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Toasting Sets
Affectionately Yours Offers A Tremendous Selection Of Toasting Glasses Including Pewter Theme Chalices & Goblets For Weddings And Anniversary Celebrations. Pewter Dolphin, Dragon and Medieval Pieces Are Accompanied By Other Matching Wedding Accessories Such As Cake Toppers and Cake Server Sets
History of the Wedding Toast
Toasts are considered a long held tradition through the ages. Although toasting is done for many different reasons, most of the time it is performed to wish the couple the best of health and good luck for all of their married life. The only beverages that were considered bad luck & not used for toasts include coffee, tea and water.
The clinking of the glasses have been said to ward off any evil spirits that may be hanging around to bring bad doing to a wedding couple. A wedding toast is used to express collective feelings, and these feelings are put into words and are shared with everyone in attendance of the special event. A wedding toast is also said to bring the formal part of the special day to an end, and to let the informal part begin!
The wedding toast has a long upstanding history dating back to the Greeks in the sixth Century B.C. When there was a gathering, the Greeks would pour the wine from a common pitcher. The host would drink from his glass first to ensure his guest that there was no poison placed into the wine. Back then, the Greeks would spike the drinks of their enemies to ensure silence and even use to prevent a messy divorce! This was later picked up by the Romans but for different reasons, about one hundred years later. In the 1800’s, the toast was a common act and was done as a gesture of good faith and to wish health and happiness to the guest attending the special occasion at hand.
The first wedding toast is always to the bride and is done by the best man, friend or close relative. The second wedding toast is done by the best man to the bride and groom. The third wedding toast will be the groom’s response to the person or people who made the toast before him, a few words to his new wife should be said and a thanks to the parents and the bridesmaids. The second to last wedding toast is the best man, and he will thank the groom on behalf of the bridesmaids and then the bridesmaids himself. The last wedding toast to be given is from the father of the bride. He thanks everyone on behalf of himself and his wife and will indicate that the party can begin.
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