Wedding Traditions
Aside from something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue, the original saying includes this additional small item, which was to be placed in the bride's shoe
What is a sixpence/coin?
This Halloween tradition comes from the Middle Ages, where on All Souls Day, poor people in Britain would beg for sweet bread (soul cakes) and offer to pray for dead relatives in return
What is trick or treating?
This Tim Burton character falls in love with Kim Boggs, daughter of the family who takes him in to clip neighborhood hedges & hair
Who is Edward Scissorhands?
This Beatle's second wedding took place in 1969 in a civil ceremony in Gibraltar
Who is John Lennon?
This grain was traditionally thrown on a newly-wed couple to shower them in prosperity and good fortune; today, it has largely been replaced by bubbles or confetti
What is rice?
In the mid 19th century, Irish immigrants to America brought the custom of this holiday, which also involved trick-playing and fortune-telling
The heads of this family are also the parents of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert
Who are Morticia and Gomez Addams?
In 1953, this future US President married his future first lady in historic Newport, Rhode Island
Who is John F Kennedy?
In ancient cultures, many believed the bride wearing this accessory would ward off evil spirits; however, in some cultures, the father of the bride would use this to confuse a man into marrying their daughter, who was likely very beautiful -on the inside
What is a veil?
According to the National Confectioners Association, this variety of candy makes up 3/4ths of that given out to trick-or-treaters
What is chocolate?
The namesake of this film plans to marry a reluctant Winona Ryder to return to the world of the living
Who is Beetlejuice?
This American actress was married 8 times, twice to Cleopatra co-star Richard Burton
Who is Elizabeth Taylor?
Thank the Ancient Romans for this: traditionally, the bride and this group all wore very similar dresses, to confuse evil spirits as to who was really getting married
Who are bridesmaids?
35 million pounds - or 9 billion kernels - of this candy are manufactured every year
What is candy corn?
The king of this stop-motion animation film tries to deviate from his own holiday, but is saved by his secret admirer, Sally
Who is Jack Skellington, aka Pumpkin King?
John Philip Sousa performed at the wedding of this US President, the only such wedding to take place within the White House, in 1886
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Queen Victoria is believed to have started to tradition of brides wearing white dresses, around 1840; before this, brides actually wore this unexpected color
What is red?
Over 2,000 years ago, the pre-Celtic festival of this name, meaning 'Summer's End,' was held around the first of November
What is Samhain?
This musical gave humanity "a mean, green plant from outer space who has a taste for human flesh" and a timeless performance by Rick Moranis
What is Little Shop of Horrors?
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Moonies, performed the largest mass wedding in history in this US city - 2,075 couples were married
What is NYC? (Madison Square Garden to be exact)