There is something sacred, sacred and mystical about celebrating a wedding on New Year’s Eve, because, as you know, the New Year will pass the way you spend it.
A wedding ceremony on this date, an atmosphere of love and harmony and a festive mood - all this will create a truly memorable event that can be remembered with a smile for many years.
Our educational program for a New Year's wedding will help you understand all the intricacies of organizing a holiday and tell you about the latest fashion trends in organizing a wedding and holiday themes.
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All newlyweds who celebrated the main event in their lives on December 31 will confirm that this particular date was sacred and significant for them, and the holiday itself on New Year's Eve was remembered by both them and the guests. There are actually a lot of advantages to organizing a wedding on New Year's Eve.
1. The atmosphere itself gives rise to a festive mood and expectation of a miracle: frost and sun, white snow immerse us in the fairy tale “Morozko”.
2. The parallel celebration of the New Year will turn from ordinary gatherings in front of the TV with a plate of Olivier into a unique and memorable celebration.
3. Celebrating a wedding on December 31 is convenient and economical - in December the cost of rent and photographer services will be significantly lower than in other months.
4. Finally, the New Year's wedding will bring good luck to the newlyweds. No matter how we treat signs, as practice shows, they still work.
Which style to choose for a New Year's wedding
December 31st is still one of the most popular wedding dates. But not all newlyweds, especially those relying on European traditions, want to celebrate the most important holiday in their lives with the involvement of professional decorators and designers. Let's consider a number of interesting ideas for choosing a wedding style for the New Year.
Wedding in the style of “Russian fun”
The table is set in the gazebo. The gazebo is decorated in folk style: towels, Christmas tree decorations, bows. A Christmas tree is a must. This style is best used outside the city at a recreation center or in a sanatorium. The use of horses, the Russian Troika, is mandatory. Carrying out games and competitions on the street: stilts, pillow fights, tug-of-war, round dance, etc. Making a fire, hot New Year's porridge and barbecue will decorate the wedding. Russian accordion is a necessary attribute of style. Strong drinks (alcohol and, of course, tea) in sufficient quantities. Competitions for the best costumes, dances, original gifts in the specified style. The gazebo for guests and newlyweds should be insulated or there should be a room nearby to warm the guests. Folklore song and dance groups are welcome to invite you to the festive event.
Style "Evening of fairy tales"
Decoration in a fairytale style. Posters with fairy-tale characters with the faces of guests. On the tables are boxes with magic wands (glow in the dark). The place for the newlyweds is decorated with scrolls, snowflakes, and unprecedented paper flowers. The celebration is permeated with the plot of a fairy tale, where there is a king, queen, princess, prince, Baba Yaga, Koschey the Immortal (who will kidnap the bride). Actions include a magical kiss and a merry feast. Guests in the role of wizards will cast a spell and defeat evil forces with their magic wands. Buffoons will cheer up the sad and good will triumph over evil. Don’t forget about the magical musical fanfares and the song “Suddenly, like in a fairy tale, the door creaked...”
Wedding event in the style of “Lighting up the stars”
The event is planned with the invitation of “stars” or “pseudo-stars”. Design using models of stars, asterisks, starry sky, musical symbols. It is better to spend it indoors in a restaurant or cafe. Let's not forget about the magic. Suddenly, Santa Claus turns into Valery Leonyev, and the Snow Maiden into Lolita...During the holiday, you can “light up the stars” in the field of art, choreography, singing, musicality, clothing style, gait, mood, making toasts, scattering banknotes, in the field of “non-participation in events”, etc.
