Wedding Shower

    • Maid of Honor: The traditional host of a wedding shower
    • Time Frame: 4-16 weeks prior to the wedding
    • Attendees: Typically, family and friends, but some customary traditions throw large parties of 200+ guests
    • First Held: In the 1890's in urban America
    • Gifts: Wide ranges, traditional gifts are items for the home

  • A wedding shower is an event, generally taken place prior to a wedding, where a bride is thrown a party and often receives gifts. It's also known as a bridal shower. It's an American custom, and is thought to have grown out of dowry practices, whereby a poor family would compensate for the lack of a parental dowry for a bride. Today, wedding showers are informal parties that are designed to be social and fun.

  • How to Throw a Wedding Shower

    1. Choose a date that works for the bride, the bride's mother, soon-to-be mother-in-law, and members of the bridal party.
    2. Put together a guest list, to figure out the venue size
    3. Search for a place to hold the shower. Locations can be private homes, a room reserved in a restaurant, and other commercial places reserved for parties.
    4. Pick a theme, or at least have an idea for the theme in order to send out invitations.
    5. Send invitations. The sooner the better.
    6. Get party favors together. Figure out fun things to do during the party. Games with door prizes are popular.
    7. Make sure food and drink are arranged for the party.
    8. Throw the party and have fun!

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      Gonna shower soon.. I'm looking at wedding dresses and he hasn't even proposed yet. Sooo glad he doesn't think that's weird. :)
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      Bridal Shower was a success, taking the day off from wedding stuff, spending time with the family today!
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      up.bout to take a shower. then to try on dresses for melissas wedding. then a couple drinks w/her.
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      Not thrilled to be awake at 9am and hurrying to get ready for this bridal shower since the wedding has already been called off at least once
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