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    coquibride    May 2012   New Jersey

    My fiance and I met on christmas day 2010 and want to have our wedding on christmas day 2012, looking for a venue open on that day. I know it will be difficult to find!

     
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    KatNYC2011    September 24, 2011   London, UK (american expat)

    Try posting on your local boards, you might get more responses there. 

     
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    julies1949      

    Look for  something owned or managed by someone of another ethnic background/religion.

    The only places around here that are open on Christmas Day are East Indian and Chinese.

    Post a query on your local Chowhound Board.

     
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    abbie017    March 16, 2013  

    @coquibride:  I know it's a sentimental date, but Christmas is on a Tuesday this year...and it's a major holiday for a huge amount of people.  A lot of people travel out of town over the holidays.  I guess my thought is...why not do it the weekend before or after?  If I were a guest, I'd be a little annoyed that I was asked to give up my Christmas with my family and friends. 

    Just a thought/unsolicited advice.

     
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    abbie017    March 16, 2013  

    Double post, sorry

     
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    Future Mrs. Martin    August 21, 2010   London Ontario Canada

    How about hotels?

    They are definitely open for guests and some run Christmas day lunches etc. So that may be a good option!?!?

     
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    akp0702    June 8, 2012   Raleigh, NC

    @abbie017:  I was definitely going to add the same thing.  I know it's an important day for you and your future husband, but is having your family and friends with you on your wedding day also important?  As a bride who did a lot of research about having just a Friday wedding, I read a lot about how people really dont' appreciate having weddings on holidays or holiday weekends.  It's typically viewed as a little bit rude.  And since it's Christmas, I would be prepared to a) not find many willing to work/cater/coordinate/vend your wedding (I could be wrong, but I would assume it would be REALLy difficult) and b) have friends and family--especially those with children--decline your invite.  As Christmas is usually the most important of holidays (for christians), I would say in this case there would likely not be many people who would choose a wedding over a tranditional holiday with family and/or children.  If you're not a Christmas-celebrating family, however, I'd say it wouldn't really matter.  It would all be a matter of finding the vendors you'd need, which I'd assume would be really difficult

    ETA: Also unsolicited advice/opinion, just trying to maybe bring to light things you'd hadn't yet thought of!

     

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