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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is multiple venues a Christian thing? 
I’ve been to mostly Jewish weddings, and lots of them, and they’re always all in one place.

I went to one Christian wedding years ago where the ceremony was at a church and then we all had to go to some other place. I can’t remember how I got there. I was mostly stunned that I was wildly overdressed in a plain cocktail dress and that there was a cash bar. [/quote]

Yes.  Jewish people usually have their wedding in one place. Christian people usually have their wedding ceremony in one place, and their reception in another, traditionally.

However, the current 20 and 30-somethings are more often having their wedding in one place, as they are not really attending church, and their grandparents' (to whom the ceremony may or may not matter, depending if the grandparent/s regularly attend church or not; also depending if if the grandparent/s are looking to pass on their own personal religion of their own upbringing - if not, the ceremony is a non-issue) church is usually in a different part of the country, altogether. Instead of marrying at their grandparents' church, they just marry in one place, because there are plenty of places to accommodate that - places that actually have parking, that is.  Parents who have kids' of marrying age really could not care less, from my experience, especially if they have converted or fallen off of religion, along the way.

But then, I don't know of anyone who has wedding ceremonies or receptions where there is not enough parking, because that is just ridiculous. Right OP?

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Do churches not have reception halls and kitchens? 
The majority of the Jewish weddings I’ve attended have been at hotels but many have been at synagogues and they can have a large, elegant reception there. 
I can’t imagine expecting my guests to travel to a different venue. 
In fact, at many Jewish weddings, there is a significant break between the ceremony and the reception because that is when photos are taken. This actually would enable guests to travel to another location but it’s just not done. Usually there’s an interim cocktail reception with live music to keep the guests fed and entertained while the family and wedding party are doing photos. [/quote]

Church halls are usually what one might imagine a gymnasium to look like (as there are often schools on church grounds), or maybe a church basement, which is not fancy - at least not fancy enough for a wedding reception, and definitely not as nice as a hotel might be.

But, that said, if transportation is an issue, then it is easy to presume that money is an issue, so OP might consider having the reception at the church.  Alternatively, the ceremony can just take place at the reception venue.  It seems like that would save the guests a big fat headache. [/quote]

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