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Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

no no! I meant that at every Pittsburgh wedding I've ever been too (and I've been to a *lot* as a photographer), everyone always bangs the drink glasses with the silverware to get the bride and groom to kiss, rather than ring bells. Pittsburgh's full of weird wedding traditions, such as the cookie table. Although I must confess that the cookie table is one of the things I'm looking forward to most at my own wedding.

No, our extended family (Chicago-Calumet region) has been known to chip china banging on them to get the bridal couple to kiss. At my wedding, I thought I was going to have to deny my one uncle silverware because he was teasing the heck out of me....I guess when I was little and he got married, I really really enjoyed that little tradition ! (Paybacks are double!)