I'll try and explain .....
During the reception, there is a theme and guests stand up all through the meal and tell stories about the bride and groom relating to the theme. Depending on how well these offerings are received by the audience, the bride & groom get a long - or short - kiss!
So, at one wedding we attended, the theme was "Hoola Hooping" - the couple's son was SO good, he had to be stopped after 5 minutes!!!!! Imagine THAT kiss.
Another theme was "How well do you know the bride or groom?" The groom's grandmother was first up with stories of his wilder teenage years [I wondered if she had written all the secrets down over the years in case she could use them at the wedding!] and she got a huge round of applause. The stories went on, each getting an appropriate response and related kissing time. Almost at the end of the meal, when we had all had quite a lot of wine, one of the bridal party stood up. She related a story about the bride saying "THIS IS THE ONE" very early on in the relationship. So far so good. But then the wine took over. I can't remember the exact details [nor should I] but on one particular occassion, it turns out that she had walked in on the couple on the floor - and yes, that is what they were doing!!!!!!! The entire wedding company were silent, you could hear a pin drop, the bride went red, the groom went red, the bride's father looked as if he needed restraining, all the guests looked at each other ....... then [as I remember] Granny cheered and the roof was lifted. It should be noted that the Bride & Groom gave each other a quick peck and said they'd leave the rest for later.
This all came back to me yesterday when I saw a post from Sept 28th on Lori Hutchinson's blog - The Caketress. The beautiful photography was by Elizabeth Kaye at Elizabeth in love. Check out the cakes and the photography. This couple had such a lovely idea to follow the tradition. On each table was a money box and a bell. Guests put money into the box and rang the bell and the couple kissed. All the money collected went to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
You might like to try the kissing tradition in a similar way.
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