Amish WEDDING Explained in Detail.

[@theamishpotato]

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[@carolyngochenaur6765]

The Amish wedding I attended around 10 years ago was held in their barn. The bride told my lady friend and me not to come until 11-1130 so we wouldn’t have to sit so long but it still it lasted until nearly 1. They had 2 nice lawn chairs for us to sit in the back of the barn. We were invited to both the lunch and supper. We also got to watch them open their gifts outside. It was in June. When we got my car parked out came one of the bride’s brothers to show us where to go for the wedding. We were the only English ladies there for the ceremony. I felt so honored. I’m hoping as an Amish Uber that I’ll be asked to attend a few more weddings.

[@terrysargent9193]

Being an English guy, I have been to many Amish weddings. I was very close to one family (still am) But when their last daughter got married. I was part of the cook staff (More like food transport, Truck,) I have my Amish suit, but i got to wear the colored shirt like others. That was one of those 1200 people wedding.

[@lucilledaub5991]

Id like to experience a Amish wedding someday. Learned a lot.

[@Sheri-he1fp]

This takes me down memory lane! Amish weddings are fun, but I always had fun with my family (the only Amish weddings I've been to). I think the Belle / party crashers were always my favorite. They always added some excitement to the night. I always loved the dry ice punch too, it looked so cool. And of course as a kid, we all loved the candy bars. The Amish make the best pie too, my grandmas did in particular. At one of my cousin's weddings when I was in my twenties, they asked us English cousins if we wanted to get go outside and line up to eat with someone and I remember we all opted out bc we thought it would be awkward lol. I think you're right, it would be better for them if they just lined up and whoever you matched up with would be who you eat with would be better. My aunt said she always felt sorry for the girls who go chosen last. It sounded like it was often the same girls. Another aunt said the whole dating thing was a lot of pressure, if you didn't have a date every weekend, you felt like a loser.

[@ericbryant78]

My wife and I attend our first amish wedding in June and it was a honor to be invited. The food was amazing.

[@rhondalyn100]

Well! That was fascinating! My tummy got full just listening to the day's activities! I live down the road from a very large Mennonite community and just found your channel, which I subbed to. The folks around here always talk about how rich the Mennonites are because of all the farmland they own and work. Lumber mills, sod farms and so on. Can you do a video on the wealth of the Amish and Mennonites? I'm curious as to what they do with their fortunes since they do not purchase big ticket items like cars and fancy houses. I'd enjoy a video about that. Thanks!

[@theamishpotato]

I will put that on the list. Thank you for watching!

[@reneegriffith2375]

You can watch The Mennonite Mom on you tube and follow her and the family as she explains on her lifestyle.

[@homegrown1015]

Whew!! After all of the wedding activities, I'm tired and full of food..it is a lot of work for all involved, but they do weddings so often that it is an organized activity..the more you do, the better and easier it is..the now married couple usually help with cleanup the next morning, in most cases...some married couples take time (the honeymoon) and visit those older relatives who couldn't travel to the wedding, mostly those out of state relatives. I don't know if I missed this being said, but all Amish married within the church have to be baptized (I'm sure you've said it in previous videos)...all in all, it would be a wonderful experience to attend an Amish wedding. Thanks, CJ, for your personal insight of Amish weddings..looking forward to the next video..have a blessed weekend❣

[@vernaoyer295]

Yes! I have Miller’s Cider Mill cider in my fridge right now. It is the best. I think I paid $7.00. Grandkids loved to watch them make the cider.

[@theamishpotato]

Gotta say, im a little jealous. Even if the price went up.

[@MrCorvettegirl2]

Hello I enjoyed your video on Amish weddings Weddings are especially exciting for a women in choosing her gown ,colors for her bridesmaids the flower girl & boy - puppy’s It’s a day we look forward too with such excitement and nerves - such a beautiful occasion when a man & women become one Surround my family & friends ❤️ I like the different ways , tradition & learning about how others enjoy there wedding day 🥰 It’s a big celebration 🎉 & fun too ! Thanks for all the information about Everything that takes place within a Amish weddings 💕 Take care Brenda

[@neta565]

This was very interesting! The way you told it made me feel like I was at an actual Amish wedding.😙

[@ginat9914]

The part about waiting three days comes from the story of Ruth and Tobit ..an odd traditional story always repeated at Amish weddings..found in Apocrypha ?? I think

[@theamishpotato]

Im thinking you're right. I believe Tobit is where the marriage sermon comes from.Thank you!

