- In Italy, they used to break bread over the bride's head as a way to wish her good luck...or.. something.. In time people realized wedding cake not broken over anyone's head was a much better option...
- The original meaning of the word "bride" was 'cook.' See how that would go over now.
- In ancient times, if the groom didn't show up for the wedding, his best man would then marry the bride. Win-win???
- The veil of the bride was thought to protect her from evil spirits. It's not known if that would include her new in-laws.
- The "Bridal March" is part of the opera Lohengrin, written by Wagner, and is played after the wedding in the story. Further trivia: It involves a woman named Elsa, a man named Gottfried, and swans. https://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synposes-Archive/Lohengrin/ *let it go*
- There are about 100,000 weddings in Las Vegas every year and about 25,000 in Hawaii.
- The bride originally stood to the left of the groom so he could ward off other suitors with his right hand. And what of left-handed grooms???
White socks? Really?
- The most expensive wedding dress costs $12.2 Million. it has 150 carats worth of diamonds sewn onto it. It hasn't been sold yet... You could totally wear it after the wedding to a cocktail party or to Target...
- Queen Victoria's cake weighed 300 pounds. That's a lot of cake.
- And you'd have to have plenty of cake to feed 30,000 people, which is the number that showed up for a wedding in Jerusalem in 1993.
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