What are some of the traditions of a wedding reception?
Wedding receptions should always be unique to the bride and groom. But of course there are several traditions that frequent most receptions. The wedding toast, where the bride’s and/or groom’s father gives a speech, the maid of honor and best man sometimes do a speech too, following with a click of champagne flutes. Bouquet tossing is also a popular tradition, where the bride throws her bouquet to a crowd of single women. And to follow, the garter tossing, but first the groom has to search for the garter up the bride’s dress, take it off, and then fling into a group of single men. There is usually always a first dance as husband and wife, where the bride and groom choose a song that means something to their relationship and they start the dancing off with that song playing. While there are several traditions at wedding receptions, be creative and think of something unique to do, that just might become a tradition in weddings to come. • We want to write our own vows but would like to sa
