etc.

The bridesmaids will come down the aisle first, followed by the bride to join her groom with the officiant.

I got married in 1995, and ours cost around $10,000. We had about twenty-five people total, including the wedding party and musicians. We were not extravagant at all (used a string quartet from a university, simple flowers, small inn instead of a banquet hall, etc.).

Jews don't celebrate Christmas so there's no need to give us Christmas presents. If the person who's Jewish is a friend, they might even get insulted. Personally, if a friend who wants to give me a gift at this time of year takes the time to give me a Channukah gift or card, I'm truly touched because that really shows how much they care for me as a person (in no way do I expect Channukah gifts from friends, my family doesn't exchange gifts for the holiday).

A couple years ago, a coworker who does cross-stitch made small Christmas themed items for our team and she made a Channukah one for me.

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• If there is an engagement party then yes, the parents would give a gift. Many couples get engaged and don't have an engagement party and in this case it is not necessary for the parents to give a gift.
  

There are many messages that could be written on a bridal shower card from a mother to a daughter, try to make it as personal as possible. It would be nice to include memories from childhood, sentimental, funny or both. You could end with some marriage advice and sentiments for a happy life together.

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The answer below is simply not true. I can't stress it enough. The responder is 100% wrong. You absolutely can have a wedding in a Catholic church after you've had a civil service. How do I know? Because my Catholic wedding is schedule for this November, nearly two years after my civil service. Wrong wrong wrong.

A Catholic is not allowed to undergo a civil ceremony. If you mean to do a civil ceremony and then follow it with a Catholic ceremony you will be refused a Catholic wedding. The Catholic Church only sponsors the sacramental marriage that It witnesses between its members - it is considered an implicit denial of the Faith to undergo a non-Catholic ceremony for whatever reason and thus it is sinful. If you originally had a civil ceremony and then later found out you are not married since you as a Catholic require a Catholic ceremony, you will usually be permitted after consulting with a priest who must first examine the marriage history of you and your partner to ensure there are no impediments.

In some countries of Europe, such as France and Monaco, the State denies the civil existence of any marriage which has not been duly authorized by an agent of the State. Therefore, to be legally wed in the eyes of the law, all couples living in these countries must have a civil ceremony performed first, and afterward, if they care to, a church one. In the eyes of the Church, however, a civilly married couple is not married until after the church wedding.

In traditional Christian weddings, the mother of the bride will sit in the first or second seat in the front row on the bride's side of the aisle (the left). The bride's father usually sits in the first seat after escorting the bride down the aisle.

How Wedding Invitation Should Read: (Simple form) Mr. & Mrs. John Smith would like to cordially invite you to the wedding of their daughter Jane Joyce Smith to Jack Owen Jones on May 28, 2008 at St. Matthews Church at 0000 Smyth Street, NY, NY 3:00 P.M. Reception will be held at the Hotel Hilton at 0000 Gifford Street, NY, NY at 5:00 PM. RSVP by March 28, 2008 (Note: You are asking the guest to reply before the date specified so you will know how many place settings (meals) you will have to pay for at the reception. Along with the Invitation will be another small card that can simply say: _____________________will be attending (Note:) The guest should put their name on it and if 1 or both of them are coming. If they can't make the wedding they should put 'We regret we cannot attend your daughter's wedding.' Then on the small envelope to go with this card you will write or have printed by a printing company or done on your computer the guests name and address. PUT YOUR RETURN ADDRESS ON THE UPPER LEFT TOP CORNER OF THE ENVELOPE AND A STAMP ON THE RIGHT UPPER SIDE. Then slip the small card into the envelope (do not seal the flap!) and put it inside the actual invitation you are going to send.

• Money is always appreciated by most newly married couples because they could buy something they need or put it towards their honeymoon. Only give what you can afford. Since the groom picked you as his best man you could buy him a watch (does not have to be cost hundreds of dollars) and have it engraved on the back and your name and the date of the grooms marriage. Silver plated flasks for alcohol are still used.