Wedding Catalog
Weddings are binding sacramental rites which join two people in matrimony. Traditions, customs and practices of wedding ceremonies vary tremendously amid nations and countries, religious sects, cultural factions, ethnic groups and social classes. By and large, a wedding ceremony is officiated by a figure of authority who offers prayers and readings from scriptures or civil bylaws and the couple is required to exchange oral and/or written vows or promissory words in the presence of witnesses (family, friends, the local populace). Most wedding ceremonies mandate that special wedding garments be worn by each member of the wedding couple and that items of monetary values or symbolic meanings or both be presented and those may include rings or other types of jewelry, cash offerings, flowers and so on. Once the wedded couple is publically sanctioned, a festivity or a wedding reception is followed with music and dancing, prayers and well wishing proclamations, toasts to the newlyweds and, of course, wines and delectable foods.
For most people, weddings are the single most important events of their lives and they are, therefore, weighed down with an entire array of emotions for everyone involved including all those who are planning their many intricate details such as the following but certainly not limited to them:
- Setting the date and reserving the venues of the wedding ceremony and the ensuing wedding reception.
- Selecting an officiating authority and, to ensure availability on the day of the wedding, getting on his or her calendar.
- Preparing guest lists and sending out wedding invitations.
- Acquiring the traditional wedding garments.
- A photographer, a videographer, a caterer as well as the musicians must all be contracted well in advance.
- Flowers and table decorations as well as the wedding cake must be ordered.
- Rings, jewelry or any other offerings must be prepared.
- Honeymoon must be organized if the couple intends to go for a honeymoon.
As is true in just about every aspect of our modern lives, weddings have also become modernized, especially in the Western world and they have been categorized into the following types:
- Double Wedding – a single ceremony and reception that is held for two couples at the same time and these occur most often among siblings.
- Destination Wedding – is a wedding ceremony and reception that requires the couple and their guests to travel to remote locations such as resort islands or overseas countries.
- Weekend Wedding – is a wedding that is celebrated over the course of an entire weekend with special activities planned such as special sports or events or spa treatments.
- White Wedding – is a traditional wedding where the bride wears the Victorian white dress to signify her purity and the veil to indicate her virginity.
- Military Wedding – is a wedding that is performed in a military chapel with the groom wearing a military dress uniform.
- Civil Wedding – is a wedding officiated by local civil authority with no references to any particular religion and it is conducted in a city hall or a courthouse.
- Sneak Wedding – is an elopement to get married.
- Green Wedding – is a wedding that is environmentally friendly.
- Same Sex Wedding – is a wedding between two men or two women.
To juggle so many details while planning and organizing a wedding, regardless of its type, is not easy. However, there is a wide assortment of wedding catalogs that will make the process just a little easier. Begin, if you will, by browsing through the following beautifully designed wedding catalogs:
Or you might want to visit Mail Order Catalogs and look through their long list of online wedding catalogs.
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