Dear Friends,
To paraphrase Tennyson, Spring is in the air and we all know that means that a young person's thoughts turn to love, so I thought it fitting to write this month's newsletter about the grand celebration of love…The Wedding!
This month I've compiled a list of interesting wedding statistics and factoids.
Did You Know?
In English tradition, Wednesday is the best day to marry, but Monday is for wealth and Tuesday is for health. Saturday is the most popular day for weddings even though it's the unluckiest day according to English folklore!
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According to Hindu tradition, rain on your wedding day is good luck.
Have you ever wondered why the groom carries the bride across the threshold? It's to protect her from evil spirits that lurk below
In America, it's traditional to throw rice at newlyweds. In the Czech Republic they throw peas (hopefully not frozen ones).
Finnish brides traditionally go door-to-door collecting gifts in a pillowcase, accompanied by an older gentleman who represents long marriage.
Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth
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finger of the left hand because it was once thought that a vein in that finger went directly into the heart.
Pearl engagement rings are thought to be bad luck because pearls are shaped like tears.
Stag parties were first held by Spartan soldiers.
The first documented marriage in Colonial America was in Virginia in 1609, between Anna Burrows and John Laydon.
In what may be history's earliest engagement, Henry the VIII gave an engagement ring to Princess Mary when she was the ripe old age of two!
Queen Victoria started the Western world's white wedding dress trend in 1840 - before then brides merely wore their best dress. However, in Japan white has always been the traditional color for brides.
Ancient Greeks and Romans thought the veil
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