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Show Grooms: men not casual observers The groom no longer is a casual observer when it comes to planning a wedding. Accordingly, Hallmark Cards has compiled a free booklet outling each partner's obligations in easy-to-follow checklist form. At least six months is needed to arrange a "hitchless" wedding, according to the Hallmark booklet. The first reguisite is an accurate guest list. This helps the groom decide how many ushers are needed. A generally accepted ratio is one usher to every 50 guests. When it comes to the rehearsal dinner, the groom should decide upon location and menu at least three months in advance. At this point, the groom also needs to complete honeymoon plans. Passports should be updated and in-noculations in-noculations arranged if a trip abroad is planned. With the wedding two months off, the groom faces the unfamiliar task of ordering flowers for various members of the wedding party. The bride's bouquet and going-away corsage, corsages for the mother and grandmothers and coutonnieres for the attendants .are all the groom's responsibility. With only four weeks until the ceremony, the groom should make arrangements for the best man to transport the newlyweds from the reception to the point of departure. During the final week, the groom wraps ... everything up. He presentss g gifts to his attendants at the bachelor's party and has the best man deliver the minister's fee a few days before the ceremony.. The Hallmark booklet completely outlines the groom's social and financial obligations and even diagrams the processional for both Christian and Jewish ceremonies. The booklet, "Wedding "Wed-ding Planning Guide for Bride and Groom," is available free in many stores where Hallmark products are sold. |