Italian American Wedding Traditions. The groom removes the garter and tosses it to a group of bachelors lined up at the event. In Italian weddings the groom removes the garter from his brides leg and throws it to the wedding guests.
Italian grooms will serenade their partners before. The G arter Toss. One is for the married couple and says that guests are to return all favors that the married couples family has done for them.
Bomboniere is the Italian word for wedding favors which a newlywed couple will give to their guests.
It used to be bad luck to marry on a Friday as it was first thought that this is the day evil spirits were created. With the marriage approved by both families wedding planning begins. It used to be bad luck to marry on a Friday as it was first thought that this is the day evil spirits were created. One thing markedly different from American weddings is the size of Italian wedding parties.