Wedding in the style of “Travel around the world on New Year’s Eve”
Decoration in the style of a station. We travel by plane or train. The musical accompaniment matches: either the whistles of a steam locomotive, the sound of wheels, or the noise of engines, the sounds of people talking, the noise of a station, a dispatcher. During the trip, the atmosphere of the country where the newlyweds and their guests will go is created. Cheerful melodies will create a general festive mood. We think through the menu taking into account “movement across countries.” We can recommend the movement: Poland (on New Year's Eve there is a real farce here: men dress up in women's costumes and paint their faces with paint. The fireworks are carried out in the form of shooting balloons) - Italy (On the night all old dishes, utensils, furniture are thrown away. A fortune pie is baked ) – Germany (it’s a good omen on New Year’s Eve to see a chimney sweep and get dirty with soot; at 12 o’clock all people climb onto tables and chairs and “Jump” into the New Year!) – Africa (In Kenya it is customary to spit at each other - as a sign of wishing great luck in the new year, holding incendiary dances, electing a tribal leader, presenting prizes - loincloths) - America (praise of the Statue of Liberty, skyscrapers. Mention of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger) - Japan (spring cleaning is underway in this country) - Russia (fun with dancing and games). The result of the holiday can be a symbolic gift - a trip to a honeymoon!
New Year's elections
On the one hand, the topic is narrow, on the other, it is unusually broad. Winter decoration. There are attributes of “elections”. Voting booth and stationary box. Everything is decorated with garlands and snowflakes. The main elections of Father Frost and Snow Maiden. In addition, you can choose everything: presenters, witnesses, even the bride or groom. The main thing is a prepared audience and imagination!
New Year's Night of Lovers
I remember celebrating Valentine's Day. Since miracles happen at night, you can bring any holiday closer. Decoration: angels, hearts, kisses, candles, rose petals, etc. All conversations and actions are imbued with “falling in love, tenderness, romanticism.” The game “mail” with “Valentines” is used, love songs are remembered, and slow compositions are danced. In addition to the newlyweds, you should choose the most loving couples from the guests. The launch of wishes takes place at the end of the festive event. You can offer the newlyweds to symbolically plant their tree of love on this day.
Snow wedding
The banquet hall should be decorated in white with splashes of pink, blue or gray. There should be garlands on the walls that create interesting lighting effects.
The table can be decorated with a tablecloth with a winter pattern, candles, fir branches in glass bottles, sprinkled with artificial snow. The photo shoot should be outdoors, preferably in a snowy forest.
Christmas wedding
To create the desired ambiance, you should decorate the banquet hall with garlands and spruce wreaths, flavor the room with cinnamon and tangerines, make pomanders from citrus fruits with spices, and put red and gold accessories on the table.
A photo session in a studio where there are all the attributes of Christmas, gifts and a decorated Christmas tree is what you need.
Sports wedding
Newlyweds who lead an active lifestyle often hold their wedding on December 31 at skating rinks, as well as ski and snowboard resorts.
Wedding in a narrow circle of guests. Some newlyweds generally refuse full-scale organization for the New Year and spend the holiday with their family.
Place to organize a party
An option for a New Year's style wedding would be a country cottage. It is especially good if there is a working fireplace. It can serve as an impromptu stage for a photo shoot and an ideal place to warm up cold guests. Perhaps someone wants to run out into the yard and play in the snow or build a snowman.
Another idea would be to book a banquet room in the hotel lobby. As a rule, such rooms are spacious and very beautiful. There is space for arranging tables and a dance floor, as well as creating a photo zone. If there are out-of-town guests, they can be accommodated without any problems in the rooms of the same hotel, which is very convenient.
Absolutely any restaurant or cafe is suitable for a New Year's wedding. The main thing is that there is festive decor.
Rental of premises and decoration
Most newlyweds prefer to hold their wedding celebrations in banquet halls.
You need to agree in advance with the administrator of the selected club or restaurant to book a room for the required number of guests, as well as discuss issues of decor and entertainment program.
To create a New Year's mood, you need to invite animators. The classic option is Father Frost and Snow Maiden, who will act as toastmaster. Singing New Year's hits, competitions and presenting gifts to newlyweds - all this can be performed by animators.
