Wedding Reception Traditions

We kept speeches and first dances but otherwise everything else was cut.

We are doing the 'cake' cutting for pictures - but no smashing cake as we will be having cheesecake instead of actual cake, also won't be saving a piece as it will probably go bad.

We are doing first dances, our respective parents are excited.

We are doing bouquet/garter toss, we think its fun

And i'm going traditional for the ceremony of staying at my parents' the night before and my FH won't see me until I'm walking does the aisle - I really want to see his face.

I also want to do the something old, new, borrowed and blue

Also, we're a bilingual couple, so my speech to my parents and family will be in Spanish, with a summary in English - I'm not translating the whole thing.

We are not doing the garter toss and probably not doing the bouquet toss either.

We wont be doing the cake cutting since we aren't doing a traditional cake, we are buying cheese cake and various pies.

I am undecided on the first dance, I don't really like to dance but I feel like it is pivotal to having a reception with a dance floor.

We are doing first look photos. We are doing all of the photos before the ceremony since we are having an evening ceremony & reception.

I am either going to have my little brother or my mom walk me down the isle.

Im unsure what else we will or will not be doing.

We are doing a first dance but inviting other couples to join us during the second verse.

We are not doing the cake or the garter/bouquet toss.

I want to sneak off for some late night photos!

We are probably skipping the kissing game as well since we can't think of anything fun for our guests!

We are going to be doing the cake cutting but not smashing in each other's faces, the garter toss, bouquet toss, first dances, and the speeches.

We are cutting the whole "clink glasses for a kiss" thing and we aren't doing a big fancy exit at the end of the night, and saving some of the cake for a year later.

Oooh good question.

Traditions and what we are doing:

- FH will not see me before the wedding (we will likely do the picture where we are each on one side of a door/wall because we will be getting ready in the same hotel)

- I will be doing the something borrowed, blue, old and new

- I don't think I will wear a veil (but I bought one just in case)

- My dress is not white (more of a champagne/ivory) which is probably fitting lol

- Dad is walking me down the aisle

- There will be an open bar

- Untraditional cocktail/action station dinner instead of a sitdown - more of a mingling atmosphere

- Doing the first dance, father/daughter, mother/son

- We will cut the cake and take pictures (although if he smushes cake in my face there may be an annulment )

- We will not be saving a piece/tier for our anniversary (freezer space is at a premium in our house)

- No bouquet/garter toss - we are both in our 30s and a large portion of our friends are already married so we thought we'd skip it

- Will not do clinking for kissing (no sit down dinner so it wouldn't work)

- Hoping to do sparklers later at night

- My favourite non-traditional part - I booked lawn games to rent for our wedding (giant jenga, ring toss, giant connect 4 plus we have bocce ball, ladder ball) so people can play outdoors during the reception!

Definitely doing bouquet toss, on the fence about the garter toss. Have to see if FH wants to do it.

Definitely NOT cake smashing, might do a cake cutting photo but I don't see the point in that. Also not going to save a slice for a year... I want to have my cake and eat it too lol

We'll have a first dance, and my dad will probably want to do a father/daughter dance, but FH's mom is not in the picture so he will likely not do that. Torn about wedding party dance, could be fun or just plain awks.

Not doing glass clinking for kisses, might do bells and incorporate the bell as the favour or a kissing menu, or just skip it entirely.

We are going to give a bouquet to the longest married couple, instead of the bouquet toss. We won't be dong the garter toss but we will be keeping the cake cutting and first dance.

No cake cutting/smash. No garter toss either, but I'll probably do the bouquet toss. We're on the fence about speeches, but we got lots of pushbacks from our families on that one. The only things we're 100% for sure keeping are the first dance and the dance with our mother/father.

We'll ask the DJ suggestions for game ideas for the guests to do in order to get us to kiss.

My Fiance is vehemently against the cake cutting, smashing or no. I see no reason for the garter toss, especially since I don't plan to wear one. I am not sure about the bouquet toss as most of my family and friends are already married. We will be doing the table toasting and pictures that is traditional to my Fiance's side, with the possibility of me being dressed in traditional Vietnamese dress.

There will be no cake smash at our wedding, I am not paying well over $200 for hair and makeup only to have it coated in buttercream frosting and cake crumbs! Not sure if we will do an official cake cutting or not, we are serving cupcakes, but having our baker make a small 6-8" cake we can put a silly topper on.

We aren't doing the traditional parent dances, it's our first dance, then the bridal party & parents join us for the next song, and then the floor opens up and the party gets going!

We're cutting a lot cause we aren't super into it.

No Cake (so no cake smash), No Games such as garter tosses, bouquet tosses.

I'm also hoping we won't have anyone tinkling glasses at us to get us to kiss.

We're not adding too much at all. We just want it to be pretty simple with good music and good food and lots of booze. We'll have a cigar bar if that counts.