The traditional wedding kiss seals the couple’s union in front of friends and family. This tradition has been used since Roman times. In Medieval times when two people kissed, it is believed that a part of their souls were left inside the other during the exchange of breath, and that was also symbolic of the union of two people.
When we drink to someone it is called a toast because of an old French custom in which a piece of bread was put in the bottom of the wine cup for flavor. Partygoers would drink and pass the cup until it reached the person being toasted, then he would drain it–crouton and all.
The garter toss is thought to be an early English custom called “flinging the stocking.” Guests would follow the couple to their bedroom on their wedding night, steal their stockings while they were “distracted,” then they would fling them at the couple. It was thought that the first person to hit either the bride or the groom on the head would be the next to marry. Later, brides tossed a garter at the wedding reception, but then the custom changed to the groom’s removing the garter himself and tossing it to his male guests because brides were often forced to fight off drunken male guests who tried to remove the garter themselves!
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