New year wedding themes

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Choosing a holiday around which to center your wedding celebration can appear to limit your thematic options. However, in choosing the New Year, you can emphasize the formal affair of a traditional New Year's Eve, the frosty magic of a winter wonderland, the festive magic of a costume ball or the transitional moment that is shared by both the celebration of a wedding and the arrival of the new year.

1. A Formal Affair

   • Plan a late evening wedding that can lead into a reception that observes the coming of the New Year on the stroke of midnight. Classic New Year's Eve favors and decorations -- such as party hats and noisemakers -- work well in bringing a festive tone to the celebration. Black tie for the men and evening wear for the women will emphasize the formality of this affair. Consider a wedding dress which bears resemblance to an evening gown and a headpiece or very short veil. Serve canapé-s and lots of champagne. Use lots of silver and sparkles to decorate the reception space. To heighten the dramatic connection between the wedding and the New Year, plan for the bride and groom to make their departure at the stroke of midnight.

   Winter Wonderland

   • White, white and more white is a color that is perfectly at home as part of a wedding theme. Take it a step further at New Year's and develop a winter wonderland theme. Stark, bare, brown branches provide dramatic contrast to white linens and flowing diaphanous-white fabric blowing throughout the space. For the bridal gown, consider fur accents or a hair piece. Offer cozy sitting areas at your reception around a roaring fireplace, with furniture covered in fake fur. Serve festive winter cocktails like the Frostbite, Frostini, Iceberg or Midnight Snowstorm. Illuminate the reception area with candles and strings of twinkle lights, and give an elaborate ice sculpture the place of honor in the center of the space.

   Costume Ball

   • For a costume ball wedding gown, consider a period in history or famous bride to model your dress after. A Marie Antoinette look or a copy of Princess Diana's wedding dress could both be show-stopping choices. Ask invited guests to dress in a costume of their choice. Create a reception that offers different food stations, each station created to represent the different times and places represented by the costumed guests.This idea would especially suit a wedding that combines two very different cultures and backgrounds, offering the opportunity to present culturally diverse foods, dress and customs within one wedding and reception. For a mysterious twist, hand out eye masks to guests, asking them to remain incognito throughout the event.

   New Year, New Beginnings

   • A wedding is a true turning point, a natural transition in the life of the bride and groom. To focus thematically on the "old" and the "new," the bride would wear an antique or family heirloom dress or, alternately, a gown representing the most current fashion trend. Since "new" growth on plants is green, decorate the ceremony and reception spaces with fresh greenery. Display photos of the bride and groom as children alongside images of their honeymoon location and new home. Hire musical entertainment that either reminds the couple of their youth or provides the sort of music they prefer now, again emphasizing the leaving of the "old" and the embracing of the "new." At this ceremony, the bride and groom would say their "I dos" at the stroke of midnight.

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