Christian · Post-wedding

Reception & Toast

The celebration after the ceremony — cake, toasts, the first dance, and feasting.

Also known as: reception, toast, wedding breakfast, cake cutting

What it means

The reception welcomes the couple as newlyweds into the community's celebration. Customs include the cutting of the wedding cake, speeches and toasts to the couple, and the couple's first dance.

What happens

  1. 1Guests are welcomed; the couple is introduced.
  2. 2Toasts and speeches, cake cutting, first dance, and dinner.
This explanation is under review by a religious authority — a companion to, not a replacement for, your priest or pastor.

More Christian rituals

Engagement / Roce
The betrothal, and (in Goan/Mangalorean Catholic families) the Roce anointing the night before.
The Wedding Ceremony
The church service where the couple exchange vows and rings before God and the congregation.
← The Wedding Ceremony
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