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| name = ''Samantha Saves the Wedding''<br />
| image = SamanthaSavestheWedding.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 300px<br />
| caption = The cover of ''Samantha Saves the Wedding''.<br />
| 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><br />
| author = [[Valerie Tripp]]<br />
| illustrator = [[Dan Andreasen]]<br>[[Susan McAliley]] (vignettes) <br />
| isbn = 1584850353<br />
| setting = March<ref>Samantha's [[American Girl Teacher's Guides|Teacher's Guide]] specifies March.</ref> 1905; New York City, New York<br />
| related = [[List of Samantha's Books|Samantha's Series]]<br />
| related2 = Between the events of ''[[Samantha's Surprise]]'' and ''[[Happy Birthday, Samantha!]]''<br />
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'''''Samantha Saves the Wedding''''' is part of the [[Short Stories]] collection, focusing on [[Samantha Parkington]].<br />
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==Characters==<br />
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* [[Samantha Parkington]]<br />
* [[Gardner Edwards]]<br />
* [[Cornelia Edwards]]<br />
* [[Mary Edwards]]<br />
* [[Elsa]]<br />
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=== Introduced===<br />
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* [[Agnes and Agatha Pitt]]<ref>While they are introduced in the series in ''[[Happy Birthday, Samantha!]]'' this is their first chronological appearance.</ref><br />
* [[Minor Characters in Samantha's Series (N-Z)#Mrs. Pitt|Mrs. Pitt]]<br />
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=== Only in ''Samantha Saves the Wedding''===<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Samantha's Series (N-Z)#Alice Pitt|Alice Pitt]]<br />
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==Story Summary==<br />
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===Meet The Author===<br />
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===Looking Back: Weddings in 1904===<br />
Discusses weddings in turn of the century America. Topics covered:<br />
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* Different events where young ladies and gentlemen would meet for the first time<br />
* Typical courtship activities of the time, such as playing games, bike riding, or visiting amusement parks<br />
* How a gentleman would propose to a lady for marriage<br />
* 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<br />
* Gifts exchanged between the betrothed couple and communications in the mail<br />
* The details that went into the wedding planning, from the date, month, and down to the hour<br />
* The popularity of June weddings<br />
* Society weddings of the time, such as the wedding of [[Wikipedia:Consuelo Vanderbilt|Consuelo Vanderbilt]] and [[Wikipedia:Charles Spencer-Churchill|Charles Spencer-Churchill]]<br />
* Typical fabrics and detailing of the wedding dress<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Alice Roosevelt Longworth|Alice Roosevelt]]'s influence on society weddings and ladies' magazine when she married [[Wikipedia:Nicholas Longworth|Nicholas Longworth]]<br />
* The use of different flowers to convey their significance, or [http://www.languageofflowers.com/ floriography], in wedding bouquets<br />
* The bridesmaid's involvement in the bridal party<br />
* Hidden charms baked inside the bridesmaids' cake that would foretell future events for the bridesmaids<br />
* Common church and home wedding decorations of the time<br />
* 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<br />
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===Activity: Make a Tussie-Mussie===<br />
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Instructions on how to make a [[Wikipedia:Nosegay|tussie-mussie]], a bridesmaid bouquet.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[File:SSTW_comparison.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Comparison of the original and recolored illustrations.]]<br />
* 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. <br />
* 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. <br />
* The title is given a reference in the book ''[[Raquel Reyes Saves the Wedding]]'', which is focused on the descendant of Samantha, [[Raquel Reyes]]. <br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Samantha Parkington]]<br />
[[Category:Samantha's Collection]]<br />
[[Category:Short Stories]]<br />
[[Category:Books]]<br />
[[Category:Historical Books]]<br />
[[Category:Items Released in 2000]]<br />
[[Category:Retired Books]]<br />
[[Category:Magazine Short Stories]]<br />
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