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  2. Party favor - Wikipedia

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    At weddings. A traditional wedding and party favor. Wedding favors are small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude to guests from the bride and groom during a wedding ceremony or a wedding reception. The tradition of distributing wedding favors is hundreds of years old.

  3. Dragée - Wikipedia

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    Jordan almonds are often used as wedding favors —like bomboniere —with the "bitter" almonds and the "sweet" sugar symbolizing the bitterness of life and sweetness of love. The treats are often packaged in groups of five to represent happiness, health, longevity, wealth, and fertility. [3]

  4. Bomboniere - Wikipedia

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    A bomboniere ( Italian pronunciation: [bombo'njε:re]), singular "bomboniera", ( Italian pronunciation: [bomboˈnjɛːra]; Italian, from French bonbonnière, [1] a box containing "bonbons") is a kind of fragrant-smelling party favor given out on special occasions such as weddings, baptism, First Communion or Confirmation.

  5. Fortune favours the bold - Wikipedia

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    Fortune favours the bold is the translation of a Latin proverb, which exists in several forms with slightly different wording but effectively identical meaning, such as: audentes Fortuna iuvat, [1] audentes Fortuna adiuvat, Fortuna audaces iuvat, and audentis Fortuna iuvat.

  6. Wedding reception - Wikipedia

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    Wedding reception. A wedding reception is a party usually held after the completion of a marriage ceremony as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple receive society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple. Hosts provide their choice of food and drink, although ...

  7. Wedding favors - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 30 May 2012, at 17:11 (UTC).

  8. Charisma - Wikipedia

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    The English word charisma derives from the Ancient Greek word χάρισμα ( chárisma ), which denotes a "favor freely given" and the "gift of grace". [2] The singular term and the plural term χαρίσματα ( charismata) both derive from the word χάρις ( charis ), meaning grace and charm. [6] [7] In religious praxis, the Ancient Greeks ascribed personality charisma to their ...

  9. Wedding - Wikipedia

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    A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, races, religions, denominations, countries, social classes, and sexual orientations. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vows by a couple, presentation of a gift (offering, rings, symbolic item, flowers, money, dress), and a public ...

  10. Quid pro quo - Wikipedia

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    Quid pro quo ( Latin: "something for something" [2]) is a Latin phrase used in English to mean an exchange of goods or services, in which one transfer is contingent upon the other; "a favor for a favor".

  11. Talk:Wedding favors - Wikipedia

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    My wife was talking to a friend who is getting married, and asked me to find a page on the web to describe what a wedding favour was, as this friend hadnt heard of them. So this page was very useful. However I then started out correcting a typo (complement for compliment) but there are a few more things on this page that worry me if it is to be an encyplopedia entry. It may just be someone ...