German Wedding Traditions

Wedding traditions in Germany is unique and varies in custom from region to region. In Germany, when a baby girl is born, several trees are planted in her honor. And when her wedding arrives, those trees are cut to arrange for her dowry.

A unique German pre wedding custom is to make a wedding newspaper by the friends and the family of the bride and the groom, which is filled with colorful pictures, articles and stories of the bride and the groom. These wedding newspapers are sold at the reception to assist for the honeymoon expenditure.

It is an old German custom that it is a good luck for guests to bring old dishes to break. The newly wed couple then sweep the broken pieces together which signifies that nothing would be broken in their house further.

The German religious wedding ceremony takes place in the third day. The wedding takes place in the chapel and as the newly wed couple leaves the chapel; they throw coins at the children watching them.

A wedding reception follows the religious ceremony. There the best man steals the bride and takes her to a pub where they drink champagne. Finally the groom has to find his bride and pay for the drinks. As the couple is about to leave for honeymoon, the friends block all the ways of exit. The groom has to pay a toll for exit.

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