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Beginner April 2019

Easter Saturday Wedding - Feedback

Jordan, on April 19, 2018 at 5:54 AM Posted in Planning 0 25
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Hello,

So my wedding date is April 20th and my fiancé and I are super excited and booked our venue in February. This date is important to us because we met 7 years ago on that date. But I am super nervous now because I completely did not realize Easter was the 21st and I must of missed it due to this years date just being super early for Easter. Would y’all consider this rude to outside guest? It will be immediate family and very close friends and my fathers work friends that I’ve known for like my whole life (I’m 25) and have even been in their weddings. Just FYI my family is catholic but my parents were ok and didn’t even notice either. My fiancé family isn’t really religious but there all coming from out of town. Feedback would be nice since I can possibly talk to my venue cause it’s a year out.

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Latest activity by Jordan, on April 19, 2018 at 4:32 PM
  • Sarah
    Master June 2016
    Sarah ·
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    I wouldn’t find it rude, but I wouldn’t attend unless I was local.
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  • J
    Beginner April 2019
    Jordan ·
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    Thank you for the feedback. All my attendees are local on for my side. I believe the farthest is Denton. On my fiancé’s side though, they are all over south Texas and Oklahoma and some local. His whole family would be in town for our wedding and potentially some are in our wedding party. There super excited and haven’t noticed either I gues.
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  • ThePeoplesBride
    VIP October 2020
    ThePeoplesBride ·
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    I would still go. One of Easter's main themes is new beginnings after all.
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  • Kelly
    Devoted August 2018
    Kelly ·
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    If I lived out of town it being Easter weekend wouldn't change the likelihood of me going but I'm not even remotely religious.
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  • A
    Devoted May 2018
    Anna ·
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    Depends out of town or local, it’d be hard with church the following morning though & if you have alcohol so keep that in mind
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  • Kat
    Expert May 2019
    Kat ·
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    We avoided April 20th for this reason. We’re not religious at all, but both our families are Catholic and celebrate Easter. A wedding on the same weekend would have cut into their holiday and been too inconvenient for them. Most of my family is OOT though.

    I would change the date if you still can. Once people notice it’s Easter, you might get more declines.
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  • J
    Beginner April 2019
    Jordan ·
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    Thanks everyone! I will discuss it more with my fiancé and my parents since their helping us out with the wedding. On the other hand that date is very special to us so I feel like it is a toss up.
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  • C
    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    I would check with your church and see if they allow weddings that day. Easter vigils are usually very long important masses where people get baptized into the church. You said you booked the venue I don't know if that's ceremony or reception.
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  • J
    Beginner April 2019
    Jordan ·
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    It’s ceremony and reception. It’s a wedding center.
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  • Mrs. Sponge
    Master April 2018
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    I would attend an Easter weekend wedding, but I don't really celebrate Easter. We color eggs, and that morning my son gets a small basket and we hide the eggs for him to find but that wouldn't effect me going to a wedding. I would think you may get some declines due to it being Easter weekend.

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  • Jeleebeenz
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    Jeleebeenz ·
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    If it were local I would attend. We celebrate Easter so I wouldn't travel that weekend, but I would attend a local wedding that weekend.

    Since your side is most likely to be the one's who celebrate Easter and they are local I would think things are looking pretty good there. If you have any VIPs that you are concerned about, reach out to them and get their feedback.

    Along those lines, it sounds like travelling on Easter weekend shouldn't pose a big problem for your FH's side. If someone (like me) won't travel that weekend they can send a polite decline and everyone is happy. If he has any truly VIP people that are make or break for him maybe he should reach out to them too.

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  • C
    Master July 2018
    Cuoghi ·
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    As a Catholic I think it is ok. People might not stay late because of it. I'm assuming you aren't having a religious ceremony?
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  • J
    Beginner April 2019
    Jordan ·
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    I do have a late wedding which ends at 11PM. My bright side thinking is if local families did have Easter activities, they could possibly do them during the day which is a plus. His parents are you would say “atheist” tbh. His siblings are much older and only one of them has 4 kids and his 4 kids are apart of the wedding. The others are single. We are looking for a religious official to officiate our wedding but not a priest or a minister. His family is from Oklahoma. We don’t have a very large family on either side so each person is a VIP.
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  • J
    Beginner April 2019
    Jordan ·
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    Also the sibling with the 4 kids are local which is a super plus.
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  • rica
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    rica ·
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    Easter is tricky since the date always changes. It’s easy to overlook. I wouldn’t find it rude. I would definitely still attend if it was local, because I don’t travel for Easter. If it was someone close to me I would consider missing Easter and traveling to attend. I only wouldn’t go if it were far for me to travel and we weren’t super close, but then again that would be my thought even without being on a holiday weekend. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
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  • B
    Master April 2019
    Brittany ·
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    Ahhh you sound just like me Smiley smile we booked for 4.19.19 and didn't realize Easter was that Sunday when we booked, again probably because of how early it was this year.

    We are both Catholic as well but luckily, not enough for it to really matter. Neither of our families are super religious and do not do anything crazy for Easter to begin with, so we lucked out there and are not changing our date. Because my wedding is that Friday, people will have enough time to get back home for church or whatever else on Sunday.

    Poll some of your "most religious" guests / VIPs and see how they feel. If they're offended then you may want to try and change the date if you can. If not, stick with it. I don't think it's "rude", but if you want certain people there and they can not/will not because of it being Easter weekend, you may consider changing it.

    * Since it is Good Friday, we made sure to offer a fish option for dinner that night. For those that observe and will not be eating meat that day.

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  • Jen
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    Jen ·
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    I'm Catholic and my extended family does celebrate Easter each year. However, I don't think it would be a problem as your wedding is the day before Easter. If people are traveling for your wedding, you could include on your website location/timing of mass as i would still want to go to church on Easter Sunday.

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  • B
    Master April 2019
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    I love this! Smiley smile

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  • J
    Dedicated August 2018
    J.Taylor ·
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    I wouldn’t even see it as a big deal. We don’t even celebrate Easter really. Even if we did though Easter comes every year, your wedding is a one time deal. I would definitely attend.
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  • Stephanie
    Super March 2018
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    I got married this past Easter weekend, because of my school schedule as a teacher. It lined up with when I would be on spring break (and DH and I didn't want to have a summer wedding). Because of our schedules, we asked my parents (my dad is a pastor) and while it made the weekend a hectic one for my family, my parents were fully supportive. DH's family is from 7 hours away and Catholic, so many of them were unable to come, either for commitments to their services or just because of the distance. They have offered to throw us a summer reception so we can celebrate with his extended family that was unable to be there on the big day. People were very understanding of our choice, when they knew why we picked that date. We had a lot of out of town guests that chose to have their Easter celebration at our home church and we joined a lot of them for lunch after church the next day. It was a really special weekend.

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