You can also make a themed holiday, for example, invite animators who will play the roles of characters from the cartoon “Anastasia,” the fairy tale about the Nutcracker, or any other New Year’s story.
Prices for all services are much higher than in other seasons
Behind:
Bride: Of course! After all, the New Year season is a fruitful period for all representatives of the entertainment infrastructure! We were able to rent a restaurant hall in a convenient area for us and with good cuisine only due to the fact that we are VIP clients of this establishment. It’s the same with other services!
Groom: Yes, when planning a wedding for the New Year, you need to have an almost unlimited budget and good connections in different industries!
Against:
Bride: Nothing like that! If you order the same banquet in a trusted place, and in a timely manner, you can even get a discount in honor of a future happy event!
Groom: And a free visit from Santa Claus, as a bonus from the establishment! So you just need to know where to look! And start doing this early!
Decoration of the motorcade
What can I say, on New Year’s Day everything should be fabulous, unusual, magical. After all, not only the newlyweds, but also all invited guests are waiting for a New Year's miracle. As the motorcade passes through the city, it should complement the created winter flavor of the city, delight the eyes of ordinary people and give them hope that magic is nearby. Therefore, ideas for decorating a wedding procession should be unusual, New Year’s.
1. The groom’s car is decorated with elements of the headdress of Santa Claus and his girlfriend - after all, first the groom rides in this car, then the newlyweds - namely: voluminous red and blue hats adorn the hood. Well, there are rings with bells on the roof. The rest of the cars are decorated with the composition, one cap at a time. For girls - red, for boys - blue. 2. The first car has a basket with large Christmas tree balls on the hood, the rest have 2-3 Christmas tree balls (possibly with a fir branch). 3. The newlyweds’ car is decorated with an open bag, from which New Year’s boxes (tied with ribbon of different colors) protrude. The rest of the transport has decorations in the form of shiny tied boxes. 4. New Year means champagne and oranges. Create prop compositions from this set and place them on the hoods of the wedding cortege cars. It will definitely be unusual!
You can also purchase special reflectors and LEDs that will make the wedding procession unforgettable in its design.
Generous table
What should you treat your guests with?
The classic New Year's table includes dishes such as salads:
- "Mimosa";
- "Herring under a Fur Coat";
- "Olivie";
- "Garnet bracelet";
- "Quail's Nest";
- pies with various fillings;
- sandwiches with red caviar and butter;
- mini sandwiches with sprats.
Salads can be served in an unusual form if you order them from a molecular chef - some masters make ice cream from “Herring under a Fur Coat”.
For main course, you should serve stuffed pig, beefsteak or beef steaks. Red fish is also a welcome guest on the New Year's table, especially if it is salmon steaks or slices of lightly salted trout for an appetizer.
It is better to order a New Year's cake from a private pastry chef.
Let it be decorated with New Year's attributes: fir branches and mastic snowflakes, chocolate and almonds or powdered sugar that looks like snow.
Drinks you can offer guests include: both alcoholic and non-alcoholic – orangeade, lemonade, fruit drink, spicy masala tea.
From strong drinks you can choose: whiskey, cognac, Becherovka and Jagermeister liqueurs, smelling of tangerines and spruce branches. Well, let's not forget about champagne - an integral attribute of a New Year's wedding!
Printed and hand-made products
You can make your celebration truly unique and add some zest to it with the help of hand-made invitations, banners, posters, table decorations, etc.
They should be decorated in the spirit of the upcoming holiday: Christmas trees, snowflakes, confetti, garlands. Wooden signs with the names of the bride and groom or paper streamers in the shape of snowflakes, made by professional designers and illustrators, look impressive.
The services of a printing house, as well as designers and illustrators, will cost a total of about 10 thousand rubles.
Florist services
For a New Year's wedding, it is better to choose bouquets of winter flowers. The ideal choice would be red and white anemones, ranunculus, and roses. An unusual bouquet can be made from succulents or dried flowers.
