Wedding Traditions
When did a white wedding dress become tradition?
the Victorian period
(Queen Victoria is credited with starting the Western world’s white wedding dress trend in 1840. Prior to this, brides simply wore their best dress. A white wedding dress eventually came to represent purity and chastity.)
Brian & Melanie don't like coffee, so how did they meet at a coffee shop? They were there to support their mutual friends who were doing this activity.
Giving a concert
In this game, players explore a blocky, 3D world with virtually infinite terrain, and may discover and extract raw materials, craft tools and items, and build structures or earthworks.
Minecraft
At the end of a wedding ceremony in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, all the brides’ relatives lay face down on the ground in a line while the bride and groom walk over them in a tradition called this
the Human Rug
Why did Greeks and Romans place the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand?
They believed it held a direct connection to the heart.
(According to early Greek and Roman belief, the ‘vena amoris,’ or the vein of love, runs straight through to the heart.)
Brian & Melanie's wedding, at the Chabot Space and Science Center, included access to these professionals
astronomers
In this game, in which players interact with anthropomorphic animals in their village, players can communicate with each other via written messages through the village post office or bulletin board
Animal Crossing
A South African tradition involves bringing fire to the hearth of the newlyweds from what locations?
their parents' homes
English tradition deems this the most auspicious day to marry
Wednesday
This favorite artist of Melanie's was known for close-ups of flowers and her paintings of the American southwest
Georgia O'Keefe
This game is a farming simulation game primarily inspired by the Harvest Moon video game series, in which the player's character inherits a plot of land and a small house once owned by their grandfather in a small town called Pelican Town.
Stardew Valley
In a German tradition, couples have to clean up these, which their friends and family have smashed on the ground.
What creepy crawley creature will actually bring the bride good luck if she finds it on her wedding dress?
a spider
(Spiders have long had special symbolic significance! Discovering a spider in your bridal wear is considered particularly auspicious. Living spiders are considered good luck in many cultures. An old English proverb states: “He who would wish to thrive must let spiders run alive.”)
This favorite author of Brian's once said, "Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal. So Martian Chronicles is not science fiction, it's fantasy." And Fahrenheit 451 was science fiction.
Ray Bradbury
This is a horror investigation survival game in which the player(s) identify the type of ghost haunting the specified site.
Phasmophobia
In a Fijian betrothal tradition, the man is obliged to present his future father-in-law with this part of a whale, also known as a “Tabua”.
a whale's tooth
Why is it considered bad luck for couples to see each before the wedding?
They might get cold feet.
(As unbelievable as this may sound, it's actually inspired by a much more pragmatic reason: arranged marriage. People believed that if the couple saw each other before the ceremony, it would give them a chance to change their minds.)
On their honeymoon, Brian & Melanie visited this place that was the first to successfully care for and display a great white shark.
the Monterey Aquarium
In this game, players assume the role of a Guardian, protectors of Earth's last safe city as they wield a power called Light to protect humanity from different alien races and combat the looming threat of the Darkness.
Destiny 2
In one Chinese wedding tradition, the groom shoots what at the bride?
arrows
(The arrows do not have arrowheads on them. After targeting her, he picks up the arrows and breaks them in half. This is said to symbolise their love for each other is forever.)