Picking out and giving wedding favors is one of a happy couple’s most pleasant and yet perhaps most challenging duties. Obviously, this being the 21st Century many guests might not expect such parting gifts anyway however the more traditional a ceremony the most likely it is that some such souvenir of the occasion will be warranted. After all, not dispensing these can be similar to not tossing the bridal bouquet!
And even non-traditional ceremonies could use such gifts. Guests tend to be friends and family, plus a couple would certainly have a tendency to want such people to possess some form of memento for the occasion, however non-traditional it might be otherwise. Fortunately, it being the 21st Century, wedding favors are available in a wide, wide selection of various styles, designs, and purposes. The most popular categories of such ready-made gifts include scented candles and novel candle holders. More personalised gifts are authorized framed pictures of the happy couple and CD compilations of music used at the reception. Still more creatively, each guest may receive something personally made or designed to reflect the uniqueness of the individual recipient – or the wedding couple can easily pick the safe traditional route and offer fancy candies in semi-precious containers!
Indeed, wedding favors started out as treats symbolic of the sweetness of matrionial life. For instance, sugar, which once was quite a high priced commodity, was presented in the form of the cubes we today take for granted. As sugar became less expensive, almonds were substituted. These days, the meaning of the wedding favor has become so blurred that numerous vendors classify as favors decorations anything and everything, from novelty letter openers to novelty fans. Whereas the wedding favor once symbolized ideals and aspirations, today they are generally just cheap souvenirs reflective of economic realities more than anything else!