And for a New Year’s wedding, you can use another original idea: decorate bouquets with thin branches of spruce or larch, elderberry and hypericum berries, cineraria leaves, white and transparent, as if covered with a thin crust of ice.
But it is better to entrust the creation of such a bouquet with a New Year's mood to a professional florist. His services are an important point in organizing a wedding celebration. You need to discuss in advance with a bouquet specialist the choice of flowers and decor, the number of bouquets and other nuances. The cost of one bouquet will cost the newlyweds an average of about 1.5 thousand rubles; samples made from exotic flowers, for example, phalaenopsis, have a price threshold of 2.5 thousand rubles.
Options for decorating a banquet hall
You can entrust the decoration of a wedding in a New Year's style to professional decorators or rely on the taste of the restaurant staff, who will still decorate the banquet hall. Or the newlyweds can take part in decorating and decorating their holiday themselves.
The main element of decor at a wedding should be the beautiful New Year tree. You can install one large or several small ones. The tree will be decorated with unusual Christmas tree decorations, tinsel and candies. You can make memorable gifts in the form of photographs of the newlyweds, various delicacies that guests will take with them after the holiday. A photo zone is set up right next to the spruce tree for everyone.
The decor of the room will depend on the chosen style and specific color palette.
- You can focus on a Christmas-themed event, when the main colors are red, white and green. White dishes, red tablecloths and napkins. Spruce branches were placed on the table as decoration. A large number of candles, New Year's illumination on the walls and ceiling. They use garlands, tinsel, and rain. A stylish European celebration will not leave anyone indifferent. Guests will remember the chic and charm of the holiday for a long time.
- The combination of red and white will create a truly New Year's mood. Tables are covered with tablecloths of any shade of red. White chair covers can be tied with burgundy ribbons. Place candlesticks and small candles on the tables. Use pine cones or Christmas tree decorations as place cards. Not a single New Year's wedding is complete without flower arrangements. Red roses can be complemented by branches of spruce, juniper, dried flowers and rowan berries.
- The duet of white and silver looks interesting in the decor of the room. The illusion of some magical castle of the Snow Queen is created. In the presence of large chandeliers hanging down with cold light, snow-white crystal and tablecloths, the charm of the holiday only intensifies. But to prevent the design from becoming completely boring, you can include a few bright accents.
You can add golden shades to the usual red and green. Use more warm light, yellow lights and sparkles. You can look at the photo below for decor ideas for a New Year's wedding:
Outfit of the bride and groom
A New Year's wedding requires a special dress code. The bride's dress and the groom's suit must be selected with special care.
When choosing a suitable dress, you should focus not only on its beauty, but also on the fabric and texture. It should be warm so that the bride does not freeze: you have already planned an outdoor photo shoot, right?
It is better to choose two pairs of shoes at once: one for indoors, the other for going out.
Shoes and sandals for indoors should be made of genuine leather and have a comfortable last. You need to break in a pair of shoes in advance to understand whether they are tight, whether the toe is pressing on your toes, and whether the last fits the shape of your foot. For outdoor wedding events, you will need boots or ankle boots, preferably with natural fur.
Let's not forget about outerwear - a fur coat made of natural or artificial fur (preferably white, but black is absolutely not suitable).
A New Year's accent can be made by choosing accessories a la the Snow Maiden: a white fur muff, long white gloves or a neat fur hat will decorate every fashionista.
The groom should give preference to suits made of wool, kremlin or tweed - these fabrics retain heat well and are comfortable to wear in the most severe frosts.
The price range of wedding dresses is as follows: a dress for the bride will cost on average 30 thousand rubles, a suit for the groom - 20-25 thousand rubles, a fur coat for the bride made of natural fur - 80 thousand rubles.
Scenario
Future newlyweds can hold their wedding in the classic version - bride price, registry office, banquet - or show their imagination and create a themed celebration.
