Choosing Wedding Favours in Canada

By Michelle Cruz,
Toronto, June 28, 2007

Our wedding is supposed to be the one most glamorous and grandest event which is a once in a lifetime extravaganza (well, for most of us anyway…). Everyone will have a picture in their mind, their own dream nuptial ceremony and the wedding reception, especially so for the ladies. In their mind, they have already laid out their perfect “game plan” and how their wedding should look like so they will definitely feel the stress of preparing for the perfect wedding.

To add to their worries, guests tend to compare your wedding receptions to others which they have had the chance of attending and make elaborate comments as to which one is the better reception. Since the guests would scrutinize even the tiniest of details, normally the bride and groom would plan the obvious of things perfectly but miss out on the small details. Details however matter, especially with weddings.

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One of the important items that the bride and groom don’t pay enough attention to is the wedding favours. One way to choose these tokens of appreciation is to choose according to culture, and in this article the comparison will be made according to the characteristics of the Eastern Culture and the Western Culture, taking into account these two countries China and Canada.

While it is almost near impossible to pull the bridegroom’s attention away from the bachelor’s party and the night of the wedding itself (ahem…), it would not hurt to get his attention for once and get his input on decisions on the gifts for the guests. For the Chinese culture, it is obvious that food plays an important part in their lives so food is definitely important to the whole wedding ceremony. Therefore, you couldn’t go wrong with using edible food as your wedding gifts or as wedding favours. Popular choices include dark or white chocolates or colorful candies.  The choice of biscuits is becoming more and more popular nowadays among newlyweds. The emergence and popularity of customizing the gifts makes individualistic edible gifts even more attractive.

Compare this to the western culture and especially Canada, they tend to pay more attention to the elegance of the gift and how it matches the whole theme of the wedding. Therefore newlyweds should choose wedding gifts that are longer lasting than food because then the guests can appreciate how much effort has been put in creating and matching the whole wedding ceremony and reception to illustrate a chosen theme.

For such wedding favours in Canada, it is best to give something that is small, delicate yet meaningful to the guests such as mini wedding bells, various types of candles, and also bath and soap collection to be given as wedding favours. Even though food is easier to customize to the liking of the bride and bridegroom, but with the advancement of technology almost anything related to the whole wedding ceremony can be customized according to the newlywed’s taste.

Besides their passion for food and cuisines, Eastern Culture, especially the Chinese, would tend to take a more conservative approach to their wedding ceremony, which is considered a traditional occasion. Even though nowadays people are taking a more modern approach to it, but it is obvious in Asian weddings the heritage and culture from the past generations are still there. Therefore, it would be suitable to provide gifts and small tokens of appreciation. New options that are available in the market nowadays include customized gift chopsticks, Chinese candles and so on. It is a good way to embrace the old traditions while embracing the future together.

For newlyweds who have been brought up on the western cultures such as Canadian culture, they will tend to be more adventurous and creative with their own wedding since the wedding ceremony has become just…well, a ceremony. It should be a celebration of two people who are in love saying their vows on this day and be pronounced man and wife so it should be more than just a ceremony. One way to show that you appreciate the guests and also the bridesmaid and so on is by preparing homemade gifts. Even the simplest of creations would mean more to the guest since it shows you appreciate them being able to be part of the ceremony.

No matter how, everyone dreams of having their perfect wedding, so there are various types of help and options to choose from to accomplish that.. Just remember to take your time, plan early and enjoy the whole thing, which of course includes the wedding planning.

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