Editing Wedding (section)

===Western weddings===
[[Wedding music|Music]] played at Western weddings includes a [[Processional hymn|processional]] song (e.g., the [[Wedding March (Mendelssohn)|Wedding March]]) for walking down the aisle, either before or after the marriage service. An example of such use is reported in the 1878 [[wedding of Nora Robinson and Alexander Kirkman Finlay]].<ref name= QA1408>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30673943 |title=Marriage of Mr A.K. Finlay and Miss Robinson |newspaper=[[The Queanbeyan Age]] |location=NSW |date=August 14, 1878 |access-date=September 4, 2013 |page=1 |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524034529/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30673943 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The "[[Bridal Chorus]]" from ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]], commonly known as "Here Comes the Bride", is often used as the processional. Wagner is said to have been [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Cooke |first=Deryck V. |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/633925/Richard-Wagner |title=Richard Wagner &#124; German composer |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |access-date=2015-11-10 |archive-date=April 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406173629/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/633925/Richard-Wagner |url-status=live }}</ref> and as a result, the Bridal Chorus is normally not used at Jewish weddings.<ref>Pollack, Suzanne (September 25, 2015) [https://washingtonjewishweek.com/25376/no-wagner-for-you/wjw-guides/wonderful-weddings/ "No Wagner for You"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227011856/https://washingtonjewishweek.com/25376/no-wagner-for-you/wjw-guides/wonderful-weddings/ |date=December 27, 2019 }}, ''Washington Jewish Week''. Retrieved December 26, 2019.</ref> UK law forbids music with any religious connotations to be used in a civil ceremony.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://celebratewithmusic.co.uk/songs-you-cant-have-at-a-civil-ceremony/ | publisher = Wedding Music Designer (Simon Jordan) | type = article | title = Music Not Allowed at Civil Ceremonies | date = August 30, 2015 | contribution = England and Wales | access-date = July 16, 2018 | archive-date = October 15, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161015100811/http://celebratewithmusic.co.uk/songs-you-cant-have-at-a-civil-ceremony/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[Johann Pachelbel]]'s [[Pachelbel's Canon|Canon in D]] is an alternative processional.<ref>{{cite book
 |last1        = Hassall
 |first1       = Jill
 |year         = 2012
 |title        = The Greatest Guide to Your Dream Wedding
 |url          = https://books.google.com/books?id=b1RqFtFx294C&q="Canon+in+D+by+Pachelbel"&pg=PA53
 |publisher    = Greatest Guides
 |page         = 53
 |access-date  = 2017-11-20
 |isbn         = 9781907906060
 |archive-date = May 24, 2022
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220524034552/https://books.google.com/books?id=b1RqFtFx294C&q=%22Canon+in+D+by+Pachelbel%22&pg=PA53
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> Other alternatives include various contemporary melodies, such as Bob Marley's [[One Love/People Get Ready|One Love]], which is sometimes performed by a steel drum band.<ref name="autogenerated61"/> The music used in modern weddings is usually left completely up to the bride and groom, and it is becoming increasingly popular for couples to add their own twist to the song they walk down the aisle to. Many brides and grooms use songs that hold special value for them.

In the United States, approximately 2 million people get married each year, and close to 70 million people attend a wedding and spend more than $100 on a gift.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tiffany |first=Kaitlyn |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/1/18246428/wedtech-wedding-startups-zola-the-knot |title=Why is the wedding industry so hard to disrupt? |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=2019-03-01 |access-date=2019-03-04 |archive-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305004111/https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/1/18246428/wedtech-wedding-startups-zola-the-knot |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, according to a survey, the average minimum amount spent on a wedding gift<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-21 |title=Wedding gift lists |url=https://fizzandgroove.com/wedding-gift-lists/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Fizz and Groove |language=en-GB |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118184658/https://fizzandgroove.com/wedding-gift-lists/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is £24.70, and the average maximum amount spent is £111.46. Eighty-five percent of people said that they were more likely to spend more money on a person if they had a good relationship with him or her.