is a wedding 2 days after Christmas a terrible idea?

If your VIPs can and will attend, go for it. Since it's a Tuesday...well, you'll likely get more declines than a Saturday/weekend. If your VIPs are balking, you need to reconsider.

It's harder to travel for one and more expensive. And as a recent December bride it was crazy. We were married 12/12 and Christmas fell by the wayside. Plus I did a lot of stuff in the few days prior to my wedding for the wedding and things will either be packed or closed.

You should talk to your family first and see what they think of the idea. If you have family that needs to travel it may be very inconvenient to them as many people are still celebrating christmas with family. Also as you mentioned, many people will just be getting over the financial aspect of christmas and may not have the money to travel.

My mom got married on that date (in 2008) and the answer is yes, especially if you celebrate Christmas. It's very stressful. My mom ran into the problem that nothing was open for last minute details. It was also very overwhelming because she didn't have those last few days to finish those last minute details because she was busy with Christmas stuff.

That being said, wedding planning is stressful anytime so do what you want. I swore I'd never have a December wedding because of my moms experience but here I am with a December date.

I mean, not for nothing, I'm pretty broke around the holidays. It's crazy expensive to travel, and I would just be mad about spending any more money in between Christmas and New Years. But it all depends on your guest list. If the important guests on your list are okay with it then do what you want.

Eh. I'd be annoyed. It's a stressful expensive time of the year. I'd be annoyed if I had to spend more time and money on someone else's wedding at the same time. It's doable and the people who care the most for you will be there and won't mind as much. Probably not so much with everyone else.

I feel it's too close to the holiday. Many people travel for the holidays.

To me Christmas time is the one time not to get married, no offense, most people go to more than one Christmas. Ex fh and I do x Mas eve ,Christmas day then Christmas weekend.

I wouldn't. I just went to a wedding the Saturday after thanksgiving and even though it was a great time it was beyond stressful with so much going on with the holidays.

Fewer people may attend, but if the ones you want to be there can make it then go for it. In the end, it is your wedding and you should have it on the day you want it.

My best friend got married last month on the 27th. Like a lot of people are saying, it is very expensive to fly and I know some of the guests couldn't come because of air fare. Another thing to think of is rehearsal dinners. I thought there would be a day in between Christmas and the wedding but totally forgot about doing the rehearsal. Most of the bridesmaid were in our state for Christmas but in different parts. We all had to get up early to drive the morning after Christmas to be there for the rehearsal. It was doable because I love her but it was stressful.

I would just say you have to go in knowing it's a risk. You will likely get far more declines than you would another day. Many people are OOT, many are just plain tired (which may lead to some people RSVPing yes and then not showing up because they didn't think about how beat they would be), people are in fact broke after the holidays, and also they have a lot of other stuff going on. There are a ton of holiday events around that time and people may already have plans. If the few people you have already mentioned it to (VIPs I assume) have an issue with it then you may have a problem. Ask your must have people and if they are all ok with it then go for it. Otherwise, you might want to reconsider.

Also, that time of year in general you have a decent chance for snow or other bad weather. It would sure be a shame to have to cancel your whole wedding because of snow or have a bunch of the older relatives (or those like me who 100% will NOT go out in snow) miss it because they don't want to come out. It could literally be my BFFs wedding and if it was snowing more than flurries I still couldn't do it.

I'd have to say no. Many people are still celebrating so unless you plan to have a wedding with less than 20 people and you've cleared it with them I'd say no.

I had a cousin who got married on 12/27 in a gorgeous college cathedral style church. It is gorgeous without Christmas decor but WOW with it. If your people are local, go for it.

I personally would steer clear of a date that close to Christmas.

I'm having a NYE wedding that is a destination and I did consider this when I booked it. I have talked to the majority of my friends and family that I really want there and they all said they're coming! Of course our guest list has grown since our parents want us to invite some aunts/uncles to keep some family peace that we are 99.99% sure will not come. If a few do, that's ok though since we are trying to plan for 75% of our guest list coming :-). I would guess we are going to be looking at an overall RSVP's rate of around 45-50% of our 140ish people guest list.

You just need to decide what is important to you and figure out if you could handle not having every person you ever dreamed of there.

Bonus- you will also be broke from the holiday, so if some others are too and decide not to come that is one less plate to pay for! With how expensive food is nowadays, that's 30-something dollars WELL SAVED!

Are you wanting to get married on a Tuesday..?

A lot of families have to stretch out their Christmas celebrations to the days right before or after Christmas. I probably wouln't plan it then.

Eh, my wedding is on the 17th, which is the week before Christmas. I made sure my VIPs could make it (parents, bridesmaids) and they were fine with it. Some others I've told have reacted like your friends, but that's okay. I've told them this is the time that my FH and I want to do it because the holiday season is special to us and this is when we got the venue and they just said they'd try to make it. We'll see. Save the Dates will go out in a month or so.

Expect a lot of declines. Expect a lot of joint wedding/Christmas gifts. Christmas wasn't really a thing for us this past year because money was so tight finishing everything with the wedding.

I would really advise against it. Just seems like you're setting yourself up for unnecessary complications with a date in the middle of a holiday week.