If you are choosing to have your wedding in October, it could be nice to incorporate some Halloween elements into your décor. That doesn’t necessarily mean you have to make the room look like a haunted house; wear a black wedding dress with fake blood on it; and ask your guests to come in costume. But you can…
Once again, it’s your wedding. You should do as you please. Can you believe I have actually witnessed people saying that if one chooses to have a Halloween-themed wedding, she isn’t serious about the wedding or even the marriage? That is ridiculous. The same could be said for someone who has a wedding with too many flowers; or spends $10K on her dress; or even has an actual wedding at all. The wedding isn’t serious, People! It is a ceremony and a party in celebration of a serious step in life, but it’s NOT the step itself.
I love Halloween, but I wouldn’t choose to do a costume party for my wedding because it’s just not me. But if you do, my professional opinion is that the guests would have a great time as it’s something different. I have never seen a wedding guest say that they aren’t having a good time due to the color scheme or décor of someone’s wedding. And the Halloween-themed ones often get the most compliments because they’re always so unique. The one thing I do advise though is that if you choose to have a Halloween wedding, decorate as ghoulish as you please; have people come in costume; wear a black dress, but try NOT to have the DJ play too much Halloween music during the dance party. It’s fine to do one or two songs or maybe just during cocktail or dinner. However, too much of any genre in general at a wedding (during dancing) is never a good thing. The average wedding reception only has time for about two hours of dancing, which is only about thirty songs; so don’t plan on making ten of them Halloween-related.
I am putting together a really cute Halloween wedding table. Stay tuned…