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2. Bridal shower - Wikipedia

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   A bridal shower traditionally involves giving gifts to the future wife. A bridal shower is a gift-giving party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding.. The history of the custom is rooted not necessarily for the provision of goods for the upcoming matrimonial home, but to provide goods and financial assistance to ensure that the wedding may take place.

3. Party favor - Wikipedia

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   Today, gifts to guests are commonly known as wedding favors and are shared in cultures worldwide. Wedding favors have become a part of wedding reception planning, especially in the United States and Canada. Wedding favors are diverse [6] and usually complement the theme or season of the event. Classic favors can range from the classic sugared ...

4. Weddings in the United States and Canada - Wikipedia

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   Wedding cakes are widely seen as symbols of fertility. [14] While now they are an enjoyable snack for the wedding guests, wedding cakes have a more serious history. Sharing the first piece of wedding cake is still a ritual in weddings, but it originated as a way to ensure fertility for the bride in her attempts to have children.

5. Stag and doe - Wikipedia

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   Hosting a stag and doe party does not preclude the couple from participating in other wedding-related parties, such as a bridal shower, bachelor party, bachelorette party, and so on. A popular stag and doe tradition is a toonie toss, which has guests toss toonies (CA$2 coins) at a Texas mickey (3L) bottle of liquor. The toss runs for some time ...

6. Wedding cake - Wikipedia

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   Wedding cake was originally a luxury item, and a sign of celebration and social status (the bigger the cake, the higher the social standing). Wedding cakes in England and early America were traditionally fruit cakes, often tiered and topped with marzipan and icing. Cutting the cake was an important part of the reception.

7. Groom's cake - Wikipedia

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   Groom's cakes during the Victorian era were heavy, dense fruitcakes. A characteristic recipe for the groom's fruit cake was published in The British Baker in 1897. [3] Eventually, flour cakes, either white or chocolate, supplanted fruit cakes as the most popular choice. Groom’s cake is a tradition most popular in the Southeastern United States.

8. Michel's Patisserie - Wikipedia

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   Michel's Patisserie is an Australian chain of bakery-style food outlets selling cakes, pies, savouries and coffees. [1] [2] The company is a franchise system that was founded in 1988 and has over 90 retail outlets in all Australian states and territories except for Tasmania and Western Australia.

9. David's Bridal - Wikipedia

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   When May Department Stores Co. bought it from Youtie and Erlbaum for $436 million in 2000, [1] David's Bridal was the largest retailer of bridal gowns and wedding-related merchandise. When sold to Leonard Green & Partners on November 17, 2006, it became the only nationwide competitor of bridal stores [ 1 ] - one in four American brides are ...