The Wedding Favor Tradition
No one knows for sure how it all got started, but story has it
that hundreds of years ago when the Bride and Groom decided to
join hands and become one, in order to make official their
commitment to one another, the witnesses which of course now a
days better known as wedding party guest who attended this unity
in marriage as proof of this unity took home a memento or
wedding keepsake.
In this keepsake, or back in the day "scroll" was the Bride and
Groom's name and date of their unity as record and confirmation
that the ceremony indeed took place and made legal. The purpose
of these wedding
favors or bridal favors were simply to confirm the unity of
the marriage and to offer these witnesses or wedding reception
guest wedding favors as part of the ceremonial and reception
party procedure. It was thought that it was not just a gift of
celebration but more of a ceremonial tradition that was required
in order for it all to be legal and binding.
Of course there is no facts that this was the case but there
appeared to be some type of tie between weddings ceremonies and
wedding reception traditions. For example unity candles play a
big roll in ceremonial church weddings.
We can all agree that these unity or ceremonial candles are used
to symbolize the unity of marriage when two hearts become one.
This is the same thought that goes behind every wedding favor.
Wedding Favors
are to symbolize the celebration of love and marriage but even
more its a part of a tradition an acceptance of a wedding
tradition where guest party favors are as much a part of
marriage as the ceremony and legality itself. Favors are a part
of marriage as is marriage a part of wedding favors. Think about
it for a moment. If you were to get married and had a wedding
party of two hundred or so guest, the day was lovely and
everything went very well, except for one thing, favors were not
offered to your guest.
Wouldn't you feel like there was something missing at the end of
the day? Your guests would definitely feel the same way if there
was no type of personal wedding party favors or unique wedding
favors to take home with them to remember your special day. The
reason for this is because wedding favors has now become a big
part of the bridal party wedding tradition and also has become a
fact of life. This tradition was believe to have started
hundreds of years ago and to this day wedding favors are alive
and doing very well.