| This may not work if you live in a big city. But if you're | | | | great options for a buffet. Give people only little tables |
| having a big holiday wedding, why not do something a | | | | so that they have to drift around a bit for food and |
| bit more casual with your friends for the rehearsal? | | | | drink. That raises your chances of running into them |
| Why not think about an indoor picnic and a bonfire? If | | | | naturally and easily. Hire a song leader or find one from |
| you live in a city with "no burn" laws, you might be able | | | | your crowd, and carol and sing holiday favorites. Do it |
| to find a venue with a circular fireplace and hunker | | | | outside around the fire or inside around a piano. Take |
| down! Winter weddings give you lots of options. Many | | | | advantage of the beauty of a winter evening and |
| people opt for more formal weddings with church | | | | contrast the cold of the winter with the warmth of |
| ceremonies because the churches are beautifully | | | | your wedding. After all the wedding vows you're |
| decorated for the holidays and the jewel toned | | | | making tomorrow are a promise that you will always |
| velvets and satins lend themselves to formal evening | | | | have a warm place to go and a sweetheart to |
| weddings. And besides, the dark is what this holiday is | | | | snuggle with during the long winter nights! |
| about, so evenings make sense. | | | | Here's what you don't want to do: any skiing, sledding, |
| So if you're having a formal wedding, why not go | | | | skating, tobogganing that might lead to broken arms |
| more casual for your rehearsal dinner? Knowing that | | | | and legs for brides and grooms and guests. Do sports |
| you're going to spend the next day in heels and hose, | | | | the day after the wedding! Emergency rooms are no |
| a lot of brides might be happy to look fabulous in a ski | | | | place to get ready for your wedding and your tux |
| sweater and a pair of Ugghs! Weddings are fairly | | | | pants might not fit over the cast! Do, however, remind |
| formal just by their nature.Their formality can make it | | | | people to dress warmly. You might want to bring extra |
| difficult for the wedding couple to get time with | | | | hats and mittens! Now you have a winter holiday |
| everyone. So, an indoor picnic for the rehearsal is a | | | | bonfire tradition. Start planning next year's when you |
| great option. Bowls of steaming soup or stew, fondue | | | | get home from your honeymoon! Let everyone see |
| (cheese or chocolate? Hmmm, cheese and | | | | how well you're thriving in your marriage, one year |
| chocolate?), mulled wine, hot chocolate might all be | | | | later! |