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Wedding Receiving Line
A wedding receiving line is important to welcome and thank each of your guests personally for attending your wedding day celebration. Whether you hold it immediately following the recessional after the wedding ceremony or you engage in it after arriving at the reception, there are some receiving line guidelines you will need to know about for proper wedding receiving line etiquette.
Your receiving line can be as large or as small as you'd like but, it should include the wedding hosts and the bride and groom at the very least. You may choose to have both sets of parents in the receiving line (even if one is not the host). If either of your parents are divorced or re-married, it is up to you whether you wish to include them or not. The maid of honor and bridesmaids may stand in your receiving line but typically the groomsmen do not participate. There is no need for the children in the wedding to stand in the receiving line unless they are children of the bride and groom.
Okay you say but, what is the proper receiving line order? Traditionally, the order for the receiving line would be as follows: bride's mother, bride's father, groom's mother, groom's father, bride, groom, maid of honor and the bridesmaids.
Don't sweat over how perfect your receiving line will be. A receiving line is simply intended for a quick handshake, kiss or introduction. The wedding party in the wedding receiving line is responsible for moving the guests along by introducing them to the next greeter and keeping the conversation short. The receiving line should move at a comfortable pace so that it can be fully completed and the reception can then begin.
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