Viking Wedding Theme

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In Viking times weddings were a little bit like an auction, only everyone had to pay. The groom approached the bride’s father or guardian and made an offer for her. The groom’s family paid this “bride price,” and the bride’s family coughed up a dowry, thus establishing a nest egg.

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During the ceremony, the money was handed over, and a banquet would follow. The Vikings’ modern-day descendants are more likely to tuck money in the bride’s shoe so that she’ll never do without–silver in the left (from dad), and gold in the right (from mom).

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