Cliche' Wedding Traditions

By: Wendy Greenhouse

Though a wedding is attended by hundreds or sometimes thousands of people, never forget that the whole marriage revolves around only 2 people, you and your other half. You have spent months organising flowers, caterers, wedding videographers and obviously require the whole wedding to be as perfect as possible. Many couples now try avoiding what is considered as clich? wedding ideas, but the fact is that they have been around for hundreds of years and attempting to have a wedding that does not include at least a few of them is almost impossible. Although the wedding day ultimately belongs to you, the couple, the guests have a tendency to take over the reception and it is difficult not to incorporate some conventional concepts into your wedding ceremony and reception.

If you have many guests attending your reception there's always those initial awkward moments when everybody arrives and takes their seats. Many guests are strangers to each other and getting the whole glass clinking thing going where everyone is roaring for the bride and groom to kiss is the perfect ice breaker. This was always a part of the marriage reception in years gone, it was intended to repel malicious spirits and give the bride-to-be and groom an initial moment to 'connect' without the malignant spirits being around.

Even if the bride and groom might not be too happy with the idea, the majority who attend the reception will pay special attention to the cutting of the cake. The precise reason and history behind it is misleading, but everybody will cheer and shout if the cake gets smeared into the faces of the bride and bridegroom. It might not be the most civilised way of eating cake, but it is always a favourite with the guests.

As the evening moves on you are sure to get someone that will start the conga line dance, who can resist that? It often ends up with somebody tripping over one of the children or knocking over a table, which is something else that everyone expects. Although poor old Uncle Joe will get a scolding for being so drunk, everyone will like the conga.

Just before the bride-to-be and bridegroom set off for the evening the bouquet and garter are tossed. Though the garter tossing is slowly vanishing the bouquet toss is still common at most wedding ceremonies. If this is one of those cliches that you prefer not to do at your wedding reception, be thankful that you are not living in the 14th century. Before the advent of the bouquet toss, the guests would rip at the brides dress to try and tear a piece off as it was considered good luck, but as the practice of handing down your wedding gown started that faded away and got replaced with the bouquet.

Whether or not you are keen on clich? marriage ideas or not, there's no doubt that they are going to be around for many more generations to come and it's much better to get into the spirit when attending a wedding and revel in the traditions that have endured across the ages, after all weddings are a celebration of love and unity.

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