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Those people are quite young (he is 19, she is 21), still live respectively at their parent's place ; ie, they just own clothes and shoes.
What on earth are we supposed to bring as a wedding present to a Celtic medieval wedding?Should I give them a regular food processor, a stone mortar and pestle, a family of boars or a gold coin?
I feel grotesque.
I was only being a teensy bit ironic.( about the spelling )
<OT> you are one of the posters here whose use of the English language gives me as an Irish man surrounded by French speakers immense pleasure to read </ot>
..given my inate spelling difficulties ..plus my weird bassackwards French keyboard ..I certainly wouldn't want to go orthographics one on one with you..so I'll climb back in my box ...
Brittany ..'swhat I meant ...
If my 86 year old mother in law ( Breton ) is to be beleived almost all the québécois came from right here ..twixt Lannion and St Brieuc ...
So if you want something authentique ...
[edited by: Macguru at 12:45 pm (utc) on July 26, 2004]
[edit reason] Thanks, but no specific shops please. [/edit]
Nice earthernware dishes could be good. Afterall isn't it traditional to get more bowl than you could use in a lifetime?
While there are great gifts suggestions here. I saw a lot sites offering jewelery or crafts. I believe they will get a lot of these, since they are so widely available.
I hope I could find some decent furniture, because I feel that is what they will need. I still need to talk to their parents and do some 'real world' shopping.
May be a cultural thing, but no we dont do that here. Trying to know what they will get from others is a challenge, since I dont know a large part of other guests.
>>end up with crate loads of candles
Yes, I am trying to avoid this. I would like to offer them something they like, need, and will use for a long time.
Also, I am not sure about how serious is that Celtic medieval thing for them. They both adopted the 'ghotic' or 'dark' fashion look. So the type of wedding they chose, could very well be a 'fantasy for that special day' thing. I am not sure bringing them an imitation of an antique Celtic bed or kitchen set is a good idea.
I will know a bit more spying on them a little. :)
Oui, around here we are about 6.5 milion French speaking people surrounded by more than 300 000 000 Saxons (and a few Viking tribes from Longueuil). So the local scenario looks like an "Astérix the Gaul" cartoon as Québec beeing the last village in Armorica still resisting the Roman Empire. (Our 'magic potion' is not poutine, by the way...)
In our proud cultural enclave, asking the happy couple what they want, would be quite rude. Their parents (traditionnaly the mother of the bride) discretly manage the lists...
[edited by: Macguru at 12:16 am (utc) on July 29, 2004]
I was just trying to explain our local cultural weirdness to you, and most of the rest of the world. :)
Mothers of brides managing the lists seems logical, since they always have the final word.
May be I should disguise as Obélix at the wedding? ;)
As to "lists", here in this part of the states we have every young and not-so woman who begins to plan her wedding running around various cities registering at Target, BedBath&Beyond, Pier 1, Tuesday Morning, Dillards, Lord & Taylor (or whatever it's called these days), Home Depot, etc etc ad infinitum ad nauseam. They all have their register sections available online, and all one has to do is go there with credit card at the ready. They all have shipping, gift wrapping, delivery service, cards, extras, champagne, picnic baskets....
BIG business.... HUGE business....
[Edit: sheesh. Speeled your NAME wrong!]
I think I will go there dressed as a druid with a Celtic mortar and pestle
May be I should disguise as Obélix at the wedding?
After all ... every celtic gathering requires a bard ...
How I remember spending the days reading those!
Sorry, ..... yes, bride's mother managing the list is very wise.
..... Shane
Heheh, I would probably end tied up on a branch too. :)
I finally reached my sister and law (the mother of the bride). The medieval embrace is only a fantasy for the duration of the wedding, and all the good memories after that. So they wont end up with their first appartment looking like an antiques shop.
The good news is, I was assigned with offering them the cookware [artcopperware.com]! A perfect match...
I still retain the lavender, the mortar and pestle and framing the invitation in Celtic knotted frame.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Syzygy
Ideally you could arrange this for one of the seasonal equinoxes - preferably Summer.
Syzygy
