But there's a catch: After the wedding, each spouse has to qualify for the same type of credit to be eligible.

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The rising price does reduce demand but each festival and wedding season brings sales back up again.

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Bridal translator: While this is a momentous day for you and your nearest and dearest, your wedding day to a majority of your guests is, just another wedding, one of several each of them will attend in their lifetimes.

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Expensive goody bags full of designer goods are also given to each guest that attends the wedding, along with a thank you card.

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One trick to crafting a meaningful diverse wedding ceremony or reception is to focus on the traditions that each religion or culture has in common, advises Macomb.

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Each couple came for an interview three or so months before their wedding, and then periodically afterward.

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Lavish spending often accompanies a wedding, and so a large increase in the number of marriages taking place each year would create a significant boost to certain parts of the economy.

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The wedding as a show of prosperity has turned the events into somewhat of a competition, which each family attempting to make the events more lavish than the last.

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They each bought an evening gown from Saks Fifth Avenue that the other one won't see until the wedding day -- a traditional touch.

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