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Congratulations! You’ve said “Yes”, so get ready to say “I do”. You’ve probably already started to think about choosing every element of your special day and, let’s be honest, it’s great fun to spend hours looking through Pinterest, Instagram etc. to gather some ideas on how your big day might look. I’m going to throw one more decision at you - your ceremony. This is the reason you’re all there, after all, so that your friends and family can share in your happiest day as yo

Who was St Valentine? It turns out that there are at least three different saints named Valentine, or Valentius, but the most popular candidate for our St Valentine was a priest in 3rd century Rome, during the reign of Emperor Claudius II. Claudius noticed that recruitment to the army was down, and decided that this was because married men were reluctant to leave their wives and families behind. He decided that single men would make better soldiers, so outlawed marriage for

So, we all know the rhyme: Something old Something new Something borrowed Something blue And a silver sixpence in your shoe and that we should include each of these things on our wedding day for good luck, but where did these traditions come from? The oldest written reference seems to come from an article in an issue of St James’ Magazine, in 1871, called “Marriage Superstitions and the Miseries of a Bride Elect”, where the author complains about the tradition! Nowadays, most