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From: "Don McQueen" <>
Subject: [Lon] Christmas weddings
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:22:13 +0100


My g-grandparents were married on Christmas Day 1856 in St Pancras Parish Church. Looking at the parish register, I was amazed at the number of weddings on that day in the same parish. It seems most improbable that each one would have had a full length ceremony of the type we are nowadays familiar with. It made me wonder whether cut-price weddings were available on days such as Christmas. They could certainly have economised by combining the wedding reception with a Christmas party! Does anyone have an explanation?

Don in Lancashire

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