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Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 33 Send Message	Tony	Report	27 Jul 2009 18:56
	Hi Many of my ancestors got married on Christmas Day, was this a tradition around the 1800's?
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 1,394 Send Message	BarneyKent	Report	27 Jul 2009 19:09
	Yes, that is exactly why they married on Christmas Day, they were not working. There was not much money and they could combine the festivities. Christmas was a very popular day to be married on, it began following the Restoration. Christmas had been abolished by Cromwell.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 1,730 Send Message	Elisabeth	Report	27 Jul 2009 19:18
	I think it is also possible the vicar waived his fee on Christmas Day, so that would have made it the best option for many people. (My grandparents married 25 Dec 1900!)
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 1,788 Send Message	Dianne	Report	27 Jul 2009 20:52
	Whitsuntide Monday in May was another popular day for weddings. Again because those concerned were on one of their very few days off. Some girls in service only got a Sunday afternoon off once a month, and that was supposed to be spent visiting their Mother. If I remember right, I think this is how Mothering Sunday came about. Dianne xx