fast food wedding

I stumbled across this article recently, and I found it to be particularly interesting. A couple in Hong Kong held their engagement party at McDonalds, which had launched a "McWedding" menu earlier this year.This article goes into more depth about McWeddings.

Weddings have traditionally been a sacred event. Whether the ceremony be held at a church, synagogue, or other places of worship, it is an exchange of vows which legally and (hopefully) spiritually bounds you to another for life. I think this is quite funny but it makes a whole lot of sense. Weddings are to be taken seriously, and it's rather humourous to see such sacred events taking place at a location where people can dine for a buck or two. This just goes to show us how embedded fast food has become in our society and culture.

The groom-to-be in the first article stated that, "It is hard to find a place where the grown-ups and the kids can all feel at ease. If we held the party at a hotel or a regular restaurant, it wouldn't have the same effect."

It's an interesting take on the situation. Weddings are a thing to be celebrated by those of all ages, and maybe McDonalds really is a legitamate location for such an occasion.

Perhaps in within the next few decades, given that the influence of McDonalds and other fast food joints spread even more, the McWedding menu will spread to North America.