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you've been given great adivce.

i would just repeat to really think about the points made:

* long day
* sunday

if after you've thought about it, it's still everything you want it to be GO FOR IT and enjoy your wedding!!

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I love waking up to so many awesome responses and suggestions. FI and I just read them all!!! LOL

To answer some questions we are picking
Jan 16, 2011 or Feb 20, 2011. ON both of these dates most people have off on the following Monday which should work out so people woun't have to leave so early. The rough thing is at Milleridge they ONLY let people start night weddings after 6:00pm so the time is on their side more thne our decision.

We were also thinking that our normal invite would be about the Milleridgr Ceremony and Receptrion..and an insert for family only would go in about the Greek ceremony.

The long day would mainly just be for us and family not guests attending--also we only have 2 out of towners..so we were "kind of" willing to take the chance. LOL

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My sister did the same thing. Her husband is Jewish and we are Catholic. They had a full Catholic Mass wedding ceremony, pictures and then they had a Jewish ceremony right before the reception.

It was on a Sunday and people stayed until the very end; alot of people skipped the Catholic ceremony(friends and family) and just went to the 2nd ceremony.

It was a really long day, but it was a ton of fun. The only thing I would suggest is pack a snack - I know it sounds silly, but we started at the salon at 6AM and none of us ate all day because of being so busy with ceremonies and pictures. We (the bridal party) were given champagne with strawberries right after the jewish ceremony and we all grabbed the strawberries because we were starving!

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sounds like you've put thought into this.

i say GO FOR IT!
be prepared for a wedding night where you both crash, though

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Congrats!

I do think it's a long day for your guests.

Honestly, any large gap like that is too much for the average guest and you may lose people for your first ceremony.

I probably wouldn't go for the first ceremony if that was the timeline.

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I think it is absolutely your day and you should do what you want to do..

But my cousin had that amount of time between her ceremony and reception and it was a pain in the tush for a lot of people. You also have the risk of a people going to bars or restaurants if they can't go home and that's no fun

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Both dates are not followed by a "real" holiday aka day off. Many businesses are not offering the day off and your guests "might" have to take a day off or use a "floater" day if they have them available.

I think 4 hours is a VERY long time. What will your guests do? Where can they go all dressed up? Are they from OOT?

Also if they don't have the day off the next day, they will not stay as late as 12am. They will leave at 9 or 10pm max.

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I have only been to 1 sunday night wedding and I stayed till the end

Most of the guests did too...it's not like you have a wedding every sunday...

I do agree on the gap...I would skip the ceremony if I couldn't go home

But since it's mainly for family maybe a family member can host something - light lunch and a place to hang b/c it's winter and that also limits what you can do

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I have only been to 1 sunday night wedding and I stayed till the end

Most of the guests did too...it's not like you have a wedding every sunday...

I do agree on the gap...I would skip the ceremony if I couldn't go home

But since it's mainly for family maybe a family member can host something - light lunch and a place to hang b/c it's winter and that also limits what you can do

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Beth brings up a good suggestion.

If someone could host a light lunch in between or something for guests that attend the first ceremony it would make it easier.

I don't think the late time is a big problem unless you have OOT guests.

I've stayed late to Sunday weddings but mostly they ended around 11-11:30.

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I didn't read any of the other responses, but here is my opinion. I think it is a great plan! I unfortunately think a lot of people will skip the ceremony since there is such a large gap in time between them. I would tell people about the second ceremony only because you don't want people walking in while it is going on. Then if people missed the first one, they can join you during the second ceremony.

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Just to chime in again...

I had my Greek wedding on a Sunday...the ceremony was at 2pm in Flushing and then reception was 6 to 11 at Milleridge.

The people who wanted to come came to the ceremony. Most just went to the reception and that was fine.
People started leaving as soon as the cake was served (around 10 or so). That's fine too...my close friends stayed and we had a great time until 11 when it ended.

The fact that the next day is a holiday is great. People who want to stay will stay, people who are going to leave early are going to do so regardless of the time.

I say go for it!

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I got married on a sunday afternoon last year at the milleridge. I absolutely recommend doing a sunday night. The people that matter most to you will party with you until the end. A sunday afternoon was way too hectic. I had 7 people in my bridal party and we had to wake up at 4:30 a.m and we of course were running late and ran out of time to take pictures before the ceremony. I know you said you'll be taking pictures after the church but I think you'll be so much more relaxed having an evening reception.

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I don't really see anything too out of the ordinary with your timeline, but I find that many people skip the ceremony anyway. With most weddings that take place in a Catholic church (since I'm not Greek I can't reference that one) there is usually a break of a few hours - as many as 4 - in between. No one likes it but it really is customary.

As long as you don't care if people miss the early ceremony, and it appears that you don't, I say go for it!

As far as those Sundays being before a holiday - my company happens to give them both off, but I think more people will be off for President's day rather than Martin Luther King's day. This is the first company I've ever worked for that closes for MLK but I've always had President's Day.

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I had my wedding-ceremony and reception at the Milleridge Cottage in 2002!!! We LOVED IT!

your plan sounds good, if you need an EXCELLENT, fun, young party planner
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Michelle Oriol

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