Bonbonniere and Bomboniere Wedding Favors

Human beings are social animals and the weddingdecorated quite richly. These boxes usually
ceremony has, since historical times, been ancontained sugar cubes. The inclusion of sugar
occasion of great celebration and merrymakingcubes have significance.
among the various cultures. Every weddingIn the early times, sugar was an expensive
ceremony is rooted to the various customs andcommodity and therefore the incorporation of
rituals that are often dictated by their cultures orsugar stood for the prosperity and affluence of
religion.the aristocrats. With the progress of time, sugar
Wedding favors refer to the act of gifting thewas no longer a high priced commodity and
guests with beautiful souvenirs for theirinstead, almonds were included within these boxes.
participation in the wedding ceremony andIt is necessary to remember in this case that the
reception. They are handed over to guests thecolor of the sugar coated almonds used as favors
newlywed couple themselves. The popularity ofin the wedding ceremony should be white. In fact,
wedding favors has led to the formation of aprecisely, the bonbonniere contains a total of five
separate wedding favors industry where requiredalmonds. This is because each had a special
articles are sold, day and night, and are beautifullysignificance. Each stood for certain symbols. They
designed and packaged.represented joy, health, wealth, fertility and long
The earliest specimen of distribution of weddinglife. Obviously, by gifting these favors to the
favors comes from the European aristocrats. Thiswedding guests, the couple also achieved their
form of wedding favors were known as theblessings and ensured that they would have a
'bonbonniere'. The term 'bonbonniere' referred tohappy and prosperous life together.
tiny boxes made of porcelain or crystal and