The location of the wedding shower should be depicted by the style of the wedding shower, from informal to extravagant.



Insure that there is enough seating for all the guests. There should be enough room for gifts to be opened including tables for them to be stacked on.

The host of the wedding shower should provide for the means to record what is being given to the bride and groom in a notebook. It is also necessary for the host to welcome guests and greet them at the door.

A Wedding Shower Generally Entails:

-A greeting by the maid of honor, host and the mother of the bride.

-A wedding shower should include a meal of some sort. It can be as simple as a buffet or cold cuts or as complex as a formal dinner.

-The shower should provide comfortable tables for the guests to relax on. Assigned seating is generally not necessary in an informal wedding shower but can be used in a formal.

-The shower should provide for refreshments including a cake or other deserts.

-Most of the time there is some form of music, but generally it is not live entertainment.

-The opening of the presents is generally held after a meal is provided to the guests.

-The bride and the groom should walk around and talk to everyone, thanking them for coming and chatting with guests.

-The wedding party should be thanked by the bride and the groom before or after dinner is served.

-Afternoon wedding showers are the most popular, although they can be held at any time of the day. Weekends are the most common.

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The wedding shower is a wonderful tradition. It is designed to help the new couple to get started on the journey of their lives. The gifts that are given are symbolic of providing the things they will need to have a good start.

Another customary thing that can be done at a wedding shower is for the bridesmaids to collect the ribbons from all presents that are open. These are placed together to create a bouquet that the bride will use in place of the real thing at her wedding rehearsal.

One of the other bridesmaids should take diligent notes about what has been given and who gave it. This will allow the bride to write thank you notes later.

Finally, the planning of a wedding shower should be done well in advance. The more formal that it is the more planning will be needed. Most of the time the shower will happen about one month before the actual wedding takes place. If this is not possible, a wedding shower can occur days before the wedding or even after the honeymoon.