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Thursday, February 19, 2009

It is Important to Include Bridal or Wedding Shower Favors

By Aaron H.

The maid of honor is bound by custom and tradition to host a bridal shower for the soon-to-be bride. Other people sometimes take on this task, but traditionally, it does fall on the maid of honor. It doesn't really matter who hosts the event. It is important, however, to remember to order bridal or wedding shower favors to thank the guests for attending and for bringing such nice gifts to the bride.

Historically, the wedding shower was a time for the friends and families of the couple to come together and shower them with gifts of items that would be needed for their household. At today's bridal shower, it is mostly just the female friends and family of the bride that throw her a party and shower her with gifts of a more personal nature, instead of appliances and things for the home.

It is customary to have games for the ladies to play in an effort to make the party fun for all involved. Nobody wants to go just to watch the bride opening her gifts. A lot of hostesses order extra bridal or wedding shower favors so that they will have some items to award to the winners of the games. This encourages all of the ladies to participate and enjoy themselves. Some of the games played can be a little risqu. The favors chosen for giving as prizes can be fun and flirty as well.

Not all wedding showers are limited to the ladies only. Occasionally, the best man will work with the maid of honor to put together a wedding shower where the groom and his friends and family are invited to attend as well. Gifts at this type of shower are usually more geared toward the couple and the household than personal the way they are at the all female variety of bridal shower. It is still important to include wedding shower favors as a show of gratitude from the host and hostess to those attending.

Games are also played at a wedding shower held with mixed company. They may not be the same games that are played at a bridal shower. It is important to have games the men can enjoy too. If wedding shower favors will be used as prizes, one should not forget to include some of the more masculine items to be given to the guys if they win. This is to avoid embarrassing them with items only a lady could truly appreciate.

Bridal and wedding shower favors are available in a wide array of items and themes. Some are decidedly feminine and some are more masculine. Many lie in the middle and would be appropriate for a male or a female. These items should be included as gifts to thank the guests for coming and as prizes to be awarded to the winners of the games played at the shower.

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