bridal showers
Gift-giving engagement celebrations
A bridal shower is a party for a bride-to-be, typically hosted by friends or family before the wedding.
Guests bring gifts—often household items—to help the couple establish their home.
The tradition is primarily American, though it has spread elsewhere.
Her bridesmaids threw her a bridal shower last weekend.
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- decorationsObjects adding visual appeal
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- registryOfficial record of entries
- unwrappingRemoving a covering
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- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- American customsThanksgiving, Fourth of July, tipping, tailgating, Halloween
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- holiday salesBlack Friday, holiday sales, clearance sales, holiday shopping, Boxing Day
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