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Ordering the Wedding Cake
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Ordering the Wedding Cake

Size it by servings, not by tiers Bakers count in servings, and a "serving" of wedding cake is a narrow finger roughly one inch by two — considerably smaller than a slice of birthday…

The Order of the Ceremony
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The Order of the Ceremony

The shape of it Nearly every wedding ceremony, religious or not, runs the same seven beats. The content changes completely; the structure barely moves. Prelude — guests arrive and are…

The Reception, Hour by Hour
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The Reception, Hour by Hour

Why the order matters more than the times A reception is a sequence of energy changes. Guests arrive keyed up from the ceremony, settle while they eat, and then either get up to dance…