Speaking of Traditions...

minionlover

What traditions are you NOT doing?

For me, FI and I are not sleeping apart the night before the wedding.  We are doing first look pics.  FI is walking me down the aisle.  We are not going to do bouquet/garter toss.

musictchr25

Here are the ones we are not doing. I personally think it's a lot, but eh; it's what we want:

Bouquet Toss

Garter Toss

Post-Ceremony Exit

Entrances to Reception

Bridal Shower

First Look

Flower Girl

Ring Bearer

Transportation post ceremony/reception

Veil

Something Old/New/Borrowed/Blue

Matching BM Dresses (Styles)

Spending the night before apart

Cake

cbear215

We may not sleep apart the night before the wedding, and we are not going to do bouquet/garter toss.

achiduck

We're not doing a garter toss because it makes us both uncomfortable. We are doing a first look but I think we'll probably spend the night apart before the wedding. My friends and I have always talked about a "last sleepover" and I'd really like to have that.

We are not having child attendants, I am not wearing a veil and my girls picked their own long, black dresses so while they all have ruching they don't match.

trawas01

We're defnitely not sleeping apart the night before. We'll actually be having a big lunch/yard games afternoon before the wedding starts.

We may do a first look.

No garter/bouquet toss.

brainybrunette

Not spending the night before apart

Doing a first look

No bouquet/garter toss

My mom is walking me down the aisle

Father-daughter dance is with my uncle

BM dresses are all the same designer/length/fabric, but different styles

No stereotypical wedding reception group dances (looking at you Electric Slide) LOL

aimee58

No garter/bouquet toss, no unity candle (FI's choice), no rice throwing exit, no toasting flutes engraved. i think that's it.

[Deleted User]

We have a MOH and Best Man but no bridesmaids or groomsmen, no bouquet/garter toss, no first dance/father daughter dance, no introduction or receiving line,

lehc723

No bouquet or garter toss, we have two MOH and Best Men each (I have two MOH, he has two Best Men), no big exit, no unity candle, I'd like to do a more low-key reception entrance but FI feels differently so it's still up in the air.

ktelizabeth86

No bouquet/garter toss
My Mom and Dad are both walking me down the aisle
My Uncle is marrying us (he got ordained online just for us)
No unity candle
Not walking down to the bridal march
No receiving line
No big wedding cake. Small cake for us and pies!
I didn't get a new wedding dress (wearing my Mom's)
Fiance and GM are not wearing tuxes

I have a feeling there is more that I'm forgetting, but that's all that comes to mind right now.   

Oh and no flower girl or ring bearer . . . just cute little BM and GM.

DanaOcNy

No veil
we are doing a first look
Both my mom & dad may walk me down the aisle
No floral bouquets, feather fans instead
No traditional bridal music during ceremony
No bouquet toss/garter

ReyesToy

No flower girl
No ring bearer
No unity candle (but doing other Filipino traditions instead)
No receiving line

Otherwise, we're pretty traditional...even after having been to 8 weddings together, we still want to do all that stuff. :P

lv2011

We want our reception to feel like just like a nice night out to dinner and dancing in, say, an elegant 1930's restaurant. So that means we're not doing:

introductions
receiving line
garter toss
bouquet toss
cake-cutting (or a cake for that matter)
group or special dances (other than our first dance, and w/parents)
no hokey music (ymca, electric slide, etc.)
glass-clinking, kissy-kissy crap

For the ceremony, we're also not doing:

"first-look"
father walking down the aisle (mom and dad both will)
lifting of veil
ceremony exit
post-ceremony special transportation
something blue
no bridal march music
no unity candle

We're also not having bachelor/ bachelorette parties, wedding showers, and are not registering anywhere for anything.

kimm260

We are pretty traditional but we will not be going garter or bouquet toss, but we may do an anniversary dance instead. We will also probably not have a religous ceremony. 

ivedonethisb4

I guess I'm being pretty traditional.... Daddy passed away in 08 so Mom is walking me down the aisle, no unity ceremony..we'll do the sand instead, we're doing all formal pics beforehand including B&G. We aren't doing favors, my BM's all picked their own dress in my color length and fabric. Umm I think that's it. Oh well I don't have a father/daughter dance but I am going to dance with my mom to Leann Womacks I hope you dance....its my moms song for me.

fishinflagrl

Wow, I didnt realize how traditional I am. I think the only thing we wont be doing is the recieving line...
I definitely am sleeping away from FI the night before and his first look will be when im pulling up in the boat. That I am very traditional about, I think its soo sweet.

CFM102012

I love the traditions so we're doing most of them.  Not doing a recieving line.  We'll be dismissing guests from the pews instead.  We're not doing a headtable (this one threw my mom for a loop as shes never heard of a sweetheart table).  Not doing normal favors. Probably a donation to the American Cancer Society. FI's father and (as of today) aunt lost battles to cancer.

Krystle- The Sand Ceremony is a variation on the Unity Ceremony. So you are having a Unity Ceremony...just not the candle.  I'm debating between the two.

sassypants82

We are not doing a bouquet or garter toss, no first dance, my dress is short (above the knee), no veil, no bridemaids or groomsmen I will be walking towards everyone rather than from behind them, chairs will be in a semi circle rather than rows..  Fiance` doesn't want to stay together the night before together but we will be doing a first look and doing most of our pictures before hand.  We are very non traditional.

RockstarWifey0912

Grandpa is walking me down the aisle, while my dad sits in the corner and probably cries.  (I didn't want to invite him, but he insisted on being there.... whatever.)  And father-daughter dance will be with Grandpa as well.

Possibly not doing a garter/bouquet toss, but IDK for sure.

BMs dresses will all be the same color but different styles.

Doing all of our pictures before the ceremony because that's what the venue requires.  Spending the night apart though.

Not sure what this 'first look' thing is?

Not doing a headtable unless we have 3 or more BMs and GMs.  Right now, we're sitting at 2 apiece so no special table.

I'm not doing the Old/New/Borrowed/Blue.  No veil lifting, as the veil is just enough to cover eyes

I'm sure theres more but really those are the biggies.

JennluvsPaul

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2012-weddings_speaking-of-traditions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:56b9bcef-1e34-456e-81f5-cfaa107456b2Discussion:c1d641d2-ed4b-4970-8c6c-65ddaf756c0fPost:133100f7-048c-4e80-9d53-f992474114ef">Re: Speaking of Traditions...</a>:
[QUOTE]when im pulling up in the boat. [/QUOTE]

well THAT part is non traditional. ;)