How to Add Italian Traditions to a Wedding

If that dream wedding in Tuscany isn't possible, then add some Italian traditions to your wedding to bring a touch of Italy to your special day. There are many Italian customs you can use in your wedding ceremony and the reception as well.

Things You'll Need

  • Ribbons
  • Flowers
  • Glass or goblet
  • Sugar coated almonds
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Instructions

    • 1

      Schedule your wedding on Sunday because Italians consider a Sunday wedding good luck.

    • 2

      Install elaborate ribbons over the doorways of the building where the ceremony is taking place. It signifies someone is "tying the knot."

    • 3

      Shatter a glass at the end of the ceremony, similar to Jewish weddings just at a different time. This is done in many regions of Italy by the wedding couple. The number of fragments represent the years of happiness the couple will have together.

    • 4

      Decorate the couple's car with flowers and ribbons rather than tin cans.

    • 5

      Cut the groom's tie into pieces at the reception. He then sells the pieces to guests as a memento of their Italian wedding. Traditionally, this was done to help pay for the wedding. Sometimes the bride would carry a satin bag for guests to put money in which was also to raise money to help defray the cost of the wedding.

    • 6

      Give each guest five sugar coated almonds as a symbol of health, joy, wealth, fertility and long-life. This Italian wedding tradition started as a result of a Greek legend in which the almond came to symbolize impetuous youth and immortal love.

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