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Schwoebel says Catering by Design’s
schedule is a healthy mix of bigger,
2019-style weddings and smaller, more
intimate COVID-era aff airs. Th e sales
coordinator believes this is not an
accident, either, as the smaller, more
intimate aff airs have benefi ts beyond
safety. Th ey are more intimate, as well as
less expensive and less stressful for the
bride and groom.

“Th ey saw it was a good thing,”
Schwoebel said. “’Let’s have a smaller
wedding. We don’t need hundreds of
people.’” Sometimes, less can be more, accord-
ing to the sales coordinator. At a
smaller aff air, the guests of honor can
just enjoy their guests. Th ey don’t have
to make sure that they see and talk to
everyone. Schwoebel compared the smaller
wedding to a dinner party which, for a
more introverted couple, may be better
than an epic blowout.

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“Th ey don’t want to be the center of
attention, and they just want to have a
little dinner party,” she said.

Plus, aft er two years of smaller, more
intimate celebrations, there’s a whole
online history of them for people to
reference. “Now brides can look at that infor-
mation,” Schwoebel said.

Rabbis say those weddings are as
beautiful as the ones involving the
whole village.

Rabbi Benjamin David of Adath
Emanu-El in Mount Laurel, New Jersey,
offi ciated at several micro-celebrations
during the pandemic and called them
“a joy.”
“Th ey spoke to love and family and
community in this really honest way,”
he said. “Th ey stripped away big bands
and big fl owers, big caterer. It stripped
all of that away to the essentials of the
bride, the groom, the fact that love will
not be denied.” JE
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