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		<title>The First Wedding According To Darwin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Hu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very first wedding was between two cave people who decided that there should be a ceremony and reception. The thinking was that the village (the first ever) always celebrated before and after a hunt. They boogied down deep into the night when the monsoon season ended and they celebrated the birth of the children, so why not celebrate when two cave people decided to move into their first cave and share a life together? Grog wanted to give the guests wedding presents because when they announced the ritual, to be held by the tribe's holy man; everyone looked at them as if they were crazy and refused to come to the event claiming they had to wash each other's hair and was way behind in picking bugs off each other.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The very first wedding was between two cave people who decided that there should be a ceremony and reception. The thinking was that the village (the first ever) always celebrated before and after a hunt. They boogied down deep into the night when the monsoon season ended and they celebrated the birth of the children, so why not celebrate when two cave people decided to move into their first cave and share a life together? Grog wanted to give the guests wedding presents because when they announced the ritual, to be held by the tribe&#8217;s holy man; everyone looked at them as if they were crazy and refused to come to the event claiming they had to wash each other&#8217;s hair and was way behind in picking bugs off each other.</p>
<p>This is how the very first wedding planner came to be. Winnie&#8217;s brother, Rock Stonehead suggested they give gifts to the tribe members who would show up. The problem was what to give. Trog was smart though, and he knew that when lightning struck the beach, the heating of the sand made glass, so he gathered up a bunch of it and picked up some of the shiny rocks that they had found while shopping for a good cave to spend their lives in. Therefore, each guest received glass-wedding favors and the tribe elders received crystal-wedding favors.</p>
<p>Trog and Winnie had a beautiful ceremony under a great tree that provided plenty of shade for the guests. Of course, they had to because the tribe&#8217;s holy man was not convinced that moving out of the trees was a good idea and still made his home there. The couple got married but they put their wedding rings through their nose instead of on their fingers. This is because they were still dragging knuckles and the rings kept falling off in the rocks and dirt. Many years later, one of trog and Winnies descendents started the tradition of putting the wedding ring on the finger because they had a cold and did not want to get snot on the ring. They placed it on the finger since their arms had shortened and no longer scraped the ground.</p>
<p>At Trog and Winnies wedding party, now known as a reception, the first thing they did after bandaging their heads was to create music. They had to bandage their heads because they did not have rice to throw back then so they threw sticks and rocks. The first wedding band was formed as the guests started to get bored and were dancing but there was no music. A friend of Trog was tapping on a log when everyone realized it sounded pretty good. After that, several of the tribe was joining in on the fun by beating the trees with the bones of the animals they had for supper the night before. Soon, the reception was really swinging.</p>
<p>Another tradition that was born on that first wedding was the kissing of the bride. Before this, they just went around licking each other&#8217;s faces. But Winnie, who loved to eat wild berries was about to open her mouth to speak when Trog went to give her their first lick as a married couple and stuck his tongue in her mouth quite by accident. It tasted so good that soon, everyone was eating berries and &#8220;kissing&#8221; each other.</p>
<p>The best part was when the couple finally got tired and the fire had burned so low that they could barely see. Trog took his new bride to their new cave to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately, there was no such thing as full disclosure so the cave estate agent that sold Trog and Winnie the cave did not tell them that there was still a saber-toothed tiger living in it and they were both eaten during the night.</p>
<p>Aaron Hu has authored on an extensive range of topics related to the wedding industry. If you are looking for <a href="http://www.e-weddingfavors.com/catalog/Glass_and_Crystal_Wedding_Favors-31-1.html"> Glass wedding favors</a>, E-WeddingFavors.com has the biggest selection available. You will also find <a href="http://www.e-weddingfavors.com">Wedding Favors</a> and much more, all at very affordable prices.</p>
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		<title>Bridal and Wedding Shower Favors In Disney Films</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Hu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember as a small child, watching The Little Mermaid or even Beauty and the Beast? As enchanting as these childhood movies were and still are, they had some familiarities. Everyone knows that the Little Mermaid finds love, and of all places it is not under the sea, just like the main character in Beauty and the Beast.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you remember as a small child, watching The Little Mermaid or even Beauty and the Beast? As enchanting as these childhood movies were and still are, they had some familiarities. Everyone knows that the Little Mermaid finds love, and of all places it is not under the sea, just like the main character in Beauty and the Beast.</p>
<p>Both of the main characters in these movies meet their very own personal prince charming. Now you know how the plots play out, they fall into forbidden love of sorts, and get married. Now since there are weddings in these two films, how come we never see any bridal shower favors or wedding shower favors? Were these two strikingly and breathtakingly beautiful princesses deprived of a bridal shower? It seems as though old Walt Disney over looked a couple of things while putting these films together.</p>
<p>With Mrs. Tea Pot and Sebastian&#8217;s personalities alone, one would normally conclude that surely no stone was left unturned when it came to the timing and planning of the weddings. With movie characters so full of life and energy how could they possibly leave out a bridal shower for their key princesses? I suppose this is not something that children see, or rather don&#8217;t see in these films. This is because as we grow older we tend to pay closer attention to the truths in film. I can honestly not think of one single children&#8217;s film that has a wedding in it, that actually shows a bridal shower or even mentions one.</p>
