Favors at weddings

[mamadeb]

I don't remember them fifteen years ago, when I was first engaged and bought my quota of bridal magazines. They talked about all sorts of things, such as bridesmaids' gifts, but I don't recall favors. Because, if there were, I think I would have had them. I mean, we had yarmulkes and bentchers, but if people were giving out little gifties or packages of candy, I would have done it. I believe, anyway. And I'm sure that more modern Orthodox weddings would have them today, too.

I also went to a Catholic wedding a couple of years earlier and I don't recall favors there, either. But that was in 1988, so who knows?

Am I remembering wrong? Or are they a relatively recent thing?

Anyone have any ideas on this front?

Goes off to google.

Comments

[naomichana.livejournal.com]

I think little bags of candy or bottles of bubble-soap or what-have-you are fairly common at recent-ish weddings -- the last several formal weddings I've attended (all Christian) had them. I didn't care about them myself -- I figured yarmulkes and bentschers should be more than adequate -- but my mother-in-law put forward a strong plea for cute little chocolate bars engraved with our names and the date. Since she also offered to pay for them, I went with it (it was a small enough thing to make her happy), and everyone did seem to enjoy their souvenirs, plus it was nice to have a wedding memento to ship to friends and relatives who couldn't make it but didn't need/appreciate the Jewish swag.