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    Carry Me Over the Threshold
    Carry Me Over the Threshold
    Carry Me Over the Threshold
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    Carry Me Over the Threshold

    By Kristina Seleshanko

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    Create a wedding that reflects your Christian values with this guide to wedding traditionsDo you know where your favorite wedding traditions came from? Do you want to create a wedding that reflects your Christian faith and practice? From “something borrowed, something blue” to white veils and bridal gowns, from orange blossoms to tossing rice at the happy couple, you’ll learn about the meaning and historical significance of traditions for before, during, and after the wedding. For every Christian bride who wants to let her light shine, Carry Me Over the Threshold will help you create a memorable wedding that reflects your deepest spiritual values.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateDec 15, 2009
    ISBN9780310861256
    Carry Me Over the Threshold
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    Kristina Seleshanko

    Kristina Seleshanko, former adjunct instructor of writing and women’s history, is the author of fourteen books, including Victorian and Edwardian Fashions for Women (featured in Martha Stewart Weddings), Victorian Fashions in America, Singing Secrets and others. Kristina also writes articles on a variety of topics for magazines such as Today’s Christian Women, Woman’s Day, Country Victorian, True West Journal, and Sew News.

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      Carry Me Over the Threshold - Kristina Seleshanko

      part 1

      pre-ceremony traditions

      4

      chapter 1

      announcements and banns

      long ago, engagements and betrothals were much more public than they are today. In biblical times, Hebrews declared their matrimonial intentions to the entire community. Neighbors, friends, and family witnessed the couple’s promise to marry and watched as the groom offered gifts to the bride. Often the groom’s friends also gave presents — sometimes in the form of money, which helped pay for the wedding. A grand feast followed, including eating, drinking, music, and dancing.

      During the Middle Ages, parents of the bride hired barkers — men who shouted out the wedding news for all the town to hear. Newspaper announcements of engagements and weddings started to appear in the eighteenth century. These were brief news accounts naming the couple and their parents, and sometimes stating the time and place of the wedding. Photographs didn’t accompany such announcements until the early twentieth century; at that time, a photo of the bride — all by herself — was sometimes seen. Showing the couple together is a modern tradition.

      Throughout most of the nineteenth century, newspaper announcements were rare; most Victorians were horrified to have their picture in the newspaper — although some engagements found their way into gossip columns. Formal handwritten notes from the bride’s mother were considered the best way to announce the engagement to family and

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