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Watertown bridal shop gives away 300 gowns for military brides (Newton Tab) - The first 100 of more than 300 brides-to-be received a free wedding dress from Vows bridal outlet on Monday as part of “G.I. Gown Giveaway.”

Brides-to-be consider surgery (Stuff) - More than half of Britain's brides-to-be and 39 percent of grooms are considering cosmetic surgery or an aesthetic treatment in preparation for their wedding, according to a new study.

Brides don't need to have showers (Seattle Times) - Ask Carley: Advice on bridal showers from Carley Roney, editor in chief of The Knot.

Scandinavian saint honored Sunday (The Grass Valley Union) - The 22nd annual Santa Lucia celebration will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Foothill Flowers, 102 W. Main St, Grass Valley. The traditional Scandinavian celebration consists of a pageant portraying Santa Lucia with court of Lucia brides and star boys. Students from Yuba River Charter School and Nevada Union High School will participate. Santa Lucia was born in Sicily and burned at the stake by ...

Ailing Vegas Wedding Industry Trying Something Old/New to Reach Brides (Marketwire) - LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - December 10, 2009) - While the wedding industry is often referred to as recession proof, the reality is it is only recession resistant. Many Las Vegas wedding professionals struggle to keep their doors open and some are out of business. Businesses who use aggressive marketing strategies, including participating in a local bridal show, are the ones who will come out ...

When ‘the Dress’ Turns Into 5 or 6 (New York Times) - Multiple wedding-dress purchases are part of what continues to be a high level of spending on weddings, a $40-billion-plus industry.

Finian's Star Baldwin Will Create Her Own Rainbow at Feinstein's Dec. 13 (Playbill) - Kate Baldwin, the rising star who nightly ponders how things are in Glocca Morra, in Broadway's Finian's Rainbow, takes her voice uptown on Dec. 13, performing an 8:30 PM solo show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

All that glisters is not gold as dowries adapt to India's new wealth (Brisbane Times) - NEW DELHI: For centuries Indian marriages have been sealed with gold. Each wedding season countless brides are given away wearing elaborate sets of golden jewellery including earrings, necklaces, bangles, rings and ''tikis'' worn on the forehead.

Pressured to marry, African girl fights for her education (McClatchy Washington Bureau) - DERRE, Mozambique — Last year, after the hard rains had gone from these highlands and it was time to pull the sweet potatoes from the red earth, young men from nearby villages began coming around to ask after the slender seventh-grader with the almond eyes and the shy smile.

Modern life takes shine off India's gold market (The Age) - Each wedding season countless Indian brides are given away wearing elaborate sets of golden jewellery including earrings, necklaces, bangles, rings and "tikis" worn on the forehead.