I recently interviewed with a bride whose wedding is February 1. Brave or crazy? We live in the cold and snowy Northeast--this wedding is in western Massachusetts.
Aside for whatever reasons this date works well for the couple themselves, what advantage does a winter wedding have for everyone else involved?
One: it's much less expensive to book a destination wedding in the off-season. You save on your wedding investment and your guests get the best rates possible (unless your destination is Florida or the Caribbean). Two: winter in the Northeast is a low period for most of us---we start to feel the SAD symptoms---seasonal affective disorder--- around the first of February. Weddings are a huge mood lift, a way to connect to love and friendship and forget about the need to bundle up and close down on life.Third: your anniversary will always be the exceptional offbeat date and won't interfere with all the other lifelong celebrations you'll engage in forever--mother's and father's days, graduations and all the other summer and fall holidays.
Am I just putting a positive spin on winter? Perhaps, but there are advantages. You won't be disappointed if the sun isn't shining, as you won't be outside in the rain or even under a tent. A cozy room, a fire crackling---that's not such a bad idea!
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