<p>Surely if the old philosophy &#8220;life imitates art&#8221; is true then they should defiantly include something as simple as a bridal shower. I personally can not imagine how something as simple and yet monumental as a bridal shower, was completely left out by the greatest movie makers in all of history. As a child however, I simply did not pay attention to the detail, which is the reason why this little fact did not bother me back then. It is not so much that it bothers me or irritates me now in my adult years, but rather it irritates me by the fact that a company so akin to detail, overlooks and disregards an important one when it comes to fairy tale weddings.</p>
<p>It is not just the bridal showers which they missed. How many films from your childhood that had weddings in them also had bachelor parties in them? I&#8217;ll tell you how many, absolutely none! The closest any of us as children ever got to see to bridal or bachelor parties, was in the old Popeye cartoons. Yup that&#8217;s right, do you remember Olive being showered with gifts in the episode where Popeye proposed to her? Or how about in that same episode Popeye goes to a boxing match with his friends. These are not actually bachelor or bridal parties and showers; however they are as close as we ever got to seeing them as children.</p>
<p>If you could create your own cartoon with weddings with both bridal showers and bachelor parties in them, how would you go about doing it? Would you make these parties as fairytale like and majestic as the weddings themselves, or would you hint about them and not actually portray them like the Popeye cartoon did? I suppose it is true that some things are to be left to the imagination, especially when it comes to these pre wedding celebrations in childhood films.</p>
<p>Aaron Hu has authored on an extensive range of topics related to the wedding industry. If you are looking for <a href="http://www.e-weddingfavors.com/catalog/Bridal_Shower_Favors-4-1.html">bridal shower favors</a>, E-WeddingFavors.com has the biggest selection available. You will also find <a href="http://www.e-weddingfavors.com">Wedding Guest Favors</a> and much more, all at very affordable prices.</p>
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		<title>Beach Wedding Favors &amp; Golf Wedding Favors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Hu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, you decided to get married away from home. Do both of you have family and friends scattered all over the place? That might not be a bad idea then. After all, if you are going to make them fly, you should let them fly to someplace fun. Besides, you can stay after the wedding and honeymoon. When you both picked Hilton Head you picked it for different reasons. He was thinking of a nice little golf wedding with little golf wedding favors while you were thinking of a beach wedding with little beach wedding favors. Oh my, the fur is going to fly on this!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, you decided to get married away from home. Do both of you have family and friends scattered all over the place? That might not be a bad idea then. After all, if you are going to make them fly, you should let them fly to someplace fun. Besides, you can stay after the wedding and honeymoon. When you both picked Hilton Head you picked it for different reasons. He was thinking of a nice little golf wedding with little golf wedding favors while you were thinking of a beach wedding with little beach wedding favors. Oh my, the fur is going to fly on this!</p>
<p>That is not the first time this has happened and certainly won&#8217;t be the last as travel weddings become increasingly popular. In reality, both were very fair assumptions. Golf has become a huge sport for men and women. Beach weddings were really the kick off for the whole travel wedding craze. Since so many great golf destinations are on the beach this was just bound to happen. Which one should you do? Is it going to come down to &#8220;Rock, Paper, Scissors?&#8221;</p>
<p>Golf weddings are pretty straight forward. Assuming you want to get married on the grounds your in good shape. For one, golf courses frequently host large outside events of all sizes and have tents if needed as well. You are also not going to need to worry about the conditions of the greenery, golf courses are known for keeping them immaculate. So you have your chairs, your tent, and the grass is cut. Depending on where you are they might be able to help you out with more but if not there are always rental companies that rent about anything. Again, because they are used to hosting events you should be able to find a suitable room. Hopefully they can prepare the food for you as well (most big ones can) as well as offer servers and do the clean up. Since it was a golf wedding, work to keep that theme going into the reception and keep it fun.</p>
<p>Beach weddings are so romantic and they give you so many options to make them your own. Beach weddings are like snowflakes, there are no two alike. It is really a matter of taste and imagination. If the wedding is on a public beach and you are not from the area you are almost certainly need the help of a local wedding planner, preferable one that does a lot of beach weddings because of all the little nuances involved. The planner will know the best places and the local ordinances you will need to be concerned about, for example how late you can go and can you have a bon fire.</p>
<p>A few things will apply to all beach weddings. For the bride, forget about the train. With all that sand blowing around you will get enough sand with out dragging a rake behind you. Then there is your hair. The wind never stops blowing on the beach so keep that in mind when you try to decide of a hair style. The groom should forget about a tuxedo unless he just wants to burst into flames. An idea that is not too uncommon is to get married in the water. Not in four feet of water, say your vows in enough water to cover your feet. That rules out the traditional wedding dress and the suit but a really cute idea could be conceived. For laughs, make the guests stand in four feet of water!</p>
<p>Whether you choose golf or beach, they both can be well done. It&#8217;s all about what makes the bride and groom happy.</p>
<p>Aaron Hu is a leading author on a wide range of well published wedding articles. If you are looking for <a href="http://www.e-weddingfavors.com/catalog/Beach_Wedding_Favors-10-1.html">beach wedding favors</a>, E-WeddingFavors.com has the biggest selection available. You will also find <a href="http://www.e-weddingfavors.com/catalog/Golf_Wedding_Favors-24-1.html">golf wedding favors</a> and much more, all at very affordable prices.</p>
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