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Best in Gifts
Origin of
wedding gifts and why they are so special
When
and how did the "wedding gifts" originate? One has to go back in history as
far back as Athenians and their practice of offering presents to those who
are about to enter into an agreement "for better, for worse, for richer, for
poorer, for sickness or for health,". Also the practice of wedding gifts
dates back to the period when men no longer bartered their wives for their
horses; and when mutual friends offered articles that would go far, toward
making the housekeeping of the newly-wedded more comfortable.
The
Grecian historians have more to tell us on wedding gifts. The wedding gifts
used to form a gorgeous display and that friends and relatives competed with
each other in offering the best of their wedding gifts that excel in
elegance. - wedding gifts include vessels of gold and silver, precious
jewels, vases, articles of ornament, magnificent wearing apparel, as well as
couches, tables and other household appurtenances.
Today
wedding gifts are an all-important part of the
ceremony or etiquette of marriage. Times have changed and to think of the
historical way of giving wedding gifts like the examples above, is
impractical. Present practices of offering wedding gifts limit to more
useful things rather than items of display. |
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