How To Plan A Christmas Wedding

Ellie: Hi, I am Ellie. Charlotte: And I am Charlotte, and we run a wedding boutique. Ellie: Today, we are going to talk to you about how to plan your wedding.

Charlotte: If you are thinking about planning a Christmas wedding, it is a fantastic time of the year to really embrace the cold and the twinkle lights. The main benefit of getting married in Christmas is you kind of know that weather is going to be cold, if you are getting married in the UK. You might be getting married abroad in a hot country but if it is traditional Christmas, and also that the venues are going to be having their Christmas decorations up.

So they will have all the gorgeous foliage, the holly, the Christmas tree, the twinkle lights which will really help set the scene. You also can embrace the candles on the centre pieces. You got to remember it is going to get dark right about 3.

30, 4, so you kind of need to create a really warm, cozy atmosphere for your guests. Ellie: So maybe the little things like some of our brides have done in the past is it they get married in a separate ceremony and then they route the venue having little night lights to direct the guests exactly where to go. Then everything that shows is candles and foliage and holly and you have to really think about what you are going to wear because you are going to be cold if you are outside.

So maybe having something like this, a really warm and furry shrug is really a good idea and for your bridesmaids and for your flower girls. Charlotte: That adds a bit of glam, doesn't it? Because it is dark and you kind of want some. Ellie: Yes. Exactly.

So okay, you need to think about what you want your guests to wear. Lots of our brides actually want their guests to wear long dresses at Christmas weddings. So it might be a good idea to put black tie on to your dress code and actually get your bridesmaids to wear long dresses and flowers and little shrugs, so everything sort of has that look.

It is quiet opulent that time of getting married at that time of the year. Charlotte: Yes, and embrace the sort of berry colors. You know you can get some beautiful red berries and your flowers can be very wintery with green foliage hanging down, lots of ivy.

Ellie: And think about food as well. Whether you have mouth watering reception minced pies. So think about fact that it is Christmas, maybe for the children, you have sort of the chocolate coins, you know like little Santa, stockings of some sort, etc.

Ellie: So you kind of embrace the fact that it is Christmas. Charlotte: Because it is time, carry over. Lots of weddings to be organized on New Year's Eve because it is a great way to enter the year.

It is a great party for everyone so black tie works really well. But you can still embrace the little details of the classy Christmas wedding. So it's all about the sparkle, it's all about twinkle lights and candles and creating a really warm atmosphere.

And that is how you plan your Christmas wedding. .