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This is YOUR Day!
HalloweenBob and Lady Countessa will help you create the perfect gothic wedding day that you have always imagined. We will also share with you numerous ideas, rituals and events from other gothic wedding ceremonies for your consideration.
Please Keep in mind that some locations may have various restrictions from performing certain activities and we need to respect that in order to have your wedding day run as smoothly as possible. It's always best to discuss with us these details before we secure the final location for your gothic wedding ceremony.
Victorian Chapel Ceremonies:
If you choose to have your wedding ceremony performed in a victorian chapel or other house of worship, we may have to talk to their officiant and find out what is allowed in the sanctuary and what is negotiable. Most of the Victorian Chapels allow a basic gothic wedding ceremony to be performed by HalloweenBob and Lady Countessa: however, we are sometimes limited on the "extra rituals" you may want to include in your ceremony.
Secular Wedding Ceremonies:
If you choose to have your ceremony in an Orlando garden, hotel, bed and breakfast or other non-religious site, we have a lot more freedom in what we can include in your ceremony.
Both HalloweenBob and Lady Countessa are ordained ministers with the Church of Spiritual Humanism and as non-denominational religious officiants registered with State of Florida, we will attempt to incorporate anything you desire into your wedding ceremony. We even have a few very romantic and symbolic rituals of our own you may want to add!
Traditional Gothic Wedding Vows
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Handfasting is basically an old pagan custom. Considered a trial marriage with no long-term legitimacy, couples that wish to be joined are gathered together before a fire.
In a Handfasting ceremony with HalloweenBob, the couple faces each other as the hands of the couple are clasped and bound together with a cord while the cermony is performed.
Handfasting gives the couple a chance to see if they can survive a marriage to each other. The handfasting union usually lasts a year and a day or as stated on the handfasting certificate. After this time, the couple can either split as if they had never been joined by handfasting or enter permanently into marriage.
Traditionally, on the last day of “the year and a day promise” the handfasted couple would then make a promise for infinity repeating their promise to each again in a legal ceremony. The cords are then tied in a knot around their hand while the ritual takes place. This is where the term “tie the knot came from” when referring to getting engaged or married today.
Handfasting is considered less serious than marriage, and thus easier to break off, because no actual vows are legally exchanged until the marriage ceremony.
At the end of our handfasting ceremony, HalloweenBob provides you with a Handfasting certificate that you both must sign and seal with your blood.
Traditional Handfasting Ceremony:
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The Renewal of Vows is also known as a Re-Affirmation Ceremony. There may be a considerable history to the relationship by the time a renewal of vows is decided upon. There may be even children of the partnership.
In crafting such a ceremony it can be very important to reflect the journey that the couple have been on since they met and committed to one another. You can also include your hopes for the future as a couple or as a family.
In making their vows some couples choose to re affirm their original vows. Others decide to re write their vows in celebration of who they are as a couple at present, and who they wish to be in the future.
A Renewal of Vows or Re-Affirmation Ceremony can also include a commemorative certificate. This can be signed by two witnesses at the event. Unlike legal marriage, people of any age even children could be the signatories at this ceremony.
A Renewal of Vows ceremony can be formatted similarly to a wedding ceremony or can have a unique structure as chosen by the couple.
You may wish to renew your vows as a celebration of the evolution of your relationship, or as a ceremony for people who were unable to attend your wedding. Whatever the reason, vow renewal ceremonies are a marvellous way to deepen your commitment to one another.
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Ceremony Types 
