2. The weddings
Over half the weddings in the England take
place in local register offices and the rest are
religious ceremonies of one kind or another. A
few years ago changes in the law allowed
couples to get married in all sorts of places
(known as a civil Wedding Ceremony).
Most weddings take place on Saturday
afternoons; this is very much the peak period in
any week for getting married.

3. Before the Wedding takes place
Brides have Hen nights and bridegrooms have Stag
parties (similar to bachelor/bachelorette parties).
For couples getting married in a church, banns
announcing the proposed wedding are read aloud in
the church three Sundays before the wedding.
The groom chooses a Best Man who will look after
the couple rings during the wedding ceremony.

4. The Wedding Day
It is unlucky for the
groom to see the bride
on the wedding day
before the service.
Traditionally the bride
wears a white dress and
the groom wears a suit.

5. The bride may be attended by
bridesmaids and pageboys.

6. The groom and the bride say their
vows.

7. They give each other rings
• The wedding ring is the last
present a couple will give one
another before their
wedding. The very first
present a couple gives each
other is often times a sort of
promise ring - which most
think of a pre-engagement
ring. Later on as a duet gets
more involved, they then give
engagement rings to each
other.

8. They sign a wedding register.

9. After the wedding ceremony
• After the wedding
ceremony guests are
invited to attend a
meal and further
celebrations. This is
known as the
Wedding Reception.

10. Guests leave
presents for the
bride and groom
on a table in the
room where the
reception takes
place.

11. It is traditional for
the Best
Man, Brides Father
and the Groom to
give a speech at the
wedding reception.

12. Wedding Cake
• It is traditional at weddings to
have a special wedding cake at
the reception, often with two or
more tiers - each tier may be
made of a different type of cake
to satisfy the tastes of all your
wedding guests. It's also
customary for the top tier of a
three or four tier cake to be
kept aside for the christening of
the couple’s first child.

13. The Honeymoon
• It is traditional for
the bride and groom
to go away on a
holiday, called a
Honeymoon, after
the wedding has
taken place.

14. Interesting Fact
• Centuries ago it was
customary for the Bride and
Bridegroom to drink honey
for a month after the
wedding. A month was
known as a moon, hence
honeymoon.

15. Wedding Superstitions
• ~Bride and groom must not meet
on the day of the wedding except at
the altar.
• ~The bride should never wear her
complete wedding clothes before
the day.
• ~For good luck the bride should
wear “something
borrowed, something
blue, something old and something
new”.
• ~The husband should carry his new
wife over the threshold of their
home.