The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows
and Traditions: Readings, Rituals,
Music, Dances, and Toasts by Editors
Of The Knot
It Has It All...
When planning for the big day, its very easy to get caught up in beaded
white dresses, boutonnieres, and how many platters of mini crab cakes to
order, but the most important part of the wedding is the most-often
overlooked--the ceremony itself. A wedding ceremony can vary hugely
depending on the religious (or not) beliefs of the couple, their cultural
backgrounds, and their personal preferences. The Knot Guide to Wedding
Vows and Traditions can help you sort through all the choices and come
up with just the right vows and music for you and your intended. Do you
want the traditional I, so and so, take thee, so and so, to be my lawfully
wedding husband/wife before God or do you want a looser style: I love
you. And I look forward to being your friend and companion, your

wife/husband and lover for life? Carley Roney, author and editor-in-chief
of The Knot (www.theknot.com), strongly suggests taking a stab at writing
your own vows, but if thats just too much, cull what you like from the many
different styles--from Buddhist to Quaker--offered. Readings can be from
the Bible or other spiritual writings, from poetry or even song lyrics. A
diverse selection of writings and excerpts are included as are a lengthy
lists of songs and music for before the ceremony, the processional, the
recessional, and the first dance (everything from Bachs Brandenberg
Concerto No. 4 to Martina McBrides I Love You). Also included here are
chapters on the wedding program, ring exchanges, and speeches and
toasts. Interspersed are stories and pictures of real couples and how they
arranged their wedding day. Meant as a jolt to your imagination, The Knot
Guide to Wedding Vows and Traditions helps you to put a very personal
touch on an age-old ceremony. --Dana Van Nest
Personal Review: The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows and
Traditions: Readings, Rituals, Music, Dances, and Toasts by
Editors Of The Knot
After looking through what felt like hundreds of wedding planning books
and magazines and always seeing the same ideas over and over again I
finally stumbled across this particular book. It was just what I needed as
my husband and I both have busy work/travel schedules and we only had
two months to plan our Christmas wedding. This book really became an
invaluable resource for planning the ceremony that we wanted. The book
contains hundreds of quotes from a variety of both religious and
secular/literary sources, along with sample programs, hundreds of song
lists, and explanations of different cultural wedding traditions. With our
limited time, this book became our single most used reference and helped
us create the unique and personal wedding that we both wanted.
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