What are the "major" holidays for you? For me the biggest are Christmas and Christmas Eve. I wouldn't mind getting married on Valentine's Day though - not as the holiday, but just February 14th. If I wanted a winter wedding and the 14th worked I'd do it (I'd also avoid pink and red like the plaque though, but I already didn't want those colors). I wouldn't mind a Thanksgiving, Halloween, or New Years Eve wedding personally. I also don't place a lot of importance on summer holidays like the 4th of July.
I think we will avoid birthdays - at the very least mine and SO's (me in March - St. Patty's Day, and he in May). Our dating anniversary is too close to my birthday and it makes celebrating both difficult. We'd like to spread out our celebrations! :) While we wouldn't avoid the birthday of every single person on our guestlist I will try to be conscious of whether or not one is occurring. (the most important people - both sets of parents, SO's kids, my sister and my nephew will get weighed heavier).
All that said, length of engagement, time of year/season we want to get married, what dates fall on weekends that year and availability of venue will all be factored in. If the perfect date falls on top of another occassion I will be okay with that. We will have a small guestlist so navigating holidays will be a little easier for us than it is for some.
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