With all the hubbub around your wedding planning, sometimes we just don’t think about some of the traditions or meanings behind the certain things were doing. It’s not really our fault, there really is a ton of stuff to work on when doing your wedding planning. But sometimes it’s important to know the traditions and [...]
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Wedding Ring Traditions
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Wedding Prayers by the Bride and Groom
Depending on your culture or religion, you may have several different options when it comes to what kinds of wedding prayers will be offered during your wedding ceremony. Sometimes, the officiant offers some personal and improvised wedding prayers or a specially written wedding prayer calling for the long life and never ending love for the [...]
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Unity Candles – A New Wedding Tradition
One tradition that is another major part of many different kinds of wedding ceremonies is the use of unity candles. However, don’t let anyone fool you, the tradition of using unity candles does not date back hundreds of years, neither is it bad luck if you choose not to use a unity candle in your [...]
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A Wedding Prayer Guide
One wedding tradition that seems to be an underlying theme in all weddings, no matter the religion or country, is to have some kind of a wedding prayer, or many different wedding prayers at different times during your wedding ceremony. A wedding prayer can be performed by your minister, or person performing the wedding ceremony, [...]
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Why Does the Bride Wear White?
Weddings traditionally take place in churches,with the bride in a big white dress and the groom in a black or white tuxedo. Brides have worn white for as far back as I can find, and a white wedding dress symbolizes more than just a bride on her wedding day, as I’ll explain in more detail [...]
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Why Do We Use Wedding Vows?
Wedding vows have traditionally been a part of weddings for as far back as I can find. They are the most important part of a wedding ceremony, and for the most part remain about the same as they have always been. Now, some people are choosing to write their own wedding vows today, and [...]
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Pink Wedding Reception
At one point or another while growing up, most every girl out there has loved pink, and everything pink. Personally, up until about high school, my room was predominately pink, and I really only changed it because I wanted some more grown up colors, I didn’t fall out of love with the color pink. Pink [...]
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What are Some Alternatives for the Unity Candle?
The unity candle is used in wedding ceremonies as a symbol of two becoming one, two individual people and personalities now being formed into one. Your unity candle can be as ornate or as simple as you like. They come with large ornate candle holders, personalized candles, or decorated in any way that you like, [...]
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