Tag Archives: Wedding Etiquette

The Importance of an RSVP

An RSVP is critical to the planning of a successful event.  It gives the host or hostess a number to work with when making arrangements for food, beverages, seating and more. If you fail to appropriately RSVP or uphold your … Continue reading

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Where Do the Parents of the Bride and Groom Sit?

If there is a center aisle in the church, the parents of the bride sit in the first pew on the left and the parents of the groom sit in the first pew on the right as you face the … Continue reading

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Postwedding Visits

Often elderly or ill family members are unable to attend wedding festivities.  It is wonderful when the bride and groom make plans to visit these friends and family members to share their wedding with them. If there is time on … Continue reading

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Traditional Anniversary Gifts

First……………………………………..Paper Second………………………………….Cotton Third…………………………………….Leather Fourth…………………………………..Fruit or flowers Fifth……………………………………..Wood Sixth…………………………………….Sugar, candy, iron Seventh…………………………………Copper or wool Eighth…………………………………..Bronze Ninth……………………………………Pottery Tenth……………………………………Tin, aluminum Eleventh………………………………..Steel Twelfth………………………………….Silk or linen Thirteenth………………………………Lace Fourteenth……………………………..Ivory Fifteenth………………………………..Crystal or glass Twentieth……………………………….China Twenty-fifth……………………………Silver Thirtieth…………………………………Pearl Thirty-fifth…………………………….Coral or jade Fortieth………………………………….Ruby Forty-fifth……………………………..Sapphire Fiftieth………………………………….Gold Sixtieth………………………………….Diamond Sixty-fifth……………………………..Diamond Seventieth……………………………..Diamond

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No Food or Drink in the Receiving Line – Wedding Etiquette

It is inappropriate to have food or beverage with you when going through the receiving line. Either wait to have a cocktail or hors d’oeurves until after you have greeted the wedding party, or leave your glass and or plate … Continue reading

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Prom Etiquette – Corsages and Boutonnieres

It is customary to give your date a corsage or boutonniere when attending the prom. Ladies wear a corsage, gentlemen wear a boutonniere. This tradition comes from a time period, long ago, when flowers were worn to make one smell … Continue reading

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