Wedding table
A wedding table (also known as a "wedding list") is an offer from department stores , retail stores or websites for wedding couples and their wedding guests. The wedding table presents the wishes of the bride and groom and coordinates the gifts from relatives, friends and acquaintances. Wedding tables make it easier for wedding guests to choose a wedding present and ensure that the wedding couple does not receive unwanted or duplicate gifts for the wedding .
History of origin
Traditionally, gifts were given to the wedding couple at weddings, which were intended to furnish the household of the newly married couple. The idea of a wedding table was initiated by the Chicago department store Marshall Field's in 1924. The original function was to be able to show family and friends samples for porcelain, silver and glassware, which the wedding couple wished for. In 1993, the department store chain Target in the USA laid the foundation stone for a virtual wedding table, at which the list of gifts was available in all branches of the department store chain.
Most wedding tables are now virtual and can usually be accessed via the Internet.
Types of wedding tables
The “traditional” wedding table
In the case of a traditional wedding table, the wedding couple selects various goods in a department store or in retail that are suitable as wedding gifts. These goods are then either displayed on a physical table in the store, but more often placed on a list that can be viewed by the wedding guests in the department store or distributed by the family of the wedding couple. Wedding guests usually find out about a wedding table through the invitation to the wedding celebration. Guests now have the opportunity to purchase goods from the list and give them to the wedding couple for their wedding. If a gift has been bought from the wedding table, it is either removed from the physical display or removed from the list.
The "virtual" wedding table
The virtual wedding table represents the modern variant of the traditional wedding table in department stores. Couples create a personal page that contains the gift wishes on a website that is usually only accessible via password-protected access. Virtual wedding tables are offered by retailers as well as by providers of universal wedding tables, which allow items from various retailers or online shops to be placed on the virtual wedding table.
Some classic online shops give their customers the option of creating a non-specific wish list on which wedding wishes as well as birthday wishes can be listed. These providers mostly offer traditional wedding gifts such as a good china service, selected silverware or a high-quality food processor. The bride and groom are bound by what the shop offers in their wishes.
The pure wedding wish lists are a new trend that usually allows bridal couples greater freedom in designing their wish lists and more extensive guest management. Some virtual wedding tables specialize in gifts of money or special requests such as honeymoons. This service makes it easier for newlyweds to wish for cash, which is sometimes frowned upon, by simply sending wedding guests to the wedding table by e-mail and giving them a certain amount that is paid out to the bridal couple after the wedding.
With other online wedding tables, in addition to the selection from a product range, there is the option of defining your own, free wish, which appears on the wish list. The increasing variety of gifts for the most varied of tastes and interests ensures that even bridal couples with modern or unusual wishes can put together their wedding gifts using a wish list. From adventure dinners or adventure trips to modern high-tech entertainment centers, wedding couples can have all their wishes fulfilled today.
literature
- Chapter by Elsbeth Walch : The wedding table: A small dispute with a forgiving outcome
Individual evidence
- ^ Star Tribune (Minneapolis - St. Paul). Technology, bridal registry are joined together at Target (June 11, 1993)