Engagement parties are given by the parents of the bride-to-be or by a relative of the bride acting for her parents, usually just before the newspaper announcement of the engagement.If the bride-to-be and her fiancé live in a city other than her parents, it is better for her parents to go to the city than her to go home to them for the engagement party.She and her fiancé will, after all, be partied in her parents’ hometown during the wedding festivities.However, if the family home is not far away, it is proper for the engaged couple to travel there for the announcement party.The young man’s family should be invited, too.If the bride’s parents are no longer living, then a relative or a close friend can give the party.It is usually a simple cocktail’s party, champagne served for toasts to the engaged couple.
If the party is very large, the engaged couple and the girl’s parents might form a receiving line---- but they do not have to.The bride-to-be usually wears her engagement ring officially for the first time on this occasion.If she has a gift for the groom-to-be, she gives it to him right before or after the engagement party.
For Americans, the traditional engagement ring is a diamond solitaire (单粒宝石).However, today anything goes---- a ring with many colored stones, a ring with a large semiprecious stone, an heirloom (传家宝) ring reset in a modern design, or even a stone in the bride’s family, simply reset in a Tiffany setting.The wedding ring will be of the same metal as the engagement ring.Some girls prefer no engagement ring but choose a wedding band that is decorated with stones instead.No one has to have an engagement ring.A girl may want her fiancé to give her a pearl necklace instead, or a jeweled watch.Jeweled rings can be given as gifts on many occasions during the married lives---- such as wedding anniversaries, the birth of a child, or an important job promotion.
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