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Announcing Your Engagement – Who’s First?

When announcing your engagement, always start with family first – parents, siblings and grandparents.

The most intimate and immediate way to tell your family is in person or by telephone. For family there are just a few phone calls and hearing your voice and excitement is so much more memorable then an email! And if you live in the same city, then of course in person is even better.

Yet, it may not be practical to call everyone else. If you have many in-town as well as out-of-town friends with whom you share personal information, then email is an acceptable way to announce your engagement. Of course, you know best if there are friends that best hear the big news with a phone call (or else!). So use your judgement in the end on who gets the call and who gets the email.

Rules of Engagement for the Holiday Season

LIKE “white Christmas,” “happy holidays” and “guaranteed delivery before Dec. 25,” the phrase, “Will you marry me?” is a familiar refrain this time of year.

December, traditionally a slow month for weddings, is by far the most popular month for engagements. It actually surpasses February, when marriage proposals are often tied to Valentine’s Day.

The harmony of jingle bells, wedding bells and the insistent jangle of change in one’s pocket rings clearly. Engagement ploys often have an over-the-top quality to them. And many would-be bridegrooms view the already crammed holiday season as a ready-made opportunity to stage a memorable event with plenty of witnesses. The parties are already planned, and the Christmas tree and a blazing fire provide the perfect setting for a proposal.

Whether you’re traveling to a special place or in familiar surroundings, the holidays lend itself to the romance of creating a “lifetime” memory. (Mine came on a bouquet of purple irises with a beautiful poem – the last one I got!)

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