[@candyrenee2152]

Great video. Thanks for explaining the wedding.

[@joannekerr3]

We are definitely not as organized, nor do we have matching colour coordinated dresses, but this sounds a lot like my gigantic French Canadian family reunions! I always loved spending the day in the kitchen cooking with my aunties, great aunties and Grand-maman! My sister would join the other older kids who were in charge of games and child minding 😁 wonderful memories!

[@cjacob9875]

Thank you for sharing and educating us on the amish!

[@jehsdca]

Thank you very much! Your explanation was so interesting!

[@louiseely5099]

Thank you for sharing; the wedding couple need the three days just to recover from the festivities!

[@carolyngarrison10]

Very interesting! Would love to hear the female version. Great video.

[@Karmah01]

I live amongst the Old Order Amish community in SE Minnesota. I wish they weren't so standoffish. Don't get me wrong - they are friendly enough - they wave at me all the time as they ride by in their buggies, but I'd love to talk with them....I have questions. And the children in their Sunday best - cutest kids I ever laid eyes on! I love to buy their baked and canned goods in the summertime! I bought a pecan pie once from Mary and my God, it was the best pecan pie I ever ate! My dad drove 2 hours for Mary's blackberry jam. He couldn't get enough! My aunt drove 3 hours and bought a bunch of baked goods from Mary and to this day my aunt thinks the Amish put something "addictive" in their food to keep people coming back! She wasn't serious - at least I hope she wasn't! I know why Amish food is so good - because they use *_real_* ingredients....real butter, real whole milk, real whipped cream, real potatoes, etc. Not instant potatoes, not margarine, not CoolWhip and none of the fat-free milk, which is just cloudy water. They use *the good stuff!*

[@theamishpotato]

I believe they are a super strict community so that might be why they are more stand offish. I interviewed Lizzie Hershberger who, if I’m not mistaken, comes from there.

[@theamishpotato]

Your aunt is right. They do put something addictive in their food. Sugar. Lots of it😂

[@Karmah01]

@@theamishpotato 😂😂 I am gonna make the original Church Peanut Butter! It looks SOOOOO good!

[@arborsum6347]

that's the first of your videos that i watched. it's really interesting. and it's fascinating, how much german is preserved in all those old church and wedding ritual stuff

[@petemiller258]

Miller's that was Vernon Miller which was my uncle! His son Sam is there now!

[@theamishpotato]

Great stuff. Very nice family

[@laurakivlahan9111]

Thank you for sharing about Amish Weddings!! I found it A-MAZ-ING!! It truly sounds beautiful..❤❤🙏🙏

[@jerrymiller9700]

Glad you're back CJ

[@sandyhissong4366]

The conservative groups are very orderly.

[@rennys_roost2283]

We’ll have to check out the cider mill! Thank you!!

[@tinahuffman2788]

Wow! How fantastic an Amish wedding would be!

[@gigiregister6906]

I subscribed because of a shout out from Montana Haven. I really enjoyed listening, since I'm sick at the moment ,I can Bing on your videos. God's blessings for your mission. From Appleton, WISCONSIN

[@dennisraber9264]

Thanks for the explanation only ever attended one all day wedding of a cousin of mine as a young kid. I think in Holmes county traditional old order weddings are a shorter version?

[@joellanolt389]

We were invited to an old older wedding this past fall and it was actually so fun! It was held in the brides house. The service was 3 hours long tho 😮

[@claudiaeckert9320]

Hello! I love your videos, thanks so much for taking the time to explain the Amish ways. I’m originally from the Caribbean so I find Amish culture very interesting as so many other people. I moved to Waterloo, Iowa (in the middle of winter) in January! Not a good time to move but oh well…. And I LOVE that I’m only about 40 minutes away from the Amish community in Hazleton, Iowa. I’ve found out that the ladies are very nice and love to chat. Someone said they love to waive when you drive by them but I feel silly waiving and then finding out that that someone was just playing a joke on me. Anyway, my question about the wedding is, where do they get all the porcelain plates from? Does the community keep them all for weddings? That’s a whole lot of plates!

[@kathrynvantil6110]

I just found you again and love your videos...

