October 27th 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
HOW TO PLAN A CHRISTMAS WEDDING
Are you getting married at Christmas and feeling overwhelmed? Don’t worry; the Toronto Wedding Chapel team has lots of great ideas for you.
Transportation:
- Instead of a limo, how about a horse drawn carriage or sleigh (depending upon the weather)
- Brides, add an elegant cape or faux fur shawl and muff
- Grooms, an all white tux and tails is perfect for the occasion
- Bridesmaids, silver or red is gorgeous
- Groomsmen, all white tuxedos with silver accessories will look great
- Decorate the wedding venue with Christmas lights, wreaths, and mini Christmas trees
- A Christmas wedding is perfect for ice sculptures
- Centrepieces – bowls of ornaments, poinsettias, mini Christmas trees, wreaths with a candle in the centre, gingerbread houses
- Red flowers of course with a little holly or ornamental berries thrown in for good measure
- Some Christmas Carols during cocktail and dinner is acceptable, but not exclusively.
- Feel free to serve a classic Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
- Christmas ornaments
- Miniature Christmas stockings stuffed with some goodies
- Gingerbread cookies
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
THE TOP 20 WINTER HONEYMOON DESTINATIONS
Are you planning a winter honeymoon? We compiled a list of the top 20 winter honeymoon destinations and listed them alphabetically so you wouldn’t think that we are favouring one over another. As you would expect there are plenty of sun destinations to choose from and we provided you with some exotic options to consider as well. You may be surprised to see Argentina on this list, but did you know that when it’s winter in our part of the world, it’s summer in Argentina? Not everyone is in search of a beach so we included some once in a lifetime sightseeing opportunities in India and Morocco and of course ski destinations in Canada and the USA.
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bali
- Belize
- Brazil
- Canada (ski destinations)
- Caribbean
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Florida Keys
- Hawaii
- India
- Maldives
- Mexico
- Morocco
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- USA (ski destinations)
THE LATEST TRENDS IN WINTER WEDDING FOOD
During the winter months we crave comfort food; the hearty classics of our childhoods. You can incorporate many of your all time favourite dishes into your winter wedding menu. Here’s how to add some winter menu trends to your menu:
Cocktails:
- Hot chocolate (with or without alcohol)
- Warm apple cider
- Eggnog
- Mini portions of mac and cheese
- Panini lollipops
- Sliders
- Mini smoked meat sandwiches
- Fries
- Shot glasses of hot soup
- Potato-leek
- French onion
- Butternut squash
- Prime rib
- Beef bourguignon
- Coq au vin
- Lamb shanks
- Risotto
- Stuffed Portobello mushrooms
- Pasta
- Bread and butter pudding
- Cobblers
- Crumbles
- Custards
- Choose rich, bold flavours
- Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate
- Decorate in the colours of the season – red, white, silver, green
- Embellish with berries, holly, snowflakes, or pinecones
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