A Chrismas day wedding?!

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Seems odd to me, I can't even think of any extenuating circumstances where a couple would already know now that Christmas day was the ONLY day they could get hitched.


I don't see an inherent issue unless it were a church wedding and the church was just overwhelmed with regular Christmas Eve/Christmas Day activities as our church is.

Just sounds like the couple wanted it on a special day. I likely would not attend though unless it was a special couple or a special event that they were creating. (i.e. I wouldn't attend for DH's co-workers cousin's neighbor type of situation. But I likely would for immediate family as long as it didn't commit me to financial hardship.)

 

[BelleWDW]

OP_I'm curious if this is a Church wedding? i can nOT imagine any minister giving the OK to this. Nor can I imagine ANY friends skipping Christmas with family to attend?

 

[disneyfreakk]

I would go if it was a close friend or family member.

What gets me is *WHY* would anyone want to be married on Christmas day? That day is pretty much already spoken for, lol.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

A wedding on Christmas wouldn't bother me personally but I would question why anyone would want a wedding on Christmas... obviously a lot of people wouldn't be able to attend. Unless of course it was like a PPs story when the couple didn't want people to come.

But, I would love to have a wedding on Christmas Eve... I don't think that is ridiculous at all.

 

[pigletgirl]

Yes, if it was important enough for me to be there.

Yes, christmas is a big holiday, but what a neat anniversary! I had a friend get married on Dec. 31st! it was really awesome.

 

[aprilgail2]

I try to get out of going to any wedding if at all possible so one on Christmas would be a very quick "no" for us!

 

[fiveforall]

I would probably attend, but I'm partial.........I was married on Christmas Eve. DH and I wanted a small wedding and his parents had also been married on Christmas Eve. We had a lovely wedding at a small chapel in the woods. We had lots of poinsettias and my attendants wore green velvet dresses. We were married at 10 AM on a Saturday morning, so the guests still had the rest of their day for holiday events.

 

[Octoberbride03]

Here's my question: What denomination actually books a Christmas day wedding

I know that even if I had wanted a wedding on Christmas Eve or Day, I couldn't have done it. No way, no how would i have ever been able to reserve my parish for the event. We're talking big parish here, so thinking back there were 3 evening services AND a Midnight mass PLUS 3 more on Christmas morning. Maybe its a Catholic thing, but as pretty as it would have been if I'd thought about it the practicalities just aren't there.

That's not to say i wouldn't go, depends on who's getting married, but I can't imagine a lot of Christian denominations actually making the church available to book KWIM.

 

[monkey68]

I would go, but then again, I'm Jewish, so I usually spend Christmas eating Chinese food and watching movies. Although our local movie theater has had a bed bug outbreak recently, so I think I might be renting movies this year.

 

[Ember]

OP_I'm curious if this is a Church wedding? i can nOT imagine any minister giving the OK to this. Nor can I imagine ANY friends skipping Christmas with family to attend?

I had to hunt down the invitation, but yes, it is at a church. It's a very small church out of the city, though. So maybe that's how they were able to fit it in. Wedding is at 2 pm, reception to follow at 6pm.

 

[MissyDVC]

I would go

 

[shortbun]

I probably would send regrets to an invite for a Christmas wedding. It's just a real family day and even though we're in very lazy mode by 5pm on Christmas Day, there's reason for that- we're exhausted, sated and feeling very cozy and warm.

 

[MichelleVW]

Sure I would go, I bet the church would be beautiful!

 

[Becky2005]

I had to hunt down the invitation, but yes, it is at a church. It's a very small church out of the city, though. So maybe that's how they were able to fit it in. Wedding is at 2 pm, reception to follow at 6pm.

I would go with those times. By 1 pm, we are completely done with Christmas. The gifts have been open and we are pretty much doing nothing. We do my DH's family get together Christmas Eve and I can't remember the last time we had a family get together on actual Christmas day. We usually have it all different times -- extended families are going to be Jan. 2 this year. My immediate side of my family is ??? we don't know yet, my brother's hosting & SIL is still waiting to see what is going on in her family.

As far as I know, our church doesn't have an actual Christmas Day service. It hasn't in all the years I have been going. Our Christmas program will be the Sunday before Christmas, there will be a Christmas Eve service and then nothing on Christmas day. Now, I don't know if they would allow anyone to have a wedding that day but possible I suppose.

 

[lovemygoofy]

My wedding was December 21. I got all kinds of complaints about it being so close to Christmas. I simply told them to either come or not. It was their choice.

I can understand why someone would have a wedding on Christmas day. Most people have that time off and easier to get the families together that way although airfare can be expensive.

I would go to a Christmas wedding if I had the time and wanted to be there.

P.S. I did have the Christmas decoration wedding too. Although, the bridesmaids wore light blue satin instead of velvet.

 

[The Princess]

No I wouldn't attend the wedding.

 

[BelleWDW]

I would go with those times. By 1 pm, we are completely done with Christmas. The gifts have been open and we are pretty much doing nothing. .

Most people eat their meal mid day-1pm-2pm ish=and i think most peopel -aftera huge feast are needing a nap about then.
Then you'd have to go back home to change into wedding garb.
I cant see anyone doing that

 

[bumbershoot]

I would go, as long as kids are invited. The 25th means nothing to me and never has!

 

[MichelleVW]

Most people eat their meal mid day-1pm-2pm ish=and i think most peopel -aftera huge feast are needing a nap about then.
Then you'd have to go back home to change into wedding garb.
I cant see anyone doing that

Define most people? No one in my family (immediate or extended) does a big Christmas meal mid day.

I don't think it would kill people to attend a festive wedding and skip their traditions for one year. I guess since I'm retired military I'm a little more flexible about my traditions, but I really don't see the drama over attending a wedding on Christmas.

 

[aprilgail2]

I had to hunt down the invitation, but yes, it is at a church. It's a very small church out of the city, though. So maybe that's how they were able to fit it in. Wedding is at 2 pm, reception to follow at 6pm.

wow for sure not! We have dinner between 4-5 and then open gifts after that-then have cake... no way would we go and I would hope that the bride/groom would understand why people would not be attending!