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{{infobox book
| name        = ''Samantha Saves the Wedding''
| image       = SamanthaSavestheWedding.jpg
| imagewidth  = 300px
| caption     = The cover of ''Samantha Saves the Wedding''.
| published   = 2000. Originally Published in ''[[American Girl Magazine]]'', Jan/Feb 1993, under the title ''A Most Exceptional Bridesmaid.''<ref>It was reprinted again in the Nov/Dec 1996 issue, again under "A Most Exceptional Bridesmaid."</ref>
| author      = [[Valerie Tripp]]
| illustrator = [[Dan Andreasen]]<br>[[Susan McAliley]] (vignettes) 
| isbn        = 1584850353
| setting     = March<ref>Samantha's [[American Girl Teacher's Guides|Teacher's Guide]] specifies March.</ref> 1905; New York City, New York
| related     = [[List of Samantha's Books|Samantha's Series]]
| related2    = Between the events of ''[[Samantha's Surprise]]'' and ''[[Happy Birthday, Samantha!]]''
}}
'''''Samantha Saves the Wedding''''' is part of the [[Short Stories]] collection, focusing on [[Samantha Parkington]].

==Characters==

* [[Samantha Parkington]]
* [[Gardner Edwards]]
* [[Cornelia Edwards]]
* [[Mary Edwards]]
* [[Elsa]]

=== Introduced===

* [[Agnes and Agatha Pitt]]<ref>While they are introduced in the series in ''[[Happy Birthday, Samantha!]]'' this is their first chronological appearance.</ref>
* [[Minor Characters in Samantha's Series (N-Z)#Mrs. Pitt|Mrs. Pitt]]

=== Only in ''Samantha Saves the Wedding''===
* [[Minor Characters in Samantha's Series (N-Z)#Alice Pitt|Alice Pitt]]

==Story Summary==

===Meet The Author===

===Looking Back: Weddings in 1904===
Discusses weddings in turn of the century America. Topics covered:

* Different events where young ladies and gentlemen would meet for the first time
* Typical courtship activities of the time, such as playing games, bike riding, or visiting amusement parks
* How a gentleman would propose to a lady for marriage
* The placement of the engagement ring on the fiancée's left hand due to the belief a [[Wikipedia:Vena amoris|vein]] in the ring finger, the ''vena amoris'', ran directly to the heart
* Gifts exchanged between the betrothed couple and communications in the mail
* The details that went into the wedding planning, from the date, month, and down to the hour
* The popularity of June weddings
* Society weddings of the time, such as the wedding of [[Wikipedia:Consuelo Vanderbilt|Consuelo Vanderbilt]] and [[Wikipedia:Charles Spencer-Churchill|Charles Spencer-Churchill]]
* Typical fabrics and detailing of the wedding dress
* [[Wikipedia:Alice Roosevelt Longworth|Alice Roosevelt]]'s influence on society weddings and ladies' magazine when she married [[Wikipedia:Nicholas Longworth|Nicholas Longworth]]
* The use of different flowers to convey their significance, or [http://www.languageofflowers.com/ floriography], in wedding bouquets
* The bridesmaid's involvement in the bridal party
* Hidden charms baked inside the bridesmaids' cake that would foretell future events for the bridesmaids
* Common church and home wedding decorations of the time
* The [http://www.weddings.co.uk/info/tradsupe.htm#shoes tossing of shoes] at the carriage following the ceremony by the wedding party to ensure good luck for the newlyweds

===Activity: Make a Tussie-Mussie===

Instructions on how to make a [[Wikipedia:Nosegay|tussie-mussie]], a bridesmaid bouquet.

==Trivia==
[[File:SSTW_comparison.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Comparison of the original and recolored illustrations.]]
* The illustrations of the bridesmaid dresses were pink in the short story's original publication (both the magazine and the stand-alone volume). Following the release of ''[[Samantha: An American Girl Holiday]]'', the bridesmaids dresses were recolored lavender to resemble [[Samantha's Bridesmaid Dress]] and the flowers to pink from lavender when the story was republished in [[Samantha's Short Story Collection]]; the image was also edited for the previously published ''[[Samantha's Wedding Memories]]'', but this book was a scrapbook and not a reprint of the story. 
* The full text is integrated into Samantha's abridged volume, ''[[Samantha: The Gift]]'' (replacing ''[[Samantha's Surprise]]''); this moves the wedding chronologically to November in that volume only. 
* The title is given a reference in the book ''[[Raquel Reyes Saves the Wedding]]'', which is focused on the descendant of Samantha, [[Raquel Reyes]]. 

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==References==
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[[Category:Samantha Parkington]]
[[Category:Samantha's Collection]]
[[Category:Short Stories]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Historical Books]]
[[Category:Items Released in 2000]]
[[Category:Retired Books]]
[[Category:Magazine Short Stories]]

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