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Trauzeueg - tasks at the wedding
Your best friend has asked you if you want to be a maid of honor at her wedding? Wonderful, because being a witness is a wonderful task. So you know what function the witnesses have, we have put together the most important information for you here.
Does a witness have to be appointed?
In Germany, it is customary for the bride and groom each to appoint a witness. Until 1998 it was a legal duty that the witnesses witnessed the wedding in the registry office with their signature on the marriage certificate.
Today it is only a symbolic act. Also in the Protestant church no witnesses are prescribed. Only at a Catholic wedding witnesses must be present.
What function do the witnesses have at the wedding?
The bride's maid of honor and the bridegroom's groomsman may sit in the front row at the wedding, because when the rings are exchanged, the maid of honor holds the bridal bouquet of the expectant wife, and the best man hands over the rings to the soon-to-be husband.
What tasks do the witnesses have at the wedding reception?
Groomsmen can relieve the bride and groom at the wedding reception. You can help the celebration run smoothly and be the point of contact for all organizational matters. For example, it is recommended that the groomsmen show their seats to their guests and the table for the presents. In addition, the maid of honor and the best man after the parents of the bride and groom to make a small speech. However, they are not required to give a wedding speech.
What are the witnesses responsible for before the wedding?
The most important task of the best man is the organization of the bachelor party. While the groom's groomsman is attending the bachelor's celebration, the bride's maid of honor is responsible for the wife's spouse's bachelorette party. The witnesses organize the whole process of the evening and are also responsible for inviting the best friends of the bride or the best friends of the groom.
The maid of honor also often acts as a consultant in choosing the wedding dress. The search for the perfect dress is probably the most beautiful but also the hardest task, in which the soon-to-be wife absolutely needs support. The best man helps the groom find the right suit. The good thing about it is that the groomsman, in contrast to the groom, can see the wedding dress and therefore knows which suit suits the dress of the bride.
Also in the preparation of the wedding celebration, the witnesses can offer their help. The bridal couple is happy about every helping hand, because there are many things to consider when organizing the celebration. For example, the maid of honor and the best man can help with the table decoration or create a playlist for the celebration.
As a general rule, the groomsmen should try to lend their ear to the couple whenever the soon-to-be married couple panic and stress before the wedding.
Gifts for groomsmen
In general, it is always true that personal and creative gifts always arrive the best. The groomsmen have a good time here because they traditionally take over the design of the wedding newspaper. The newspaper serves as a souvenir for the bridal couple to always remember the best day of their lives. In the conception of the wedding newspaper, the witnesses are completely free and can be happy to help other friends and family members of the couple in spe. The groomsmen can therefore let their creativity run free and combine funny stories of the bride and groom with romantic poems and tricky puzzles.
The witnesses can also consider a small entertainment program for the wedding reception. There are countless wedding games that can provide enough fun. However, the witnesses should first of all pick out the wedding couple, if they would like to play games at their wedding party in general and what games the bridal couple might like.
