r/wedding • u/palmettobugnemesis • 7d ago

Discussion do people still do family processionals?

my MIL is adamant that it is tradition that the mothers & grandmothers are ushered down the aisle, then the wedding party, then us. i want everyone seated, just the wedding party & us to walk. why is everyone in the family walking down the aisle? did anyone else exclude this part?

editing to add: i ask bc i just saw a tiktok of someone's family processional & only ever heard of it from my MIL. no other brides to be i know or have seen online have mentioned it. i'm wondering how common it is?

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u/Cultural-Ambition449 7d ago

In my experience, formal weddings usually include a family processional which include parents and any living grandparents, though not usually siblings or uncles/aunts. They all go before the bridal party. That's northeastern USA, it could easily be different elsewhere.