Christmas, to me, is one of the most romantic times of the year. Perhaps I watched “Miracle on 34th Street” too many times as a kid, but it seems like a season of dreams coming true and magic in the air. If the season is magical for you, perhaps you’ll want to plan a Christmas wedding. Whether your wedding will take place close to the holiday, or you just want to have a Christmas wedding theme, it is sure to be merry.
Christmas, to me, is one of the most romantic times of the year. Perhaps I watched “Miracle on 34th Street” too many times as a kid, but it seems like a season of dreams coming true and magic in the air. If the season is magical for you, perhaps you’ll want to plan a Christmas wedding. Whether your wedding will take place close to the holiday, or you just want to have a Christmas wedding theme, it is sure to be merry.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, your family is gathered around you, and the church is already decorated. Why not have a Christmas wedding? Here are ideas and tips to have a fantastic Christmas wedding with all the trimmings.

Wedding Colors:

Red and green are natural colors for a Christmas wedding – It is likely that your church or reception site will already be decorated in red and green for other events and holiday parties. But don’t feel limited to this palate. Other possibilities, which will work with existing decorations, include:

silver and white
silver and light blue
burgundy, forest green, and gold (as long as the existing decorations aren’t too primary)
gold and cream

Christmas Wedding Invitations:

You’ll want to reflect the season and your theme, but you won’t want it to look like a holiday card. The solution? Forgo a folded card, opting for the traditional thick white card, with a border and engraved or thermo-graphed text. You can highlight the Christmas wedding theme in the border with white snowflakes, an elegant holly trim, or a drawing of a poinsettia.

Since people make plans for the holidays early, and often have many parties and events to attend at this time of year, you’ll want to send your invitations a little bit early – about 12 weeks before the event. You might also consider “save the date” cards in addition to the invitations, which will ensure that those most important to you will be able to attend.

Wedding Cake:

Having each tier look like an individually wrapped package is a popular look that is perfect for a Christmas wedding. You might also do a take on a buche noel or yule log, with a tiered chocolate cake that has holly – either real or made of gum paste – cascading down the side. Use marzipan, an almond paste used in many holiday desserts, as a filling.

Bridesmaids Attire for a Christmas Wedding:

My favorite bridesmaid look for a Christmas wedding is long dresses with shrugs or capelets and a big faux-fur muff. But you can dress them in your wedding colors, give them long wraps or sparkly accessories, all of which will help evoke your theme.

And the Bride Wore:

A Christmas wedding dress needn’t be that different from any other kind. Wear the one that flatters you most, and top it off with a long red velvet cape. Or embrace the trend of color in wedding dresses by adding a beautiful red silk sash to the waist of your gown. You could also seek a dress with lots of sparkly beads and sequins to evoke the snowiness of the season. And of course, a faux-fur wrap and muff are always fun.

Flowers and Décor:

Since flowers can be more expensive at this time of year, think creatively. A mirrored platter with pillar candles and sprigs of holly is both elegant and romantic. Buy ornaments in bulk on-line, and create centerpieces of bowls or vases of ornaments. For a simple but elegant look, put pots of poinsettia with a ribbon trim in the center of each table. Fake snow used to be tacky, but there are now very good products available. Set candles or small flower arrangements in the middle of snow. And for my favorite touch, use fake snow instead of an aisle runner. Or, you can always hire a snow-making machine to really make your Christmas wedding a winter wonderland.

