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Why is the bride always on the left?

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Why is the bride always on the left?

Why is the bride is always on the left during the wedding ceremony? It’s because her knight in shining armor needs his right hand to fight off other potential suitors or attackers. According to legend, to protect his bride, the groom would hold her with his left hand and fight off attackers with his right arm. The right arm was considered the sword arm of most fighting men. Still to this day, the traditional wedding ceremony has the bride and bridesmaids on the left when facing the officiant. The groom and groomsmen stand to the right… with sword in hand...

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Origin of the Unity Candle

Mandi Welbes traditions

Assuming you’ve been to a wedding in the recent past, it is likely you’ve witnessed the time honored tradition of the lighting of the unity candle. However, how old is this “tradition” and where did it come from? Has it been handed down from the days of the Renaissance? Or at least from before Edison gave us the electric light bulb? Hardly. It’s origins can only be traced back 30 to 40 years ago. It is unclear how the practice started, but according to wikipedia.org, it was a TV soap opera that brought it into mainstream popularity and catapulted it into...

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