The Winter Wedding of Jingshu and Xingyuan

When Jingshu and Xingyuan decided to get married, they wanted to come to Florida from China to plan their special day.  They wanted to have the time-honored traditions from China.

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They started their wedding day having a traditional wedding ceremony.  Jingshu looked beautiful in her wedding dress selected by Xingyuan.

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There was a red carpet brought from China for the bride to walk on as she stepped out of her limousine.  The red color represents a good future in China.  In the Chinese tradition, the groom taking the bride from bride’s house on a red carpet will be good luck for the new couple on their wedding day.  When the bride walked out of the limousine this started the tradition of the red carpet for this day.

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The red carpet was also placed at the ceremony site where the bride and groom were to be married.  The ceremony was translated by the best man in to Chinese. The couple’s ceremony included traditions such as lighting of the unity candle and warming of the rings.

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Now that the ceremony was done, it was time for some romantic pictures in downtown celebration and on the golf course as they watched the sunset.

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The happy couple returned to Celebration Golf to admire their reception decor and preapre for the fun.

After the ceremony, the bride changed in to her traditional red dress so that they can have their tea ceremony.  This is the first time that the bride addresses the groom’s parents as mom and dad and the same for the groom.  The tradition is that the bride serves a special blend of Chinese tea to his mother and father and the groom serves it to her mother and father.  They bow at their feet as a sign of respect because they are the elders that should  be respected and sought after for advice.

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The bride then changed in to her party dress to enjoy the evening reception.  After dinner there were many toasts with traditional wine brought from China. This was followed by the cutting of the cake. They followed the time honored tradition that they will respect each other’s faces and feed each other without smashing the cake.

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The happy couple enjoyed Karaoke all night with dancing. Look at the smiles on this group of folks, enjoying the best day of this couple’s lives.  There was not a language barrier here to help share in this couples wedding day.   A great time was had by all…..

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The night ended with Karaoke by the 3-year-old flower girl singing Let It Go from teh movie Frozen!

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Recap of the wedding day:

Best Wishes to Jigshu and Xingyaun

Thank you to the wedding professionals involved in making this couple’s wedding dreams come true!

Venue/Celebration Golf

Photographer/123 Photography

Video/Treasured Moments Videography

Cake/Party Flavors

Decor/Linen/Chivari Chairs/Chargers/Florals/RJ Glamour and Innovation

Limo/Southern Elegance Limousine

Hair/Make up/Shakyra

Coordination/27 Miracles Rosie Moore and Ashley Bliss

Officiant/Marcus Moore

DJ/MC/Roque Productions

Harpist/Christine MacPhail

Market Lights and Dance Floor/Taylor Rentals

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Christmas Countdown Day 3 Let your Kisses Be Long

Did you ever wonder how the mistletoe kiss started?   One Greek tradition said that it had power to give fertility to the couple.  Another belief from Scandinavia said it created peace during a couple’s feud.  In the English tradition, it was noted that if a single girl stood under it and was kissed that it could mean a true romance that would lead to marriage.  Regardless of what traditions we believe about the mistletoe, take some time to find your special someone under the mistletoe.  Surveys show that couples who kiss often are ten times less likely to feel stressed or depressed.  So meet your sweetheart under the mistletoe often for some stress relief therapy!

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Mistletoe 2015

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Christmas Countdown Day 1 Start a Tradition

Christmas time is a time to start your own family traditions.  As you and your new spouse start out your life, you will each have traditions that you both grew up doing.  Talk about those traditions and what you liked about each one, then start your own.  “Traditions provide a sense of belonging, ” says Barbara Fiese.  It can be as simple as creating a holiday dish together, buying a new ornament and hanging it together or watching a favorite movie that puts you in the holiday spirit.  Whatever you do, make it special so that it can help you remember that the reason we celebrate Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus! Merry Christmas!

27 Miracles loves to see their couples celebrating family traditions!

Christmas 2015

From our house to yours!

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Merry Christmas!!

What Christmas Traditions Do You Have?

Christmas is a time of the year in which most enjoy spending time with their families. Decorations are put up. Christmas cheer is spread. Traditions are made.  

How do you tie in the Christmas season with your fiance? Well, this is also the time of the year to create traditions with your significant other. As your relationship strengthens and you enter marriage, your significant other becomes family, and new traditions start to unfold.  Afraid of where to begin?

Kara from mywedding.com says one way to start the holiday season is to,“take a break from the crowds at the malls and do some of your holiday shopping at local craft shows.”

As a fellow Do-It-Yourself enthusiast, I enjoy making crafts and other homemade goodies for my loved ones.  I also enjoy baking chocolate filled goods such as fudge.  Activities such as making crafts and baking with your fiance can be an enjoyable tradition as well as one that is more personal and intimate.  This gives you and your fiance a chance to spend the holidays together, while creating meaningful traditions; sending out homemade goodies to your other loved ones is a way to incorporate them into this new found tradition.  This lets your loved ones know that you care about them through the work invested into making the goodies.  

With the comfort chocolate provides me during the holidays, I will be enjoying this holiday season with my significant other, baking and decorating whilst taking sips of hot cocoa.  Take this time to enjoy the holiday season focusing on spreading love and cheer.

