WINTER WEDDING THEMES:
Christmas Wedding Ideas Essential of a Christmas Theme Wedding
Having a Christmas or Holiday themed winter wedding is a great way to celebrate the peace and joy of the winter holidays and make your wedding memorable. While in the past it was not considered proper to schedule a wedding to coincide with the winter holidays, these days it is becoming increasingly acceptable, even fashionable, to hold your wedding during the winter holidays. When most people think of a winter wedding they immediately envision a Christmas or holiday wedding. There are several different ways to approach a Christmas wedding without looking campy or over the top. Choose an elegant Christmas wedding A beautiful option for a Christmas wedding is to make everything very formal and elegant. Think black tie and evening dress and all of the elegance of a grand ball. You could decorate the church with white lights and white satin bunting and you could also trim the pews with gold ribbons. Pin a few sprigs of holly or even mistletoe to the gold ribbons for a pretty effect. Dress your attendants in elegant evening wear and wear a glamorous vintage style gown to go with the elegant theme. Make sure to include some sort of wrap, like an elegant white pashmina wool wrap, for your attendants or for yourself to make sure that you aren’t freezing during the ceremony. At the reception, have a large natural Christmas tree in the corner of the room decorated with ropes of white lights and pretty little gold bows. Decorate the tables with large bowls containing gold floating candles and white rose petals. As a wedding favor, give guests a small gold Christmas ornament inscribed with the date of the wedding and your names. Many gift stores have inexpensive Christmas ornaments that are lovely and they will often engrave them for a reasonable cost. That way, guests will have a lovely keepsake reminder from your wedding. Box up all the ornaments, one for each guest, in a white box with a gold ribbon, and pile them under the Christmas tree. At the end of the reception invite each guest to pick their own “present” from under the tree. If you want to take the time to put each guests name on a box it would add a personal touch, but it’s just as easy to let people to pick any box from under the tree. An elegant Christmas wedding with simple, tasteful decorations in white and gold doesn’t have to be expensive. If you are creative you can have a gorgeous and elegant Christmas wedding even if you’re on a tight budget.
Choose a traditional Christmas wedding If an elegant wedding just seems stuffy to you, maybe a traditional Christmas wedding would be your style. For a traditional Christmas wedding, use all the traditional Christmas elements to create a warm, joyous event that will combine the good will of the Christmas season with the happiness of a wedding. Decorate the church with bright multi colored Christmas lights and hang mistletoe over the doorway. Use red and green poinsettias for decorations, and carry red roses with lots of greenery tied with a gold ribbon for your bouquet. Dress your attendants in simple holiday dresses in red and green, with gold jewelry. Use Christmas present bows to decorate each pew in the church and fill the church with gold candles. At the reception, focus on making the room cozy to bring to mind gathering in the living room on Christmas morning. Have a large natural Christmas tree in a corner decorated with strings of colored lights, strings of tinsel, candy canes, icicles, ropes of popcorn and cranberries, bows, ornaments, and candles. Choose lots of different styles of ornaments, but make sure that each one is marked with the date and your names, even if it’s just marked with a pretty printed sticker on the bottom. Make sure there are more ornaments on the tree than guests at the reception and invite each guest to select an ornament off the tree as a party favor. For a nice and memorable touch, make sure there are some sofas or comfortable chairs grouped near the Christmas tree or by the fireplace if the reception hall has one, so that guests can gather comfortably to enjoy the fire or the Christmas tree. Direct the caterers to have available for your guests a nice selection of coffees, teas, and hot chocolates along with eggnog with and without alcohol, and make sure the bartender knows how to make a traditional Hot Toddy. Also, have plates of Christmas cookies, candy canes, fudge, and other Christmas treats set out on tables around the room for guests to snack on. Serve a traditional Christmas dinner of ham or turkey with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. Put on a CD of traditional Christmas music and if you are allowing children at the reception, it’s a good idea to set up a children’s area with comfy seating and a DVD player playing holiday favorites like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone, and other holiday themed movies to amuse them. Use more poinsettias, red and green and gold candles, and ginger bread houses as centerpieces or table decorations. Having a traditional Christmas wedding can be a lovely way to celebrate both your marriage and Christmas without making guests feel like they had to give up their traditional Christmas celebrations in order to attend the wedding. Having a traditional Christmas wedding is a great way to celebrate your families and your marriage at one of the happiest times of the year. It’s easy to do a traditional Christmas wedding without making it seem kitschy or overdone.
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