Writing letters isn’t just for guests who can’t attend the wedding; you can also invite any guest attending to write you a note that’ll be read on your first anniversary. The letters can include well wishes, advice for married life, favorite memories of you two together, or anything else they’d like to include (you can either include a card about this with your invitations, post about it on your wedding website, and/or have nice stationery and pens available at the venue).
Pass around a box during the ceremony for your guests to drop in their notes. Then, seal it up until your anniversary! What could be better during an anniversary than to read the blessings of loved ones at the time of the wedding?
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Instead of the traditional unity candle ceremony — where each of your mothers light a candle, then you and your fiancé use these candles to light a larger candle together — Ritchie recommends switching it up: Start with one flame, and spread it to all of your guests.
Have an unlit candle passed out to each adult guest. To start the candle ceremony, the bride and groom light a single candle together. Then, they use that candle to light those of their bridesmaids and groomsmen, who then start spreading the flame to the rest of the guests.
