The Best Man

The tradition of the best man, comes from Germany in the middle ages.

Back then, the men would often have to break in to one of the neighbouring villages, in order to find a suitable bride.

The groom would kidnap the bride and bring her back to his own town.

During the wedding ceremony he would need the help of a good friend to fight off any of her relatives that might try to come and get her back home. This friend would have to have the necessary strength to fight off her whole family, and that's where the tradition of having best man comes from.

The white dress

A lot of people think the significance of the bride wearing white, is that she must appear to be pure and clean when she enters into her marriage. That is not the actual meaning of the white wedding gown.

Before the year 1499, there was a tradition to wear dark or even black on your wedding day, but when Anne of England got married in 1499, she chose to wear a white gown. She did this, to show that she was happy about getting married and that she loved her groom.

And that was the beginning of today's tradition of wearing white on your wedding day - happiness !