The Floral Fixx: New Years Eve weddings

I'd like to take some time now to talk about the New Years Eve wedding. I know lots of people who hate them and an equal amount who love them and I suppose there are pros and cons to New Years Eve weddings. Let's take a minute to look at that list:

Pro:
New years plans are sometimes hard to come by. You don't know what your friends want to do and someone has to coordinate so that everyone ends up at the same place. A New Years wedding solves this problem. All your friends will plan to go to your wedding probably a year in advance and they'll all be with you celebrating at a fantastic party that you paid for essentially. They'll love it.

Con:
You are "deciding" what your friends are doing on New Years sometimes over a year in advance. Maybe they wanted to do something else?

Pro:
Not very many weddings happen in the winter so your wedding will be refreshing instead of just another wedding they have to go to in the summer.

Con:
Vendors could be double, sometimes triple the price because all the staff has to work on New Years Eve.

Pro:
The countdown is romantic and fun! It's something different than people are used to seeing/doing at a wedding.

Con:
It's cold! At least in Winnipeg, that is. It can be painful to wear that slinky, sparkly dress when it's -40.

All-in-all, it comes down to personal choice. If people love you, they'll love your wedding too and they'll be happy to share your special day with you.

I'm going to a New Years wedding this year and I couldn't be happier. I just love not having the stress of trying to coordinate with friends and decide what we want to do. Then, collecting money, buying tickets, deciding where to have a pre-party and how to get to and from wherever we're going - just too stressful for my taste.

Here are some photos from an amazing, glamorous New Years Eve wedding we did a couple of years ago - Cindy and Tom. Thanks to Jeremy Hiebert for the photos.