Festivities and gaiety of the Christmas holidays certainly make it the most romantic time of the year to get married. The bonus is that you may even get already decorated wedding halls and churches where you can host your guests. Here are some tips to make your Christmas wedding special:
Clear or white Christmas lights wrapped in white tulle give a soft effect.
Cover the chords with white ribbon edged with gold to make it look like a decoration too.
For a religious touch, you may use Christmas carols for your wedding music and sing as many as you like. Some of the favorite Christmas carols will make your guests sing along loudly too.
If you have other wedding colors in mind, you can match you Christmas lights to them.
Simple wreaths with white bows edged with gold or silver make great wall decorations.
Swags of white silk poinsettias with gold-tipped centers can be used to decorate the walls and tables for the Christmas wedding for a festive but elegant look.
Tables covered with net and having centerpieces of a glass bowl filled with Christmas ornaments look quite pretty. You can later give out these ornaments as wedding party favors.
Topiaries of any size can be used as table centerpieces.
You can decorate your church and wedding hall with lots of romantic and pillar-shaped candles and use ivy and berries for traditional Christmas wedding décor.
You can give a candlelight dinner to all your guests or make candle table centerpieces for your Christmas Wedding.

Those of you how have been keeping up with this blog know that I had a Tiffany Blue wedding and chocolate wedding. So needless to say I love the Tiffany blue and chocolate in this wedding. I also love that the groom is walked down the aisle by the dog. Awwww puppy love.

Most people are familiar with fiber optics because of its use in the telecommunication industry. Fiber optic cables can be used to transmit huge amounts of data at literally the speed of light. Fewer people, however, are aware of the use of fiberoptic cable in decoration. Because it is a transparent cable that carries light, it can be used in lighting.

I heard a bride sugguest first suggested a prelit artificial Christmas tree for her Christmas wedding, I was pretty skeptical. I did not expect much from a plastic tree. I figured that it would be something pretty fake looking, strung with large, awkward lights. I did not really understand at that point how far the fiber optics Christmas tree had come.

Christmas Brides, If you have never seen the realism of fiber optics Christmas trees before, you will probably be pretty startled when you first do. A fiber optics Christmas tree is anything but fake looking or awkward. Don’t get me wrong – it does not look quite the same as a real tree. Your average fiber optics Christmas tree is smaller for one thing, and it will not have the same scent. Nonetheless, beyond that the likeness can get pretty startling.

The great thing about a fiber optic Christmas tree is that all of the lighting is built in to begin with. Rather than being strung around it, as with a convention Christmas tree, the lights are actually built into it. They are needle thick and delicate, and can be programmed to flash in a wide variety of different colors and at different rates. The effect can be quite stunning. Although fiber optics Christmas trees do not have the grandeur that regular trees do, they have a certain style all their own.

When you are picking out a fiber optics Christmas tree, be sure to take a close look at it if you can. Your average Christmas supply store will usually have display models of all of the prelit Christmas trees there for your perusal. It is important to look, because not every fiber optics Christmas tree is the same. Some of them have a pretty fake look, while other ones are much more realistic. Some of them have pretty uninteresting lights, while other ones sparkle in a variety of different ways. It is up to you to choose the right one for your wedding.

There is something reassuring about seeing a Christmas wreath at a Christmas wedding. Consider going out and gather cedar boughs, ribbons, berries, and pieces of tinsel to make our very own holiday wreath. Making Christmas wreaths is starting to become a lost art. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve seen a lot of artificial Christmas wreath designs that look good. Still, there is something that is just so pleasant about weaving together branches and ribbons to make your very own seasonal decorations. Even if you have never made your own do it yourself Christmas ornaments, you should consider trying your hand at making your own Christmas tree wreath. Taking the time to make your own makes it more special somehow.

There are many different ways to go about making a Christmas wreath, but all of them are pretty straightforward. Basically, all you have to do is weave together branches, flowers, and whatever else you want in your decorating wreath. Usually, it is good to start with a base of relatively thick branches. Some sturdy pine boughs are a great way to hold the structure together, and provide a nice, verdant backdrop to the rest of the thing. You should weave them fairly tightly, but not tight enough to start stripping the needles off of them. After all, the whole point of using pine boughs is the pretty color and nice smell they give.

