There’s a picture in my official wedding album of my husband taking off my garter at our reception … with his teeth. At the time, it felt like the wedding garter tradition was something we had to do.

We think of the garter toss as a quintessential wedding tradition, right up there with cake-cutting and saying “I do.” Indeed, the prevailing wisdom is that the garter toss is a sacred ritual dating ...

As society continues to evolve, so too do our ideas of marriage and wedding ceremonies. The image of a father walking his daughter down the aisle is now interpreted as a symbol of family connection ...