29/12/2012...are we mad ?!

Not at all- as long as you are oranised it will be fine!

My OH's cousin got married on 27th December last year and it was beautiful- they even had some wonderfully christmassy snow!

Good Luck with your planning and enjoy!

x

Congratulations on booking your venue, how excited are you?

I don't think you're mad, but then it depends if you're doing xmas dinner for 10/20/30 people before and/or having a New Year party, lol. Plus you don't have all the hassles of having to think of a colour scheme / theme.

Enjoy the rest of the planning. x

I'd personally tend to avoid any time of year that's connected with significant events - whether it's christmas, easter, birthdays, anniversaries etc but that's just me.

If you think it'll work then go for it. Your day after all

You asked the question - I think so. I couldnt do it at that time of the year in fact I didnt do a single bit of wedding planning Christmas last year and my wedding was the following July, I just wanted to concentrate on xmas and xmas alone, but thats just me, all circumstances are different if you feel like you can pull it off go for it, I have always wanted to attend a christmas wedding though.

As long as you're organised you will be fine in face it sounds delish.

The only problem for myself would be my weight! last xmas i put on 8lbs in a week ? but i suppose very few people would have their dress hinging on them not putting on a few pounds last minute lol

also most people would be able to control themselves better if in that situation!

I am 29th dec this year!

we have had no declines yet from our guests (although i'd imagine a few evening people might not come - but more for the fact its about 40 mins away from where most of them live).

i am fairly organised so can't see there being too much stress over christmas time. but ask me that in, er 16 weeks today!! arggh!

I am nearly your date twin! We are getting married 31/12/2012 :-) I love the idea of a Winter Wedding.

Where have you booked??

I was bridesmaid at a December 29th wedding last year. In theory it's lovely, and the hotel was amazing all decorated with the tree etc, but the reality is you may not get the romantic snow, it could be grey and slushy, and could be hazardous for travel. You need to be prepared for some guests not being able to make it if the weather takes a turn for the worst. Hopefully not in your part of the country, but my experience is of the north of Scotland and it was terrible!

I think if you are organised there is no reason why it will be any more stressful than wedding preparations at any other time of year though.

It wouldn't be for me personally.

I spent most of my time at Christmas with family, and quite often have to work on the days in between.

But if it is what you want to do and you are organised enough, give people enough notice then go for it.

With all Xmas/New Year weddings, the main thing is to book early, really early! People like photographers, discos etc will be extremely busy during this time. Also double check with your florist if you wanting fresh ones as most florists don't open between Christmas and New Year as this is know as the 'dead days' in the trade as no-one particularly wants wants flowers after Christmas or during the break before New Year. Also a lot of the flower wholesale markets close on Christmas Eve and don't reopen until after the New Year so stocks are extremely limited on Christmas Eve and would probably be past their best after Boxing Day.

If you're an organised kind of person then you'll be fine. If you're not then you might want to hire a wedding planner ?

I don't agree with this. I would only be able to attend if I had plenty of notice as only one person at a time is allowed to be off and around christmas and new year everyone wants to book time off to spend time with family. So make sure you give people enough notice to book their holidays from work.

But I do think a wedding at this time of year would be lovely.

Hi

We covered a wedding on the 29th December last year and it was great - everyone seemed to be in the party spirit from Christmas still! Am sure you'll have a fantastic day.

Alison x

Not at all mad - we're getting married on 31st December 2012 and so far it's been no hassle at all. Plenty of time to plan, everyone we have asked will be coming and had no problem with suppliers Best time of year to get married....not that i'm biased ?

Wooop! Hello Date twin......I thought i might be the only one! Hope the planning is going well! x

A great time of year to get married, you should have no problem with suppliers if you book them early enough.

You can save on decoration as most venues will be decorated for Christmas & New Year already so if you can base your colours around this then great.

Flowers may be a bit hit & miss as most of the wholesalers will be closed over this period but nowadays some still supply as they can't afford to close! Artificial would be a good alternative to ensure you get the flowers you want.

I always planned to marry in winter so I could have the snow and really cool photos but OH said our wedding had to be in summer. Then a friend got married two winters ago and it snowed really heavily so a third of her guests didn't make it, so that put me off a little. But I still think it would be a wonderful time to get married and all the colours and decorations at christmas are fab! You could have all the greenery, like ivy and holly and so on. It would look so pretty.

Hello ? Yay a date twin How is your planning going?? Mine is going well actually, things gone a bit quiet now wedding fair season as hit so going to get loads of ideas and names of suppliers then get booking again xxx

I love the idea of a Winter wedding, but personally couldn't do it so close to Xmas, just because of the practicalities of it all. That said, if your organised enough, none of it should be a problem, you just need to be right on top of it.

So for example a few days before the wedding I dropped off all our things to the venue, when on boxing day/27th people may not be at the venue. In the last week I also had my table plan made and I think you'd have to have it made/confirmed a lot earlier unless you did it yourself. I picked my dress up the day before the wedding too to make sure it stayed well steamed/crisp which again, you'd probably have to do pre-Xmas which means you'd need to find somewhere to put it away from OH and away from any food smells/sunlight etc.

You'd also have to keep tripple checking you had everything before she shops closed pre-Xmas (depending on where you live I guess).

