Festive inspired weddings; a double celebration!

It has to be said that Christmas is the best time of the year. The festive joy is already hitting the high street with many Christmas lights twinkling as shoppers look to get their gifts sorted before the big rush in December.

This also happens to be an extremely romantic time of the year with the majority of couples believing New Year’s Eve in particular is the best time of the year to get engaged or married.

With this in mind, we’ve decided to compose a list of the ULTIMATE festive themed wedding tips. If you’re planning your winter wedding, it couldn’t be easier with online tools freely available from the likes of http://www.weddingsite.co.uk/ and such.Chances are you’ve seen it all and written off a lot of the ideas too; you’re after something new and exciting. A winter themed wedding can have a number of tacky options, but here are the best options for a classic festive wedding you’re going to love:

Christmas Lights

As any reputable wedding source will tell you, it is the finer details that really make a wedding day extraordinary for all the guests, as well as the loved-up couple too.

Winter is certainly a dark season but you can shed a bit of light on the situation. Pun intended!

Fairy lights are a really simple yet beautiful way to create a romantic atmosphere on a shoestring budget. You could even ask your friends and relatives if they have any Christmas lights to spare to create a real mish-mash vintage feel, whether they’re outside lights or indoor tree lights.

The mish-mash can go oh-so wrong though! For example, coloured lights do have a bit of a cheap feel. Sticking with a warm glow allows you to search for the lights with a clearer objective and can replicate the stars. Aw, how romantic…

Do they know it’s Christmas?

Including a hint of Christmas in your wedding is far more subtle and coy than overloading on lifesize penguins and red…everywhere.

Christmas is such a visual time of the year that minimal effort can be put in to achieve maximum effect. For example, a hint of red and green can bring everything together whilst the menu itself can really epitomised this magical time of the year.

A Christmas dinner with all the trimmings complete with Christmas pudding, yule log and sherry for desert to warm the cockles has the ultimate feel of the festive season. It’s all about indulgence after all.

White Christmas

The red of Santa Claus (or Coca Cola should we say!) and the green of Christmas trees are forever associated with Christmas and the festive period in general, but placed together on your wedding day, it can look a little cheap as we mentioned! Of course, a hint of these colours dotted about can create the perfect effect but why not opt for clean white throughout. This looks classic, festive and you’ll have plenty of options to choose from in terms of decorating. Opting for a specific colour can often mean an uphill battle to find a particular hue. White is so obtainable and so sleek too.

Fairytale of New York

Or anywhere around the globe for that matter!

Christmas at home is always a cosy and heart-warming affair, but if you fancy a change of scenery then why not book an intimate ceremony abroad with your nearest and dearest?

New York is a wonderful place around the festive period with the possibility of snow and twinkling lights. Not to mention the ice rink and tree outside the Rockefeller Centre.

If New York isn’t your cup of tea, maybe another major city like Sydney, London or Rome is? European cities tend to have that quaint element with the rustic architecture, delicious cuisine and friendly locals, especially the cities so closely related to romance such as Paris and Vienna.

There is also the secluded option of locations such the Maldives, the beaches of Thailand and the allure of the mountains too. The world is your oyster, and the festive season is the perfect opportunity to step outside the box for your ultimate wedding.

The festive themed wedding has been done so many times, but that doesn’t mean it is tired. Couples decide to get married around this time of year because it is so romantic; an occasion that is filled with so much joy and now a time to celebrate your anniversaries to come too.