Wedding Cocktail Hour: Menu, Timing, Entertainment, and Common Mistakes
A wedding cocktail hour is one of those reception moments that sounds simple—“drinks and snacks while the couple takes photos”—but in real life it’s where guest mood gets set for the entire night. We’ve seen cocktail hours that felt like a chic rooftop party with perfect flow, and we’ve seen cocktai
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