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Christmas Day Wedding Celebrations

Christmas Day is a perfect occasion to tie the knot. Believed to be the most romantic occasion of the year, Christmas brings love and spirit of the season into the special union. Brides married on Christmas are believed to usher prosperity, happiness and fertility.

Most halls are booked during Christmas weddings. Hence, it is important to plan them a year in advance. The best part about Christmas weddings is that most churches are already decorated with flowers and a religious sign as this saves your cost and time.

Christmas Day

Preparations

Include special holiday hues into the holy occasion. Deep, dark reds and shades of green are typical Christmas colors. Nevertheless, you can be creative and include various tones for an aesthetic look.

Try funky lime green with red, or wine and cranberry hues. Use these colors in your floral decorations, invitation cards, bride's attire and other materials.

Include fresh scent of spruce and fir into Christmas inspired floral designs. Black and red magic roses and carnations are very popular. Don't go for conventional fillers such as baby's breath and fern. Instead, use sprigs of evergreen in boutonnieres and bouquets.

Theme Selection

If you don't like red and green theme, select a wintry décor. White, cream and silver form a vibrant winter backdrop.

Use glitter and snowflakes in flavors, cake and invitations to give the impression of an excellent winter wonderland. Use out of the box designs for wedding cake. A good option would be to shape desserts as stacked gift boxes.

Opt for less expensive centerpieces as flowers could be a bit on the expensive side. Fill glass vases with mono colored Christmas ornaments or consider holiday hued candles. They provide an equally stunning effect. Christmas celebrations are filled with religious rituals. Most churches don't permit music and dance. Wear white or red formal dress to suit the occasion.

Christmas Day Wedding Celebrations

A Black, White, and Silver New Year's Eve Wedding

New Year's Eve is definitely the most glamorous night of the whole year to have a wedding. Black, white, and silver is a chic color palette that will bring out the stylish flair of the holiday. Learn how to plan an unforgettable New Year's Eve wedding using a black, white, and silver color scheme.

It almost goes without saying that a New Year's Eve wedding should be black tie. Classic black tie always looks the most elegant; while rental shops may suggest colorful vests for the groom and groomsmen, a black cummberbund is more dashing and timeless. Silver dresses will be the clear choice for the bridesmaids. If they are comfortable in slender silhouettes, slinky silk sheaths would be ideal. Choose ones with a gathered bustline and wide straps, like something from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s. Big sparkly crystal jewelry will complete their look perfectly. If you want to up the drama factor, your bridesmaids could wear little maribou stoles over their dresses for the ceremony.

Christmas Eve

The bride at a New Year's Eve wedding needs a really striking gown. An incredible look is a fluid sheath gown covered from head to toe in tiny crystals or sequins. This has been a very hot look on the red carpet this year, and looks simply unbelievable when you move. Such a glam gown calls for dramatic crystal bridal jewelry, and plenty of it. If you wish to define the waist, a black sash with a jeweled brooch would be great with the black, white, and silver theme. Because the silhouette of a sheath is so simple, you can get away with really bold crystal bridal jewelry.

Then there are the flowers! Accent white flowers with silvery elements to incorporate the color scheme into the bouquet. Silvery dusty miller or lamb's ear leaves are wonderful natural accents to ruffly white parrot tulips or lovely white camellias. Another idea is to use silver metal leaves or tiny metallic silver balls to mix into the white blossoms. Being New Year's Eve, you could even get away with glittery silver curly branches mixed into the bouquets or centerpieces. Tie the bouquets with black velvet ribbons to complete the effect. The centerpieces will be very striking arranged in black vases. Either use fluted footed black vases for a vintage flair, or tall sleek rectangular black vessels for a sleek modern look.

To bring your black, white, and silver color scheme to life at your New Year's Eve wedding, special table linens are a must. I personally do not care for black table linens (they never feel clean to me), but silver would look amazing. Shimmery silver organza toppers can be used over standard white tablecloths, or if budget permits, rent silver silk dupioni linens with a chic quilted stitching (like a Chanel handbag). Since the centerpieces will be primarily black and white, the whole elegant color theme will come together beautifully.

Every wedding needs a big finish, and for New Year's Eve, fireworks would be spectacular. Treat your guests to a grand finale as the clock strikes midnight. You can welcome in the New Year and your new married life at the same time - what a perfect way to start the year!

A Black, White, and Silver New Year's Eve Wedding