Covid planning help

Hello brides and brides to be! We are still 50/50 about having a wedding this December, but it’s going to be crunch time soon and I’d love your ideas on this. We picked a beautiful mansion as our venue, but if we make the “Covid cut” to our guest list, it just doesn’t make sense to have catering at the venue for 15 people (there’s no working kitchen, so we planned on heavy apps and more of a cocktail party for 30-40 originally). I’d now like to take our guests to a private dinner at a nice restaurant after BUT I’d love an excuse to mingle at the mansion and get our money’s worth from the rental fee.


Is it strange to do a cocktail hour after a short ceremony THEN go to dinner?...I could see us doing cocktails and apps for 15 guests at the venue, but I’ve never done a wedding this way before. Just trying to think of how to structure everything in this weird weird time.