[@FreyjaHighUpNorse]

Very interesting! I never knew! ❤️ ❤️✌🏻

[@kbc1883]

I think the 3 days of rest and prayer after the wedding would be very helpful to the bride (and groom too) to have the space and time to physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually rest and recover from that intense pre-wedding planning and that extraordinary day and to process all that bigness of the wedding. Need to calm the nervous system and get settled in to being married and together in a new way before adding the big new layer of physical intimacy into the mix. Sounds really wise rather than rushing into something that is so new and can be quite awakening of all new sensations and awkwardness and fun.

[@susiepoe3240]

I am a driver and was invited in to one wedding. Interesting, they had 2 interpreters. Now for the meals... I have eaten at several. I couldn't believe the amount of deserts. Completely agree, lots of food!!

[@joleneyutzy8991]

Quick point, most of the time if you are wanting a specific date for your wedding, the cook wagon and refrigerator trailer need to be ordered a year ahead at least. If you are good with whatever date you can usually get them 6mnths in advance

[@spectatrix5003]

Thank you so very much for this detailed and vivid explanation of amish marriage customs! Having lived in Germany and the Netherlands for all my life, almost completely without connections to any religion whatsoever, for me this is quite something else to behold…almost like a fairy tale from ancient times, when people used to live in tribes!

[@davytroyer5672]

"Side sitter" is translated to as a witness from my understanding.

[@theamishpotato]

Haha yep you’re right. I forgot about that.

[@BRPFan]

Very interesting! Thanks!

[@OlJarhead]

I grew up in a non Amish farm community in Indiana in the 1960’s-70’s. There was a tradition perpetrated by the older folks called “Chivaree” where friends and relatives of the bride and groom, soon after the wedding or return from their honeymoon, would quietly show up at the couple’s house or residence after dark with pots and pans and various other noisy objects and proceed to “serenade” the newlyweds with a great din of noise and shouting. I don’t think it is done any longer, since all of he old timers have passed on.

[@TracyH007]

Watching again months after originally posted because this is an Awesome video and learning experience.

[@jeanholley5820]

Here is an idea- cheese toastie video on Tuesday before Turkey day! You can call it a “toastie Tuesday Turkey day eve eve recipe”. I’m trying….

[@theamishpotato]

I’ll be visiting my parents but maybe I can squeeze it in at their house.

[@richardmuntz3496]

Cannot beat the real cider. On the way up 1000W to the cider mill, Vernon Miller's animal farm is worth seeing.

[@tammy5590]

I always wondered about the fork and glass clanging and never thought it was true but I guess it really is.

[@lisabell9048]

That is a tradition in an English wedding reception also.

[@cm9859]

I am not Amish, but am interested in Amish videos. Never been to an Amish church or wedding. I lived in TN and saw them, very respectful nice. Planning to move back to TN. Maybe Amish eat as lot because they all work so hard and the food is so delicious. Comfort type foods.

[@jeanholley5820]

Cheese toaste video please!

[@theamishpotato]

I gotta get on that😬

[@shergc]

Very interesting. Others may have asked, what is poor mans steak?

[@theamishpotato]

Kinda like Salisbury steak but better.

[@youtubchannel3822]

I had to work yesterday, this sounds interesting, it's so much work and so many don't

[@louisedost8476]

Yum plain and fancy farm Pennsylvania!!😊❤👍🏿‼️

[@judieevanssalverda6867]

What about the celery? I read if a neighbor is growing celery they know a wedding is coming.

[@Linda-ki2dd]

were dones the money comes from when the teens go out and find out about the world do they work and save for it?just wonding cause of the places they stay at .and all the things they get like clothes cell phone s

[@patticlaude1]

Soooo fun so good. Wowza. I want to go!!!!!

[@bethannevigliotti3428]

What about second weddings like if a spouse dies and they remarry?

[@theamishpotato]

I think it’s a much smaller ceremony with just family.

[@beckinaylor1851]

Can you post the channels you talked about

[@TheNinjaInConverse]

Interesting.

