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Bring
the most popular Christmas colors – red and green –
to put the yuletide theme on your
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wedding.
For a Pinoy Christmas theme, here are our suggestions:
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Use white-colored wedding invites. Better yet, use indigenous
materials like sinamay or abaca for the invites.
Hint at your wedding theme by decorating your invites
with Pinoy Christmas symbols.
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Wear a Filipiniana-inspired wedding dress. Or,
you may use indigenous materials to complement the Pinoy
theme. Your groom and entourage ensemble should follow
suit.
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You and your entourage may carry the traditional bouquet.
Or if you want to try something unconventional, you
may have your entourage carry gifts, foods and rosaries.
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During December, churches would already be decorated
with Christmas ornaments. You may just use a combination
of flowers and miniature Christmas lanterns (parols)
to add decoration to the aisle. |
Sinamay invite by QP
Designs
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Local Christmas lanters, Parols |
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Your guests, entourage may throw assorted colors of petal
flowers or rice and coins for good luck.
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For the reception décor, consider the following:
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Colorful
wreaths made of indigenous materials |
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Indigenous
materials on hanging veins, twigs (with Christmas
ornaments) for door, window frames and pillars
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Local
colorful lanterns, colorful Christmas lights |
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A
giant traditional Christmas tree with indigenous
materials as trimmings, where guests can put
their wedding gifts |
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It would be nice if you can have native furniture for the
reception. However, if these are difficult to source, cover
the tables instead with white cloth. Use indigenous materials
as an added design. Decorate the back of the chairs with same
materials.
Fruit
basket centerpiece |
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For the table centerpieces, consider the following:
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Small
versions of the wreaths |
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Miniature
versions of the local lanterns |
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Fruit
bowls filled with local fruits (e.g. mango, dalandan)
and rice goodies (e.g. suman, puto bumbong) |
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You may use banana leaves or abaca as placemats,
complemented with same materials to tie white table
napkins.
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Serve Pinoy Christmas fare. For drinks, you can serve
local wine. Your wedding cake should be all white, decorated
with either local flowers, fruits or local Christmas ornaments.
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For the wedding favors, consider the following:
Kesong
puti giveaway |
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For the table centerpieces, consider the following:
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Keepsakes made of indigenous materials decorated
with Christmas ornaments (jewel box made of abaca,
small bags made of sinamay) |
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Edible
items like local fruits, kesong puti, tsokolate,
and rice goodies. Use indigenous materials as
wrapper and Christmas ornaments as trimmings.
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More
Christmas Wedding Themes:
White
Christmas Theme
Exotic
Christmas Theme
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