We are getting married on 23rd December this year so I don't think you are mad. All of our family are around at Christmas and so far, we haven't had a single declined RSVP even though it is a Friday as well as a busy time of year for everyone.

I am worried about the weather but that could happen even if you didn't get married at Christmas. Just don't set your heart on snow! We were conscious of ensuring that the reception venue we picked was as close to the church as possible so that if the weather is bad, we aren't asking people to move far in between venues. We have also picked a reception venue with a lovely interior as we still want to be able to have nice photographs even if we can't get outside.

Just be aware that you might need to be a bit more organised than usual if you still want to enjoy Christmas and don't want to spend all Christmas Day making your table plan! And give your guests plenty of notice - we sent out invites in July and told everyone to STD last Christmas as soon as we booked it.

I have sometimes thought that we might be a bit mad, especially as I like to go all out for Christmas as a rule but we are just trying to do as much as we can as early as we can so that we can balance any last minute wedding stuff with the last minute Christmas stuff!

Watch this space in a few months time when I am posting on here because my hair is falling out ?

I don't think you've bitten off more than you can chew at all. By the time Christmas rolls round, your going to have most things done anyway, so you should be ok. I'd echo what other's have said and make sure that you book your suppliers in advance, and watch the price of flowers at that time of year because it's very expensive. We've opted not to have flowers for this reason! We get married 10 days before Christmas. We're not concerned about the weather being too snowy. i know mine and my OH's luck, it'll rain and not snow. On top of that, we know that our Council area is actually very quick to react to bad weather, and the past couple of years when it's snowed, they've cleared the roads very quickly with little disruption. The only problems that we will have will be if it doesn't snow until the night before. but even then, all our friends have said that if they have to spend the night shovelling snow then they will....I do love my friends! They are a great bunch...if not a bit mad! We've been watching the news that the government are planning action plans now so we don't have the same mess we had last year.

also -

That's my OH's birthday!

I did a wedding on 21st December 2009, over night and all through the morning we had a heavy snowfall. We got to the venue which is usually a 15 min drive but took us 3hrs! I was determined to get there and even helped dig a few cars out along the way so that we could get past!

The Bride was panicking and I was in constant contact with the Groom all morning keeping him updated, everyone managed to get through and even though it was an hour late they were still married. We helped dig out a pathway to the entrance, and did all the jobs that the staff who hadn't managed to get in had to do. A busy few hours but it is surprising what people will do to get the wedding underway.

This was the scene that met us in the morning:

I think this is a marvellous idea. My friends got married on 29.12.11 and we all had a wonderful time. It was nice to have something to look forward to after the Christmas slump.

Its a brilliant idea, and you can save money too, as wedding suppliers wont be busy. you will have a problem with florists if you want a specific flower in a bouquet arrangement unless your having silk flowers like me. we get married 3rd december this year and cant wait. i love the idea of winter wedding and having a cosy recpetion, its romantic.

Karina

I absolutely love winter weddings!! I love blues and silvers and reds and greens and golds ? Also I always get bored during those days between Christmas and New Year so if I were invited to a wedding then I'd be delighted to be able to get all dressed up for a lovely celebration!

I have 6 weddings Christmas and New Year week this year. They're always good fun around the festive period as everyone's always up for a good time. Plus it means I can sing a good few Christmas songs ?

James

Hi I know it's been a while since you posted but just wanted to say that you are def not mad lol, i too am getting married on the 29/12/2012 and i can't wait me and other half met at a xmas party and got engaged on xmas eve 2 years later so a christmas wedding seemed right - also we loved the fact that its in that week between christmas and new years when everyone is bored - anywho congrats on setting the date xxx

We got married on 27th December and loved it.

The only thing we struggled with were the flowers and only found one shop in a 25 mile radius who would be open and able to keep them fresh in their cellar. Needless to say they weren't cheap!

Of course it could snow which could make things difficult for some guests. However, my friend got married in the July when there were very bad floods and many guests just couldn't get through the water - at least you can dig yourself out of snow lol.

There is always a bit of a lull between Christmas and New Year and a wedding is a lovely way to lift it. We gave plenty of notice and everyone came.

No your not ,if thats what your happy with then go for it we are aiming for the 15th dec 2012 because i love christmas weddings and always wanted to get married in winter (its my fav season) ?

Hiya,

We're getting married 22/12/12. I thought we might have trouble booking things like caterers, DJ's etc but so far we have had no problems. We sent out our save the dates a months ago so people have plenty of notice but have had a few moans from family saying about the weather, the fact its the last saturday before crimbo so they need to do their shopping etc lol. I'm looking forward to a winter wedding as Christmas is my absolute favourite time of year and hoping to get a lot of bits in the Januray sales for it.

Rachel

Now only 6 weeks and 6 days until our wedding on 29th dec! which means you have 58 weeks and 6 days - or actually, 59 weeks as next year is a leap year!

still no regrets this end on having chosen that date!

Not at all! We're getting married on 23rd Dec 2011 (can't wait!) which is the day before Xmas Eve! Everything worked out just fine, but be prepared for many guests to not be able to make it, no matter how well in advance you send out Save the Dates or invites!