Which Wedding Traditions To Keep?

By Author: Paul Zayer
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It is a fact that some people like traditions, any traditions as a matter of fact, wedding traditions included of course. In the world of weddings, things are changing and for a very good reason. Some of the traditions that have been around for a while don't seem to make sense for everyone any longer. Even though some persons stick to the traditions no matter what, I have found that a few of the weddings I have gone to in the last few years are doing things differently instead of stiking to the old wedding traditions. I thought it is interesting to be able to adapt to new ways to organize weddings.

Wedding traditions came along because they had a reason to be done that way. Other things were done because of the social climate, and other things just happened to be something that stuck around for some reason. Wedding traditions that don't make a lot of sense any longer are still being used, but slowly, people are turning into things that make more sense in today's world. When a lot of these customs came along, life was a lot different, and with the modern world changing so fast, some of those old traditions simply don't ...
... exist anymore.

One of these wedding traditions is how people are seated in the church. In some cases, wedding organizers will have the bride's family seats on one side of the church and will seat the groom's family on the other side. The numbers of guests on the sides can be awfully lopsided because people move around so much today. This means half of the church is full and half is almost empty. That can make things awkward. When this happens, some are changing the wedding traditions and seating guests as they arrive, not according to family.

Other wedding traditions that are changing could be the colors that are used for the bride's dress and the ceremony. The groom can decide to have a woman to stand as his attendant of honor, or you may decide to have three people make speeches instead of just one. Wedding traditions are fine, but they really have to make sense. If you decide to plan a wedding, you don't have to feel like you have to follow the rules set forth by someone else in the past. If you want to change something, go ahead and do it. You'll be happier on your special day, and that is all that counts in the end.