A wonderful time for a wedding

IT’S THE most wonderful time of the year, your family is gathered around you, and the church is already decorated. Why not have a Christmas wedding? Here are ideas and tips to have a fantastic Christmas wedding with all the trimmings.

Wedding colours:
Red and green are natural colours for a Christmas wedding. It is likely that your church or reception site will already be decorated in red and green for other events and holiday parties. But don’t feel limited to this palate. Other possibilities, which will work with existing decorations, include:
- silver and white
- silver and light blue
- burgundy, forest green, and gold (as long as the existing decorations aren’t too primary)
- gold and cream

Christmas wedding invitations:
You’ll want to reflect the season and your theme, but you won’t want it to look like a holiday card. The solution? Forgo a folded card, opting for the traditional thick white card, with a border and engraved or thermo-graphed text. You can highlight the Christmas wedding theme in the border with poinsettia. Since people make plans for the holidays early, and often have many parties and events to attend at this time of year, you’ll want to send your invitations a little bit early — about 12 weeks before the event. You might also consider “save the date” cards in addition to the invitations, which will ensure that those most important to you will be able to attend.

Wedding cake:
Having each tier look like an individually wrapped package is a popular look that is perfect for a Christmas wedding. You might also do a take on a buche noel or yule log. Use marzipan, an almond paste used in many holiday desserts, as a filling.

Bridesmaids attire for a Christmas wedding:
You can dress them in your wedding colours, give them long wraps or sparkly accessories, all of which will help evoke your theme.

And the Bride wore:
A Christmas wedding dress needn’t be that different from any other kind. Wear the one that flatters you most, or embrace the trend of colour in wedding dresses by adding a beautiful red silk sash to the waist of your gown. You could also seek a dress with lots of sparkly beads and sequins.