After that, you can go ahead and add anything you want to it. Basically, all you have to do is weave the stems and branches of the flowers between those of the pine boughs. Look at the Christmas wreath selection in your local store for ideas. Anything you see on artificial Christmas wreaths can be used on real, handmade ones as well. Handmade wreaths are great for personalizing your Christmas wedding.

I love Christmas Weddings! There is the gift giving, the decorating, and most of all, the Christmas tree. Christmas trees are a great Christmas Wedding Tradition. Many Christmas Brides put more effort into decorating the tree than almost anything else. Start picking out new Christmas decorations month ahead of time, get the whole room prepared, and finally go and pick out a tree.

An artificial tree makes wedding clean up easy and are often cheaper. Some wedding venues simply won’t accommodate a nice big Christmas tree. An artifical tree lets you select the size you need for your venue more precisely. There is nothing like natural Christmas trees. They have a beautiful scent, a natural look, and a majesty that imitations can never quite capture. However clean up and set up will be a bit harder.

Of course, the Christmas tree ornaments are every bit as important as the tree itself. Consider making your own, or buying oriments at the Dollar store. This will save you lots of money. The tree topper can be a difficult coice.

Of course, Christmas lights are also an important part of getting your wedding’s Christmas tree in shape. Test your venues power outlets before stringing the lights. There is nothing like running hundreds of lights, only to find out you have no power.

I never really thought the deciding on wedding decorations would be difficult for me. After all, I have always had a pretty laid-back and hands-off approach to that sort of thing. The decoration that I have on my mantelpiece on a day-to-day basis are the same decoration I use at house parties, for example. I simply clean up, set up some snacks, and feel good to go. When my wedding came, however, everything changed. Suddenly I couldn’t pick out the right decoration no matter how hard I tried. I thought of wedding shot glasses, souvenir mugs, party poppers, and all the rest, but nothing seemed right. Then I finally decided on Christmas ornament wedding favors. It seemed like the perfect solution.

Getting a Christmas ornament wedding favor was a great way to tie in my wedding celebration to the time of year. We were having the wedding just before the Christmas holiday, since most of our friends and be in town anyway. I felt a little bit guilty about that, and I thought this would be a way to help people get a jump on the holidays. The Christmas ornaments wedding favors we found were cheap, affordable, and gorgeous. Best of all, every year our guests would remember us when they decorated the trees.

The hardest thing was deciding on an individual Christmas ornament wedding favor. Some people like red and green Christmas decorations, while other people can’t stand them. Some people like simple Christmas tree ornaments, while other people have more elaborate tastes. Fortunately, the Christmas ornament wedding favor supplier had the option of getting a grab bag. This let us put out many different wedding decorations on each table, allowing the guests to choose their own. It seemed like the best compromise, and the Christmas ornament wedding favor variety was excellent.

Deciding how to put out the Christmas wedding favors was a little bit difficult. We did not want to put one at each seat, thinking that that would defeat the purpose of having a variety pack. On the other hand, it felt like leaving them sitting in the middle of the table wouldn’t be fair either. Those quickest to grab would get to choose their own Christmas ornament wedding favor, while other people would be left with what was left. Finally, we decided to put out at selection of Christmas ornament wedding favors on the buffet table in addition to the ones on the individual tables. That way, if someone didn’t like what they got, they could always go and look for another one.

There are many great things about the Christmas wedidngs, and for me, one of the best is the Christmas music. Christmas Music makes the holidays a bit more exciting. Music has the power to bring back memories and feelings from long ago.

What are your favorite Christmas tunes. Some of the older Christmas music is still by far the best, and there is really no reason to give it up. Music tastes and trends may change, but those classic songs are still popular at Christmas wedding, and for very good reason.

One of a Christmas brides biggest challenges is coming up with the best Christmas gift for grandparents. This is hard because my grandparents don’t really need much, and a ‘no gift’ rule has been in place for a few years now. I, of course, ignore this, but I do make sure I find something simple, and perhaps something that might not be too expensive so they don’t feel like they have to reciprocate. My grandmother is ill, so shopping is a chore for them. This makes shopping for them a bit tricky for me, and it might be for you as well - though your reasons may be different.

