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What to do when you invite someone round, how to set the table, how to arrange the
seating.
A few simple rules for you to remember.
The wedding should be decided by both the spouses respecting their characters and their life styles.
If the spouses choose to give a certain solemnity to the ceremony, it is better to arrange every little detail taking time.
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HOUSE'S TROUSSEAU |
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custom, the trousseau for the house is up to the bride's family, while the furnishings and the purchase of the house is up to the
bridegroom.
It does not seem right following literally this
"rule." Sometimes the spouses consider the mutual economic advantage and decide according to their economic
conditions. Actually, the spouses purchase the house sharing in the
expenses.
However, the bride's mum will not renounce to give a basic trousseau to the
spouses. A basic trousseau would be composed as follows:
- 12 sheets;
- 12 thin towels;
- 12 bath-towels, 2 bathrobes;
- 2 wool blankets to place under a bedspread chosen by the bride;
- Napkins, small tableclothes, doilies, depends on the dining
table.
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| THE
BRIDE'S TROUSSEAU |
| For what concerns the
bride's trousseau, it's necessary to consider that trends and tastes change about any article of
clothing. For this reason, the bride will not choose articles which easily
eclipse, but those which will resist against new trends.
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| WEDDING
EXPENSES |
The expenses which are up to the
bride's family are:
- Bride's trousseau
- House's trousseau
- A present for the bridegroom in exchange for the engagement ring (optional)
- Wedding cards
- Bonbonniers
- Wedding party
- Flowers, sacred ornaments, organist and choir
- Pictures
- Flowers and memory presents to the bridesmaids, their dresses (or, at
least, the necessary cloth)
- The bride is supposed to buy the pageboys dresses too.
The expenses which are up to the bridegroom:
- Engagement ring
- The wedding rings
- The white flowers for the bride
- The flowers for the buttonholes of the witnesses' dresses
- The offering for the church proporzionate to the ceremony to be handed over to the priest
- A present for the priest who celebrated the ceremony (the bride could offer it together with the
bridegroom)
- The expenses for the honeymoon
- The expenses regarding the rent or the purchase of the house
- The house's furnishings.
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