Written By: Christine Pabelico, Wedding and Event Planner for 27 Miracles

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The Traditional Nigerian Engagement of Bukola and Francis

27 Miracles started their day bright and early at 5am making the commute to the beautiful Lake Mary Event Center where at 7am the place would be buzzing with vendors ready to start the festivities for Bukola and Francis!  Bukola and Francis are from out-of-state but they chose Florida to marry as this is home of Bukola’s father.  In Nigeria, the tradition is to have the daughter marry in the village where her father resides.  In this instance Florida.

This will be the king chairs where the bride and groom will sit! Thank you to Pinky from Nikun Events and Orlando DJ and Lighting for the backdrop and lighting. The family brought different gift items that signify many things for instance honey for sweetness in the marriage and salt to be the seasoning of the marriage and the world.  The Nigerian wedding ceremony is everyone in the family coming together to financially and spiritually support the couple.  In lieu of gifts the families supply cash to the couple to help them get started in life.  You will see those pictures later on.

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Orijanel Hair and Make up started to work on Bukola for her special wedding engagement ceremony that would be taking place.

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Everything was coming together preparation wise for Bukola.  As she got her head-dress on she took advantage of the quiet morning to take a phone call!

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Bukola selected the coral colors for her engagement ceremony as you see in the shoes, fan and purse with traditional gold jewelery to match.

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One of the brides friends came to help her with her head-dress so that she was perfect for Frances when he finally would get his bride!

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Finally our bride to be is ready to await her grand entrance to the ceremony but while she waited she had some time to pose for some pictures.

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The bride’s sister Lolly, looks on as Bukola,  her baby sister and the last of the girls, is about to embark on a life time journey called marriage. Lolly was so supportive to Bukola, her and wedding planner Rosie Moore of 27 Miracles were the ones that planned this beautiful wedding together along with Bukola.  She was a great maid of honor!

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The ceremony begins with the reading of the proposal letter from the groom’s family.  This proposal letter is presented to the mother of the bride who dances around to present it to the family and  her husband. The  ceremony starts with a Nigerian spokeswoman that directs the ceremony.

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Frances’ family comes in playing the drums and singing as he meets the bride’s family seated below.

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The Bride’s father accepts the money that the groom’s family starts to pay out.

So starts the reading for the acceptance of the engagement.  Usually read by a member of  the Bride;s family.

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The Groom’s family below looks on proudly!

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Once the Bride’s Family reads the acceptance letter, the groom enters
the room escorted by the men in his family to ask for the bride’s hand
in marriage

If a favorable reply is sent to the grooms family, the groom then comes in with his friends.  As the groom enters the room, he drops some money in the room that will help the bride’s family.

The spokeswoman  starts to explain to the  men and the groom what the next step is.

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The groom then kneels before the bride’s family to beg for her hand in marriage along with his male friends.

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The groom awaits the bride with anticipation!


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And now the moment everyone has been waiting for!!! The bride is coming!! The spokeswoman prays for the bride’s entrance as the guests await her entrance.


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The bride gets the final touches before her grand entrance.

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Singing the bride in!!!

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Here comes the bride with her friends!

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The groom’s first look of the bride…

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The bride’s entrance!

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Once the bride  enters with her female friends and is covered with a veil.She goes to her mom and is unveiled and this is where a prayer is said for her.

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It is a very emotional time. The veil is placed back on the bride by the mother. At that point she will seek prayers from the groom’s family. It is a very emotional moment for the bride and her family as well as the guests.

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The bride is ready to meet the groom’s family


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The mother of the groom wipes a tear with the bride’s hand-made veil…

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The bride is accepted by the family of the groom..
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Now Bukola is welcomed into the family of Francis and is their new daughter to be…

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The happy bride to be…

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Meeting the groom….

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The groom showers his bride to be in dollars….

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The groom accepts the bride and carries his bride to be to her chair so that  he starts to take care of her from this moment…

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Praying together…

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The Maid of Honor, sister of the bride, shares some words of wisdom for the happy couple.

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The Bride to be looks on to see what the special gift Francis her groom has for her…

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Bukola’s family gifts are yellow with accents Francis’ Gifts are Blue
They are not opened there. Bukola will select the Bible, that has the
engagement ring tied to it.

They are officially engaged!!

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As the groom shows his affection to his bride to be..

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It is now time to cut the cake and feed it to each other.  It is a tradition where they each feed it to each other, including the drink and wiping the person’s mouth.  It is symbolic of how the husband and wife have to take care of each other.

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The happy bride gives the photographer a happy look..

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The payment to the bride’s family…

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The bride also had to change to a Benin dress which is also part of the traditional heritage of Nigeria.

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Stay tuned for the traditional Nigerian wedding coming soon…

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John Michael Catering www.johnmichaelevents.com

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Orlando DJ and Lighting www.Orlandodjandlighting.com

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Why do Jewish couples break a glass at their wedding?

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Why do Jewish couples break a glass at their wedding?

In Jewish tradition, the “breaking of the glass” is meant to recreate the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, to remind the couple and their guests that even in times of celebration, their people have suffered. Even if you aren’t Jewish, it’s important to remember that there can be no shadows without the light.

Why is the groom supposed to carry the bride “over the threshold”?

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Why is the groom supposed to carry the bride “over the threshold”?
Ancient Romans believed that a bride should only enter her new home through the main door on her wedding day, but that if she tripped or fell, it would bring bad luck upon the couple’s household. The Romans feared that demons would try to trip the bride to ensure that bad luck fell upon them, so to avoid the potential downfall (get it?), the groom would just go ahead and carry her through the door and over the threshold.

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