{"id":7721,"date":"2015-10-28T21:50:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T04:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engaged.withjoy.com\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2020-08-17T15:51:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T22:51:46","slug":"how-to-decide-which-wedding-traditions-are-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/withjoy.com\/blog\/how-to-decide-which-wedding-traditions-are-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Decide Which Wedding Traditions Are Right For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you sit down to plan a wedding, the huge array&nbsp;of wedding traditions to choose from is overwhelming. When it comes down to it, almost every part of a wedding ceremony and reception is&nbsp;based on some obscure tradition, whether you know it or not. Traditions vary based on your&nbsp;culture, region, religious beliefs and other individual factors. And finally, to make it even more complicated, during the wedding planning process, you&#8217;ll often find out that many of your nearest and dearest have very strong opinions about which traditions you absolutely must include in your wedding&#8230; whether you like it or not. And while it&#8217;s important to be respectful of family, including the family you&#8217;re about to acquire when you say &#8220;I do,&#8221; it&#8217;s also key to remember that your wedding should ultimately be about what is meaningful to you.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know how you feel about the wedding traditions on this list:<\/p>\n<h2>1. PAPER INVITATIONS<\/h2>\n<p>If you have the budget, splurging on beautiful letterpress invitations will dazzle your guests and create a lovely keepsake of your wedding day. But if you&#8217;re tight on money, want to host a <a title=\"12 Ways to Have a Green Wedding\" href=\"\/blog\/12-ways-to-have-a-green-wedding\/\">truly green wedding<\/a> or just prioritize other details, there are lots of alternatives to traditional paper invitations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives:<\/strong> Try an online invitation instead. Joy makes it easy to invite guests and manage online RSVPs from your free wedding website or your phone.<\/p>\n<h2>2. VEILS<\/h2>\n<p>Wedding veils can be beautiful, but they also have an interesting history. Some say veils were worn in ancient times to protect brides from evil spirits&#8230; Others say they were insurance in arranged marriages to make sure a groom didn&#8217;t call of a wedding based on the brides&#8217; appearance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives:<\/strong> If a traditional veil just isn&#8217;t your style, remember that you have a whole world of accessories to play with. Skip a veil to show off a tiara, decorative headband or <a title=\"Easy DIY Flower Crown Tutorial\" href=\"\/blog\/easy-diy-flower-crown-tutorial\/\">flower crown<\/a>&nbsp;instead.<\/p>\n<h2>3. FLOWER GIRLS AND RING BEARERS<\/h2>\n<p>Listen, I&#8217;m the first to admit that there is nothing cuter than a toddler in a puffy dress or a tiny tuxedo. But if the rest of your wedding is adults only, or the kids in your life are prone to meltdowns, or you just can&#8217;t decide which special child gets a starring role, you can skip flower girls and ring bearers altogether.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives:<\/strong> Ask your best man or another trustworthy attendant (with pockets) to carry the jewelry. Or if you prefer furbabies to real babies, dress up a dog! (But maybe use decoy rings.)<\/p>\n<h2>4.&nbsp;UNITY CANDLES<\/h2>\n<p>Lighting a unity candle is one of the most popular way to symbolize the joining of two families during a wedding ceremony. But just because it&#8217;s become common in the United States, it&#8217;s definitely not a requirement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives:<\/strong> Keep your ceremony short and sweet and skip straight to the vows, or consider a less common alternatives, like hand fasting, blessings of the rings, a sand ceremony, or jumping the broom. Or get creative &#8211; I once attended a wedding where the couple blended two bottles of whiskey to age in a small barrel, and they celebrate every anniversary with a round of shots.<\/p>\n<h2>5. PROFESSIONAL OFFICIANTS<\/h2>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t religious or just don&#8217;t have a pastor or other religious official in your life, you aren&#8217;t doomed to be married by a stranger who marries people for a living. Nowadays, just about <a title=\"The Ultimate Backyard Wedding Checklist\" href=\"\/blog\/the-ultimate-backyard-wedding-checklist\/\">anybody can get ordained<\/a> to marry a couple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives:<\/strong> Reach out to a close friend or family member, preferably somebody with some public speaking experience, to get ordained online.<\/p>\n<h2>6. SEATING CHARTS<\/h2>\n<p>If you are serving a formal, multi-course plated dinner with multiple entree options, assigned seating is pretty much required. But&nbsp;seating charts can get stressful, and there are lots of catering options that don&#8217;t require assigned seating. If you are doing heavy apps, serving stations, a family style meal or a buffet, you can skip the seating chart altogether and save yourself a lot of time (and people pleasing).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives:<\/strong> Trust guests to find their seat, and reserve a few VIP tables at the front for your wedding party and immediate family.<\/p>\n<h2>7. 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