December wedding date

I would think that if they want to come they will come either weekend. Give them plenty of notice so that they can make arrangements.

I agree with this - those days before Christmas are nuts!!! Go with the 28th!

Hey, Sarah! I think that the 28th would be easier in terms of getting the Christmas rush done with and filling up that time between Christmas and NYE, like you said! Also, if your school schedule is anything like mine, it'd be nice to have an extra week after finals and such

I think the 28th sounds great! We are also doing a December wedding (this year), and we settled on either doing a few weeks before Christmas, or the week after because people get really busy the few days before! We went with December 8th. Post-Christmas is also fun because you can still do holiday/winter themed wedding, OR you could do a New Years' themed wedding! Or neither, as themes aren't necessary, but they're both cool options!

I'd probably go for December 20. People are generally out of town for the 25-31 or at least have other commitments.

I was in the same boat -- PT student here! We did December 30th last year and it was great. I think before would have been too crazy, and people would have declined due to other family plans!