Table names - giving me a headache!

Personally, I don't really like those as table names, particularly if not personally relevant to you, your partner, and/or your relationship and would go for numbers. BUT, I can see that done in the right setting and tone they could be a talking point and ice-breaker for tables where people don't know one another.

Hi we are getting married in dec 2012 and for table names i was thinking along the lines of reindeer names or something similar ?

Ours are going to be names of our favourite places in Cornwall =) We are having St Ives, Sennen, Penzance, Perranporth, Helston, Mevagissy..... and a few more we are hoping to dicover this year when we go!

People will get it. If you put on the table plan or somewhere something like 'take your seats for the wedding breakfast' then it'll be obvious. If you two love it then go for it. We're having varieties of apples with the apple type in the centre piece and as the favours. Good luck!

We're having reindeer names for our wedding on 17th December ?

i was struggling with the names and it was suggested to me because of the month and season and i loved the idea ?

Ours were named after famous couples and the guests loved them

top table was named after us- bit cheeys but hey ho lol...

morticia and gomez addams

popeye and olive oil

barney and betty

jack and vera duckworth

homer and marge

romeo and juliet

kermit and miss piggy

fren and wilma flinstone

we had pics of each ''couple''

If the wedding was before Christmas then reindeer names would be perfect (or carols/Christmas connections), but we're just after so bit stuck!

Think i will just resort to numbers, or words related to snow: snowball, snowflake, snowman etc but was worried people wouldn't read it properly and head for the wrong table as the words are quite similar!

We still haven't decided either if that's any consolation! In fact, we haven't had a conversation about it yet and i know that when i bring it up OH will just look at me blankly. I agree that after Christmas, even by a few days, christmas things lose their appeal. I think we might go for (or what I'm going to suggest) is either street names from places we've lived since we've got together because we've moved a lot or bands/musicians. I saw one recently which i thought was nice - the tables was mostly grouped from where either the bride or groom knew the guests from. So I was at the Edinburgh table as a bunch of us had done our masters with her there. Her family were at the Epsom table and so on. A few strays but generally worked and was nice.

Winterbride - does breakfast have any special meaning to you? It does seem quite random. Do either of you have any hobbies? like travelling? collect anything? favourite tv programmes/film/songs?

We are having names of our cats and family cats! We are real cat people and love our 2 boys and our family are real cat people as well so we are having our cats as the top table and then family cats and childhood cats as the others! We are having a pic of them as the centre with their names on so people know what we are referring to but at least one cat is known by every guest so should work!x

Ours are going to either be favourite baseball players or favourite places in NY with a couple of little facts about each on the back

WSS. It's different and it's quite amusing. I don't know if we'll do table names, but people who do always seem to do the same type of things, so you should be proud that yours is a bit different!

Personally I've never understood why it's called a wedding "breakfast" when its usually your evening meal, it drives me mad! If you like the idea though then go for it, its your day. Me n my OH are big television watchers and are having ours named after our fave tv shows such as:

The Inbetweeners

Supernaturual

Shameless

Kitchen Nightmares

We have loads, just a small selection, my mum doesn't particularly like this idea but we both love it so its what we're having x

for this reason im not sure i like it! The weddings ive been to in the past year have had holiday destinations the couples have been on, names of songs and films, and one evenhad flower names

Part of the hilariousness of it haha, I'm also having An Idiot Abroad and possibly Desperate Housewives if OH allows that one haha. Oh fun times!!

I was at my future SIL wedding in July and they had movies, I was at American Pie haha, and all the old grannies at Back to the Future!! its a good laugh and can start a conversation up x

Ours is December the 8th and we are either having Reindeer names or the Twelve Days of Christmas xx I think there are loads for a winter theme. You could have just christmas words such as

Holly and Berries

Misletoe and Wine

Christmas Tree and Tinsel

Mr and Mrs Clause

Reindeer and Sleigh

Snowflake and Icicles

Mince pies and Brandy Sauce

Or stuff like that or you could have Christmas Carol or song names

Silent Night

Little town of Bethlehem

Little Donkey

Santa Baby

Hope that helps hun xxx

I think it's because it's your first meal as a married couple? Not entirely sure but thats what I thought it referred to lol

With regards to table names i'd say go for whatever you both want! Don't worry about other peoples opinion, it's your day and you should do it your way

Hey,

personally i'm not a fan however that's just my opinion & I can see the connection with the breakfast! If you like it have it!

we have a butterfly theme, i LOVE butterflies so we are are having butterfly names for each table...i.e, peacock, clouded yellow, silver studded blue - not everyone will like it but it's personal to me & i do!

We have 2 little boys and our fav family holiday is to thomasland. We asked the boys if they could think of names for the tables for our wedding (my boys think of it as their wedding too, which i love).

The names they came up with were ...

...yep you guessed it Thomas , percy, james, edward, harold etc

Think we gona go with that and on the tables use photos of us at thomasland with the relevent train. eg my h2b, H +D sitting next to james the train! Makes it more personal to us. Not very romantic or weddingy but we dont care.

x

We're having tor names, and having photos of the tors taken by OH. Some will probably feature me and the dog and a select few will have OH as well.

Top table just had to be Yes Tor, although it's a metre or so shorter than the highest on Dartmoor, it just had to be done. Other likely ones are Great Mis Tor, High Willhays (highest on Dartmoor and our dog's pedigree name) Hound Tor, Hay Tor. Resisting the temptation of Spinsters Rock though...

SNAP!! That's what we're doing ?

As Brides to Be/OMs, we obviously know that the meal is called the wedding breakfast, but I bet if we asked half of our OH's, they'd have no idea.

Knowing that it's called that, I think it's quite a fun idea, but I'd be sure to incorporate it somewhere e.g. on the bottom of each table name, put "WinterBride and Mr WB's Wedding Breakfast - x.12.11".

Maybe even on the back you could put the background to why it's called that. I'm sure you coudl find it on google. AS someone else said, it's something to do with being your first meal as H&W.