These days, weddings can be enjoyed all year round, and are not just reserved for the summer months. If you’re thinking of having your wedding in December, then why not make it a Christmas-themed wedding. After all, the build up to Christmas certainly gets everyone in a jolly mood and using a Christmas theme throughout your wedding reception will make it much easier in choosing decorations and matching colours. Here are a few handy tips to help in planning that perfect Christmas-themed wedding reception:

• Adding Christmas crackers on the tables are the perfect festive party favour and will help to get your guests interacting more freely (a lot like alcohol does)

• Place red and green candles throughout the room as this is not only a traditional Christmas decoration, but the candles exude wonderful romantic lighting

• Give your guest’s wedding favours in a small gift box and wrapped in Christmas themed paper.

• Have a Christmas tree at your reception and get your guests to put the wedding gifts under the tree

• Strategically place mistletoe around the reception and share the love with your guests

• Serve traditional Christmas food for your wedding meal such as roast turkey, Brussels sprouts and mince pies

An easy way to transform your wedding reception into a Christmas wonderland is by using dining chair covers with colour-themed organza sashes.

At Special Occasions Covered we have a wonderful choice of wedding chair covers and offer all the traditional Christmas coloured sashes included reds and greens as well as gold and silver.

If you’re planning a wedding, then one of the biggest decisions you have to make is where to hold your wedding reception. With so many venues to choose from, it can prove to be rather overwhelming so it’s best to base it on a few key criteria right at the outset.

Budget, number of guests, venue capacity and proximity to the marriage ceremony are just some of the criteria you should use when choosing a venue.

However, whether your wedding reception is held at The Ritz or the local restaurant, there’s no doubt you would want it to be a truly elegant setting.

Having an elegant setting doesn’t mean you need to have the budget of a Royal Wedding. A lot of it comes down to how you decorate the room. One of the most popular decorations is flowers, but can also be one of the most expensive. A cheaper alternative is to pick fresh wild flowers on the morning of the wedding and place them on the tables and around the room. Other cheaper alternatives include using tea candles to provide wonderfully romantic lighting, heart or flower-shaped paper garlands you can make yourself and pieces of tulle tied at the edge of tables or around door knobs.

You can match this look by using chair covers tied with organza sashes that are in the same colour as the tulle. At Special Occasions Covered, our wedding chair covers will instantly transform your venue into completely stylish surroundings without causing a major dent in your budget.