The Wedding Banquet

Reflections

The time has come to start addressing an important and delicate theme: the wedding banquet.

It is a key part of the ceremony because, in fact, the banquet occupies the largest portion of time of the whole day of the event that begins with the preparation and dressing of the newlyweds, continues with the “migration” to the place of celebration of the rite and the rite itself, and ends with the banquet.

In fact, nowadays, this part tends to be shortened as it’s really many hours sitting at the table, or, in any case, engaged in the “activity of nourishing”, so to speak. Many of the guests always expect this part to be "important", but it is also true that there is instead a large slice of guests who would like it to be something short; so, it goes without saying, the newlyweds should make sure to find a point of balance. Granted, the newlyweds should make choices that reflect their personalities, but they should also consider the inevitable “kidnapping” that many of the wedding participants might picture in their heads when in front of a long-lasting banquet.

So, once again, the newlyweds should choose the so-called wedding style beforehand, and this choice does not only concern color, decorations and music, but also (and above all) what you want to do after the celebration.

This is a point that deserves some thought, as in the enthusiasm and euphoria of the preparations we risk forgetting that the wedding participants are in fact spectators, in most cases, of something that basically does not concern them in the first person: they have to attend often to reciprocate or because they just can’t help it, and therefore they should somehow be taken into consideration.

Today’s issue therefore wants to be only introductory to the topic and induce a first reflection so that we can start off in a more structured way next Sunday.

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