December 30 wedding

Having your wedding around a holiday is always a huge gamble. You'd need to check with all your VIPs first to make sure doing it that date works for them. I, personally, can't imagine trying to have a wedding in between Christmas and New Year's. Just too much going on.

Guests may be decline because of holiday commitments. And that's an expensive time to travel. Some services may be preimum priced because of the time of year. If you book your venue, start looking & booking vendors ASAP. I live in Dallas ,too. Where is your venue?

My aunt and uncle had their wedding on December 15th and they had a great turnout! My parents also got married around the holidays on New Years Eve. My FH and I considered doing a wedding the weekend after Christmas this year, but decided not to for other reasons...

Anyways, the pros are it's going to be beautifully decorated for the holidays, most people will be home during that time if they live out of state, and it's just a wonderful, festive time of the year. The people who will come will come no matter what. I would definitely recommend sending out save the dates asap, though. People start making their holiday plans early and if they know you're getting married they might work around it. The cons are it is around the holidays. Some people might be out of town and traveling. You might not receive as many gifts as you would if you had a summer wedding (not what matters but something to consider depending on your situation), and venues typically have great deals during the winter.

I think it depends on if your guests are mostly local or not. If they have to fly - it would be really expensive. But if theyre all in the DFW area then the 30th should be just fine. Some people will not be able to come if they travel for the holidays and already have things booked.

Im a DFW bride getting married in January - I picked that time of year because it won't be hot (who wants to sweat in full glam and a big dress?!) and there aren't that many other weddings happening around that time period so it was easier to find vendors.

Another thing to consider: your anniversary in years to come will be right in the middle of the holiday season. Will that stress you out or bother you down the road?

We chose our date in part so it was timed in part of the year where we do not have a lot going on celebrations or birthday-wise. And was an easy date for Floof to remember...it took him five years to remember my birthday, and our dating anniversary is 2 days after that!

View Quoted Comment This is something to consider for sure! If you love the date though and are just concerned about the wedding I would say go for it! I just attended a Dec 30 (granted it was Saturday) this past year and it was a great turnout of about 250 people! Most of the guests were local ish (less than 4 hours away) and it didn't seem to be an issue. Regardless of where your guests live I would send out save the dates earlier than usual to give the heads up!

Also with our weather here in DFW you have to account for our ice/snow so if we have that weather you may have a lot of people who don't come. You know we can't drive in ice

I'm assuming almost everyone will get that day off since it's a Sunday, but some people may not get the 31 off. I have a few friends in hourly jobs that get January 1 off but not December 31. I don't mind Sunday weddings, but I usually leave around 8 if I have work the next day. I also wouldn't expect most out of town guests to show up, since a lot of people will already be traveling for Christmas & NYE and may not be able to fit in another vacation or afford one.

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Yeah I agree - December is hard. We've had issues even with over 2 weeks before Christmas. Honestly, I would say no to December 30 because it'll be stressful. If you do decide to go for it, send out STDs as soon as you sign the contract and hand over your deposit.

I wouldn't do it because I would want my guests to be excited about my wedding and looking forward to a part. On December 30th people are usually feeling fat, exhausted and broke, and saving any remaining energy they have for NYE before they have to go back to the real world on January 2nd. People will be too busy thinking about the holidays (the good and the bad) leading up to your wedding, and then when it rolls around they'll be thinking "ugh, I have to get dressed up AGAIN and I don't think I can eat or drink anymore, and I just want to stay home in my pajamas".

I mean, I know a few people with birthdays on December 29th or 30th and they all agree it's a crappy time of year for a party!

That sounds fun! I would definitely go if it was local.

I got married on December 30th this past year -- it was great! We invited 300, had 200 RSVP yes and 195 showed. We expected those 100 declines because my mom has a massive extended family (all out of state) that we felt obligated to invite. 95% of the people that we expected to RSVP yes did! We used burgundy and silver as our colors, since they felt "holiday-ish". The only difference was that last year the 30th was on a Saturday, not a Sunday.

This was the best possible date for us (both my H and I are in grad school, and had to get married over the winter holiday) even after a 2 year engagement. I think most of our guests understood that and were willing to come out and celebrate (even those that had to travel) with us! We also had lots of friends in grad school that were on winter break, which was important to us as well.