What the heck am I talking about? Having a breakfast after your wedding? That means you have to have a morning wedding! What’s so stereotypical about that!?!
Well it was stereotypical back in the Victorian days. I found this interesting site Victoriana.com. They have a lot of information about fashion and customs of the Victorian days including weddings. Here’s a quote which I found interesting, it appeared on the Victoriana.com site but it was originally from from: “The Bazar Book of Decorum. The care of the Person, Manners, Etiquette, and Ceremonials.” 1873
“The Victorian Wedding Breakfast: The wedding, or formal official breakfast, is a stereotyped affair, cast in the moulds of the confectioner and restaurateur. It is little else than the fashionable ball supper, lighted up by day instead of gas light, and is composed, like it, of stewed oysters, galantines, mayonnaise of fowl, cold game, ices, pyramids, and all the knickknackeries of confectionery. The guests take their places with all the ceremony of a formal banquet. The bride and bridegroom always have the precedence in the procession to the refreshment-room, and others take their position according to rank and age. It is customary for the married pair to leave, on the day of marriage, for a tour, and remain absent for a week, ten days, or even more.”
Oh I just love mayonnaise of fowl…those Victorian people had it going on! Anyway, it may seem kind of crazy to us 21st century folk, but really how crazy were they? Celebrity wedding planner Colin Cowie, in his book Colin Cowie’s Weddings
Who says your reception has to be a multi-hour, mega-dollar production? There are times when that just isn’t of interest or feasible. What if it’s not your first marriage, or you’re on a tight budget, or you just don’t like large crowds? Colin goes into details about menu choices and how to set up a wedding breakfast. But, just picture a beautiful spring morning, there’s still that coolness in the air, everything is green and the flowers are blooming. Your white clothed tables are decorated with beautiful green and white floral centerpieces accented by lemons. Shade is provided by the surrounding trees and beautiful white fabric umbrellas. You can have a harpist playing soft background music. You and your guests are enjoying the wonderful mayonnaise of fowl and all the knickknackeries of confenctionary. Well, maybe we’ll skip that part!
Then that afternoon you and your new spouse can get a head start on your honeymoon!
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Rhonda
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I liked this post a lot. It’s fun to read about old wedding traditions. Hey, perhaps you could write another post just about wedding traditions and where some of them come from!
Hi Thryn, nice to hear from you again! I’ll see what I can do. Looks like your wedding is getting close! I’ve been following on your blog and on ethicalweddings.
Good luck
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