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Wedding Traditions & Customs

Wedding Traditions & Customs

Understand wedding traditions and shed light on all that’s old, new, borrowed and blue. Learn the appropriate way to navigate the first dance, cut the cake and toss the bouquet. Need culture-specific advice? Research everything from Italian wedding traditions to the customs of a Mexican ceremony. Ever wonder why it’s bad luck for the bride and groom to see each other before the big event? eHow offers the scoop on this and many other superstitions. You’ll even find suggestions for honoring parents and grandparents.

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  • How to Add Something Blue into Wedding Attire

    When your wedding day comes, you may choose to keep with the “something blue” tradition, whether you get your item for yourself or from a loved one. Some people consider this quite...

  • How to Include African Culture in a Wedding

    Let this brief guide serve as a jumping off point to weaving traditional African elements into your special day. Whether you are planning a lavish wedding, or hosting a small, intimate gathering...

  • How to Catch the Wedding Bouquet

    If you can’t be the bride, you can increase your hopes of being one soon if you catch the wedding bouquet, or so the tradition goes. Catching the wedding bouquet is definitely an honor, not...

  • How to Make a Great Wedding Toast

    There´s nothing like a great toast. And nothing worse than an absolutely torturous one. Here´s how to handle the speeches whether you´re the bride, groom, best man or really anybody...

  • How to Write a Wedding Toast

    You’re the best man or the maid-of-honor, the wedding is fast approaching and you know you’ll be expected to make a toast. You keep thinking you really ought to give the toast some...

  • How to Give a Wedding Toast

    Giving a speech at a wedding is not only a great honor but a great responsibility. This is something that might be a once in a lifetime for the married couple so it’s up to you to make it...

  • How to Find Single Women In Your Area

    If you’re tired of the bar scene or if the women you find there haven’t been the best match for you, don’t despair. It’s possible to meet people almost everywhere and...

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