The most common scenario for a winter wedding is adherence to Russian traditions. In this case, the bride appears as a Slavic beauty with a long braid and blush on her cheeks, and the groom appears as an equally attractive, brave young man. You can organize themed entertainment and a photo shoot - sleigh rides or carriage rides with horses, tea drinking from a samovar with bagels and much more.
Another scenario option is a winter wedding in the style of a fairy tale, for example about the Snow Queen. In this case, the bride appears as a sophisticated and cold lady, but her heart gradually thaws from the ardent love of the groom. In this case, it would be appropriate to celebrate in a house in the middle of a coniferous forest or even on an outdoor skating rink, and a photo session can be arranged against the backdrop of ice figures.
Photoshoot
New Year's wedding photos will delight the newlyweds for a long time, but for a high-quality result you will need to put in a little effort.
Firstly , find a professional retoucher photographer with whom you can discuss all ideas for a photo shoot. Secondly , invite a decorator to create the desired environment. Thirdly , decide whether everything will take place in the studio or outdoors.
Perhaps for the New Year's photo shoot you will need:
- a gazebo with a themed fir tree decoration;
- a bottle of champagne;
- glasses;
- confetti;
- Garlands.
You need to be as natural as possible in your photos. Classic photos can be taken against the backdrop of a richly decorated Christmas tree.
Photos of the bride and groom decorating the Christmas tree and presenting gifts to each other will look very touching.
The cost of one New Year's photo shoot from a professional photographer will be: on average about 13 thousand rubles (shooting + retouching + printing of several photos).
Complex winter wedding photography and videography
Behind:
Bride: Yes, we went through this horror! While our photographer was setting up the equipment and struggling with foggy lenses and a frozen camera battery, we almost went crazy from the cold! It was such a pleasure to pose with blue noses and lips afterwards! We won't wish it on anyone!
Groom: It was because of the cold and equipment failures that our wedding photo shoot turned out to be a low grade. The photographer did not have time to capture many moments, many were ruined. Oh yes, another problem with New Year's wedding photography - there are so many people around! It was terribly annoying! In short, we were practically left without a wedding album!
Against:
Bride: Yes, difficult, but not impossible! It all depends on the professionalism of the person you hire! This alone is crucial for shooting! A real pro will have “warm clothes” for the camera and spare lenses for the lens! And he will certainly offer an extraordinary plot for your wedding love story. And according to the previously agreed upon plan, you will film everything quickly, in an organized manner and without obvious problems! You won't even have time to freeze!
Groom: By the way, a good experienced photographer can offer you alternative winter photography in the studio (using a ready-made background), and in a shopping center, and at an ice skating rink, and in the same indoor botanical garden, in the middle of eternal summer! And the botanical garden is a reliable protection for your holiday from onlookers! Surely, there will be few people who want to visit it on New Year’s Day! Not a relevant place at all, agree!
Honeymoon ideas
After congratulations and libations, the chiming of chimes and making wishes, the bride and groom can go on a honeymoon, especially since travel packages for newlyweds on New Year's holidays will be cheaper - says expert Marina Bragina, owner of the Travel Expert travel agency.
For example, in August the “Italy, Rome-Venice-Milan” tour costs 105 thousand rubles, and on December 31 the cost will be 85 thousand rubles per person.
We can recommend holding a wedding or honeymoon in Karelia, Transbaikalia or Kamchatka.
A special event for the newlyweds will be
a joint horseback ride in Altai - such tours are also offered by “Kon Tour”, the price will be 19,500 rubles per person.
A New Year's wedding will sparkle with new colors if it is held in Scandinavia - the land of Christmas miracles and Santa Claus.
Newlyweds can go to the Finnish city of Kuopio, where the house of Santa Claus is located.
There are a lot of attractions there and even the opportunity to ride with the New Year's wizard in a reindeer sleigh.