[@IamKyuTee]

What I would have loved as wedding gifts even though I am far from Amish lol. But my family though my ideas of wedding gifts were crazy. 300 acres of Land, 2 horses, 4 cows and a bull, 6 sheepand a ram, 20 chickens and 1 rooster, seed for crops, fruit and nut trees, Farming tools, cast iron cookware, Mason jars, lids, rings, canners, canning supplies, shelves for a pantry, quilts, sewing supplies, cotton and linen fabrics in solid colors, wood burning cookstovecwith oven, gardening leather gloves and gardening tools, a pulley long clothes line, a smoke house... practical things or the money for them.. Lol Having grandparents who saw the times before and survived raising 9 children in the great depression in Idaho made it where I saw great value in those type of things. Yet, my parents and rest of the family saw those things as going backwards in how society was heading. Looking at how things are now they see that what I wanted had more sustainable value. Too bad I never got most of those things.

[@purejoy1658]

What are side sitters? And "puppies"?

[@theamishpotato]

Side sitters are witnesses. Kinda like the best man and maid of honor. Puppies are little kids who have small jobs at the wedding.

[@purejoy1658]

I'd be really interested in knowing what the Amish wedding punch is made of.

[@theamishpotato]

They use different recipes. Sometimes alcohol gets mixed in depending on who mixes it.

[@kimberlindeman1064]

I'm glad you can still see your family. I was thinking that if you joined the church then left, you were excommunicated

[@vickierinehart4434]

My God that's a lot of money for cider we get it from Muskegon county in Ohio at a orchard called Yearys for five bucks biggest apple orchard in Ohio my goodness that is the best cider I ever had in my life it's unpasteurized you're right there's no comparison I won't even buy it from the store anymore that's garbage thier apples are so much cheaper than in a store we go there every year we have a hunting cabin down in Guernsey very good apple cider from these people.

[@ruthiepooh86]

I heard that weddings are in October or November after harvest.

[@theamishpotato]

In our community they were from spring to fall.

[@TheIconicFisherman]

I'm not Amish but my family says I eat too much I actually consume so much food that its probably not good for me to be eating as much in one setting as I do LOL. I actually got to point where I ate so much red meat during each meal over the course of my life that my triglycerides are at 400. Which is actually pretty dangerous so I wouldn't generalize people by how much they eat honestly because even non-amish people can eat a lot as well it just depends on the individual person.

[@mhorto7261]

So am I safe to assume the corner of the barn the Bride decorates as her Eck is NOT the same corner the men have used in the past for their restroom?

[@theamishpotato]

Haha nope😂

[@beatricejanebelk2931]

At a Amish Wedding 💒 do they have a Wedding Cake for the Bride and the Groom 🎉

[@estellabanks1889]

How about a video on Amish funerals.

[@theamishpotato]

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[@mariannefairbairn1475]

You don't have any Amish Peanut Butter at the Weddings?

[@theamishpotato]

Nope. That is only available at church😋

[@pamfink4052]

Do the newlyweds visit family members homes in the first month or so after the wedding? I have read about that in some of the books I have read, but I don't know if it's a real thing, or if it is, is it something that's done only in certain communities.

[@theamishpotato]

I’m not sure. I don’t think that was a thing in our community.

[@matthewswan9819]

Do Amish get legal marriage licenses?

[@NotitiaRecolligo]

Thank you, very interesting. My SIL is ex-Amish.

[@tracyfisher3435]

I wonder if they go to pre marriage Counseling

[@theamishpotato]

They don’t. Not that I’ve ever heard of anyway….

[@redemptionfarm2980]

I am pretty sure they don't pick anymore. Not sure I haven't been to an Amish wedding at night in a while. I have to ask my niece

[@theamishpotato]

That’s good. I always hated that😂

[@louisedost8476]

Can Amish be masons?

[@theamishpotato]

I doubt that any are.

[@conniesalamy8486]

What is poor man’s steak?

[@theamishpotato]

It’s kind of like meat loaf but different

[@marypartak8306]

@@theamishpotato more like salisbury steak only better. Lynette Yoder has a great recipe for it on her channel

[@chrisdubois8980]

Hello

[@robmullin1128]

So what happens if an Amish youth comes out as gay or lesbian? Might be a good video topic as it becomes more and more accepted in society.

[@redemptionfarm2980]

It's not in the bible it's about the story of the women who lost 3 husband's. Then she waited 3 nights to have sex and that one lived. They called it the book of Moses. They preach it at all Amish weddings.

[@ewaldradavich7307]

Do the Amish make moonshine

[@theamishpotato]

None do that I’m aware of.

[@tracyfisher3435]

I'm glad my dad left the Amish when he Did cause I liked having a D.J. at our Reception