Las Vegas is the top wedding destination with over 100,000 weddings a year, followed by Hawaii at 25,000 weddings a year.
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Showing posts with label #weddingtrivia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #weddingtrivia. Show all posts
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
The least popular months to get married are January (4.7%), March (6.1%) and February (7.0%) – so if you’re looking for steep wedding discounts, consider a winter ceremony!
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
The term “best man” dates back to the times when Scotsmen kidnapped their future brides. The friend of the groom who had excelled at the abduction was acclaimed to be the best man.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
$1,016 is the average cost of wedding rings for the bride and groom.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
80 percent of weddings are performed in churches or synagogues.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
A recent study indicates 1/2 of all brides will use a wedding consultant or wedding day coordinator.
Want to be included in that 1/2? Give us a call to set up your complementary consultation!
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Approximately 2.3 million couples wed every year in the US. That breaks down to nearly 6,200 weddings a day.
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
The average couple will spend three times more on their honeymoon than a regular vacation. Don’t forget to let airlines and hotels know that you’re recently married to get some fabulous (and free!) honeymoon perks!
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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Both men and women have higher life expectancies when married than those who are single or divorced.
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Before the church declared marriage a sacrament, couples often sought sacred places in nature to wed, such as a hilltop or cliff, where the earth supposedly meets heaven.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Nearly $72 billion is spent on weddings every year in the United States.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Over 74% of first-time brides receive a diamond engagement ring, with the diamond (first discovered in India over 2,000 years ago) symbolizing pure and eternal love. The Greeks thought diamonds (adamas) were tears of the gods, and the Romans thought diamas or diamonds were splinters from heavenly stars.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
The bachelor or stag party supposedly started in fifth-century Sparta where military compatriots would feast and toast one another on the eve of a wedding, like warriors going to battle.
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Wedding bells are an important symbol of a wedding. Traditionally, it was believed that demons were scared off by loud sounds, so following a wedding ceremony, anything that could make noise was used to create a diversion.
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
The top 10 “First Dance” songs in the U.S. include:
“The Way You Look Tonight”
“Just the Way You Are”
“Come Away with Me”
"Unforgettable”
“Wonderful Tonight”
“From This Moment On”
“This I Promise You”
“Thank You For Loving Me”
“Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
“All I Ask of You"
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
In Mediterranean countries, Jordan almonds are given to guests at a wedding to represent the bitter and the sweet sides of marriage.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Seventy-five percent of engaged couples in the United States pay for some or all of their own wedding.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
An average wedding in the United States has 175 guests.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
Much like the modern tradition of feeding wedding cake to one’s spouse, in ancient Rome, couples pledged their unity by sharing food. Today a Japanese bride and groom drink sake together, Jewish couples drink from the same cup of consecrated wine, and Muslim couples eat from the same piece of candy.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Wedding Trivia Thursday | North Carolina Wedding Planner
A bride is traditionally carried over the threshold either to symbolize her reluctance to leave her father’s home or because evil spirits hovered over the threshold of a house—so she was lifted over the entrance to protect her from the spirits.
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