My grandparents love the outdoors. They had their own dairy farm right up until retirement, and that meant they worked outside most of the time. They love all that comes with nature, and this always gives me a direction when thinking about a Christmas gift for grandparents. I like to find something like a birdfeeder to get them, complete with a bag of seed to go with it. These are not expensive, so they didn’t complain when I gave it to them. I also got them a squirrel feeder one year, which helps keep the squirrels out of the bird feed.

Don’t worry if your grandparents are not outdoor lovers like mine. All you have to do is think about what they like to do to get ideas for Christmas gift for grandparents. If they love to travel, or perhaps always dreamed about doing so, you may know where they have been or wish to go. Look in a bookstore or online for a picture book about that country. They will enjoy it very much. If they are readers, get them some magazine subscriptions that they might like, or a few books that are along the same lines in story as things they already like to read.

Many like to get one thing that works for both when getting a Christmas gift for grandparents. That always works well too. These things are usually decorative touches like a clock or perhaps a wreath. Just keep their style and their interests in mind as you shop, and you should have no problem finding something they can enjoy. You can ask them what they would like, but you probably already know they going to tell you that you shouldn’t buy for them. Instead, do a search for gifts by what they are interested in, and see what comes up online. There are great ideas out there, and the perfect gift is waiting.

With Christmas fast approaching, it’s time to get going on our preparations for the Christmas Wedding season. However, shopping for great gifts for family and friends can be a shocking jolt to your wallet. Here’s where homemade gifts really shine. One unbeatable gift idea is to make Christmas gift baskets. You don’t need to stick with the traditional sausage, cheese, tea and jam themes. Here’s your chance to give a truly thoughtful, personalized and beautiful gift that comes from the heart. Chances are good that the recipient will treasure a personalized Christmas gift basket over a cashmere sweater.

All you need for a perfectly lovely Christmas gift basket is wrapping paper, ribbon, contents and of course, the basket. Now’s the time to let your imagination run free.

Perhaps your wedding guest is crazy about quilting. You can go to any large fabric store and pick up “fat quarters” which are ¼ to ½ yard remnants of fabric, usually packaged in groups of similar fabric types. Quilters love these. Ask the store clerk about the hot new quilter’s gadgets. Spools of metallic quilter’s threads, fancy trims and ribbons are welcome treats in Christmas gift baskets for quilters. Choose a basket shape that can serve to store supplies after the contents are used.

Fishing enthusiasts enjoy all that tackle. You’ll find aisles of lures and bait and assorted gadgetry. The avid cook never met a utensil, tool, bread pan or garlic press they didn’t like. Whatever your giftee’s interests, there are specialty stores that cater to them.

Just match the interests of your recipient to any basket idea. This technique makes it easy to develop your theme, colors and decorations.

Today, there are so many shapes and sizes of baskets readily available, you’re sure to find beautiful choices suited to every person on your list. Craft stores, hardware stores, grocery stores, flea markets and pet stores are good places to look.

Wrapping papers are almost limitless, from foils and holographic papers to fancy tissue printed designs. Tissue paper is well suited as an elegant liner for all Christmas gift baskets. Christmas gift baskets containing food look beautiful when the entire basket is wrapped in cellophane with a fancy gold or lace ribbon. Silk flowers, holly sprigs and tiny ornaments may be attached with a glue gun. Think of the possibilities.

Christmas gift baskets are winners for everyone. Your recipients are delighted. Your feet are saved a few miles of walking in crowded malls. Your wallet is fat and happy. You get the fun of putting each memorable basket together, which helps get your Christmas spirit up and running. Say, do I smell cookies baking?

You don’t have to spend a ton coming up with baskets for each guest. If you give a whole family one basket you will cut down on cost. Try buying your baskets from Antique Malls. You can often get really great deals on baskets.