The Stars and the Cookie Jar

I had a cousin who had set the date and hired a bunch of the vendors and so on, so a change was impossible by the time she (as the daughter of an aunt who had converted upon her first marriage, and was thus unaware of the Hebrew calendar) realized she'd placed her wedding on Yom Kippur. They'd thought they were doing right by the Jewish members of the family (i.e. everyone on the bride's side except her parents and her brothers) by putting the thing on a Sunday, and then, yeah, whoops.

I was out of the country, as it happened, but I think my parents and my brother may have been the only ones who attended. Which my aunt managed to be bitter about for the rest of her life, not that she shouldn't have expected it. Sigh.

How about a special meal Thursday night? It'll be a wonderful confluence of starting a new year, and celebrating the person you're spending it with.

Alternatively, you could take the idea that one's wedding is like a personal Yom Kippur, as far as wiping away your sins and starting fresh that day, and see Yom Kippur as in some ways relevant to your anniversary... I don't know- just an idea, coming from someone who isn't married, but I thought it was an idea worth throwing out there.

*hugs*

Happy anniversary, nonetheless.

Whoa! It totally is your anniversary. Awesome!

I've rarely celebrated a birthday or anniversary on the actual day, whereas obviously holy days fall when they must. Our 10th anniversary (observed) was like 2 weeks late because the kid was sick.