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Article: Online Wedding Registries Make Gift-Giving Limitless.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- May 28, 1999
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 28 -- The "I" in "I do" has new meaning these days. Traditional weddings are out; individuality is in.
The wedding itself is not the only thing changing. Thanks to the Internet, new online wedding registry services are helping brides and grooms get gifts that more closely reflect their lives than the typical engraved silver platter.
An estimated 2.4 million couples in the United States will march down the aisle in 1999, and more of them are infusing the time-honored celebration with their own personalities. Ethnic wedding rituals, big-budget reception bands and adventure travel honeymoons are replacing ...