To have a Halloween wedding?

[CaptainCabinets]

Recently engaged, just bandying about ideas for the wedding. Thinking of an autumnal theme, lots of rusts and creams and burnt sienna colours yada yada. As for ‘themes’, I don’t want to go down the creepy Halloween route of tacky costumes, witches and vampires but I thought a few pumpkins and lanterns as decorations might be nice! Might be very cute to see children present (lots in the family!) dressed up in costumes, though.

However, I’m a little apprehensive that it might be

A) Cold
B) Wet
C) People might have other plans
D) A close friend’s birthday is 31st October and she can be a bit precious about birthday (FWIW she’ll likely be a bridesmaid as I was hers)

Would you have (or attend) a Halloween wedding?

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I once decorated a Halloween wedding with black tablecloths and chair covers and orange runners and sashes. The couple had autumnal coloured flowers and stunning candle sticks. It was different but beautiful

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October/November are the dryest months in the UK.

I had an autumn wedding- best time of year!

Friends of mine got married in October (not on Halloween but close) and it was amazing. That autumn light, pumpkins, autumnal colours. It was lovely.

We did because it was the most convenient date for all sorts of reasons. It was bloody boiling - somewhat unexpectedly! I don't think we did anything themed although we may have had a couple of spooky-themed songs during the disco. It's a very easy date to remember which was one of the reasons we were keen!

Sounds great! You should have the wedding you and your fiancé want, it’s my party and I can have a pumpkin if I want to - as the song goes.

I know 4 couples who married Halloween all had full on costume parties

I got married early November a few years ago and the weather was beautiful! I had a slight autumnal theme. Lots of tealights, lanterns, brass and copper bits and I got some papier-mâché pumpkins and painted them gold and mixed them in with real pumpkins/gourds and have them all over the place. A basket of blankets.
I would also love to attend a full on Halloween theme wedding too though! I love a good party at Halloween and whats better than celebrating a wedding at the same time!

Sounds brilliant

Halloween seems to get freaky weather. I went to a wedding one year at Halloween and it was very hot for dancing, even with windows open... Had to keep going outside to cool down. We are in Scotland .
Also had lots of years when the kids went guising in tshirts with no coat!

I think it sounds brilliant! I'd make the fancy dress optional for guests, it might not be some people's cup of tea. It would be very much my cup of tea though

Depends on what you want, but be prepared for at least one person to declare Halloween is wrong and a handful to declare it's a stupid American thing, it's a bit of a marmite occasion, take a few soundings from older important guests

It sounds lovely! Next year Halloween is on a Saturday, I'd enjoy a nice autumnal style wedding.

We had a Halloween thememed wedding (on the Saturday closest to the day itself), loads of autumn leaves and pumpkins on each table as centrepieces, autumn flowers in my bouquet and hair; I wore a blue custom made dress and DH a suit for the ceremony but afterwards we both got our faces painted in Day of the Dead style for the reception while our guests were enjoying canapés and champagne. Put on the invites that fancy dress was optional and it really surprised us the number of guests who went all out fancy dress and even the older ones who we thought would be against it all put on a wig/witches hat or similar. The weather turned out to be beautiful, dry and a little cold but still warm enough for people to stand outside chatting, but we were prepared for rain no matter the time of year anyway. Had a wonderful fireworks display aswell when it was dark which all the kids loved! If it's something you'd like there's loads of ideas on pintrest and the likes for autumn/halloween weddings that aren't tacky! Our cake was coverered in little decorative edible pumpkins and flowers/leaves also

For me Halloween is just another day so it's a perfectly fine time to have a wedding. I would seriously dislike if I had to wear a costume. Making a costume optional would make it all weird. So some people would be dressed as a witch and some would be in a gown and give to hairdresser etc.

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@Honeyplop that sounds utterly gorgeous and exactly what I’d go for!

I think MN is glitching as there’s another thread where the same TV show is recommended about 12 times (unless the poster just REALLY likes it )

We got married on Halloween! Our minister did at one stage say he would do the ceremony in pirate costume, but sadly didn't. We had autumnal flowers, rather than pumpkins. I was tempted to have Halloween games (eg ducking for apples) at the evening reception, but it would have been too much hassle to organise as we didn't get married where we live!

On the way back from the reception to the hotel (round the corner) we went past a few people, one of whom said "oh right, it's Halloween, that's why there's people dressed up". Obviously, I pointed out it wasn't actually a costume... So that's a possibility!

DH and I were tempted by an autumnal, late-October wedding (not Halloween add my mum would never have liked that!). In the end we didn't but I was researching gorgeous oranges and browns and reds for colour schemes. I have to say I'd prefer that to a Halloween-themed wedding with dressing up as I think there's enough you can do with an autumn theme and it's a bit different. Halloween-themed just ends up looking like a normal Halloween party imo.

Oh, and we had a Halloween themed playlist for when the band were on their break in the evening. I'm not sure how many people noticed but I had fun putting it together!

Any other year, yes, but I'm not sure I'd want my wedding on Brexit day (if it happens).

If that doesn't bother you I'd go right ahead, sounds fun.

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