A wedding favor is a nice way to thank your guests for attending your wedding celebration. Favors are often inspired by the season or the style of the wedding reception, and winter weddings offer lots of great possibilities for seasonal favors. These are some wonderful ideas for favors for holiday weddings.

Snowflakes are a fantastic motif for a holiday wedding. You can use them for your bridesmaid jewelry (crystal snowflake pendants make stunning bridesmaid jewelry for a winter wedding), on your invitations, wedding cake, and much more. Snowflakes are also a natural for winter wedding favors. A beautiful crystal snowflake ornament would be a lovely favor idea which guests will enjoy. If you like edible favors, snowflake shaped sugar cookies with white, ice blue, and silver decorations would be fun. You can even get sheer ribbon with silver printed snowflakes to tie up your wedding favors.

In the cold winter months, anything cozy is a welcome treat. A sweet idea for a holiday wedding favor would be an oversized mug in a red and white folksy mitten or snowflakes design. Fill it with packets of gourmet cocoa and fancy large marshmallows for a favor that your guests will love. Another idea for a cozy winter favor is to gather an assortment of unique vintage tea cups and present each one with a tin of imported tea, several lumps of sugar, and a recipe for homemade scones. That would be a nice favor for an afternoon wedding or a bridal shower held in the winter months.

If your wedding is very close to Christmas, how about a real holiday theme favor? A handblown glass ornament neatly packed in a golden box would be a gorgeous favor idea. What is nice about this is that while it is a Christmas tree ornament, the glass globe can also be hung in a window as a light-catcher for those who do not celebrate Christmas or simply as a way to enjoy the present year round. A great way to get a good price on a large quantity of handblow glass ornaments is to work directly with a glassblowing studio. They often have beautiful looking seconds or samples of new designs that they will sell at discounted prices. Your guests will be sure to treasure their handmade favors.

Cds of music are always popular for wedding favors. If you are having a holiday wedding, a cd of holiday music could be really fun. Mix it up with a combination of nostalgic classics such as Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”, fun favorites like “Santa Baby”, and more current holiday songs by your favorite artists. The holiday music cd is a great favor if you know that your guests also celebrate Christmas; however, if your guest list will contain people of a variety of faiths, you might want to concentrate on winter, rather than Christmas, themed songs. It is always important to be thoughtful of the recipients when designing favors.

What are some other great holiday wedding favors? Sparkly things like crystal jeweled picture frames for the ladies and handsome leather frames for the men. Tiny live pine trees which can be planted would be another charming holiday favor (and while Christmasy, can also be non-denominational). Look for wedding favors which capture the good cheer and cozy feeling of the holiday season, and you will be sure to have a winning gift idea.

Author Bio: Bridget Mora writes for Silverland Jewelry about weddings, style, and society. http://silverlandjewelry.com/

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