{"id":218802,"date":"2017-12-26T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T21:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/family-recipes-a-hit-at-hannah-and-bens-military-christmas-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:22:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T01:22:19","slug":"family-recipes-a-hit-at-hannah-and-bens-military-christmas-wedding","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/family-recipes-a-hit-at-hannah-and-bens-military-christmas-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Family recipes a hit at Hannah and Ben&#8217;s military Christmas wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Granny Townsend\u2019s shortbread, Aunt Jean\u2019s mince pies and an uncle&#8217;s pickled onions \u2013 the wedding of Hannah and Benjamin was truly a Christmas feast!<\/p>\n<p>The couple, aged 29 and 24 respectively, married at military Christmas wedding in Hereford on December 17, 2016 with 104 guests. A ceremony at Hereford Town Hall was followed by a reception at MFA Bowl, both boasting a relaxed, \u201cno-fuss\u201d feel. \u201cWe wanted it to be a low-key and simple festive wedding as it was the week before Christmas,\u201d smiles Hannah. \u201cOur priorities were to have a relaxed feel to our wedding day and all of our guests said we has achieved this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/articles\/plan-simple-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple<\/a> touches including mistletoe, holly and fairy lights made the venue feel cosy and intimate, as did the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/WeddingCaterers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special food<\/a>! \u201cWe had Granny Townsend make her special shortbread and Aunt Jean make her mince pies and our uncle make pickled onions,\u201d says the bride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristmas is such a wonderful and special time of year which has been made even more special now that we got married then. Mistletoe and holly, mince pies and pickled onions, doesn\u2019t get more festive than that,\u201d recalls the bride.<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Honeydew Moments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeydewmoments.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Honeydew Moments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106105\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_001.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_001\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106027\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_005.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_005\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106068 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_004-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_004\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106067 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_003-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_003\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106029\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_007.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_007\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106030\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_008.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_008\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106032\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_010.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_010\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I had my seven girlfriends and two flowers girls who all wore grey or silver dresses,&#8221; says Hannah. Her page boy was dressed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/FormalWear\/LondonCity\/NextRetailLtd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next Retail Ltd<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106031\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_009.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_009\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106033\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_011.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_011\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106034\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_012.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_012\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106071 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_007-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_007\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106073 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_009-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_009\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106036\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_014.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_014\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106037\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_015.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_015\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106039\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_017.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_017\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106040\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_018.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_018\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106058\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_036.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_036\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/FormalWear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">groomsmen<\/a> got into the Christmas spirit, wearing\u00a0festive socks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106059\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_037.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_037\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106065 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_001\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106066 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_002\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106078 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_014-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_014\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106077 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_013-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_013\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106041\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_019.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_019\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106044\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_022.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_022\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106048\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_026.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_026\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106050\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_028.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_028\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106052\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_030.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_030\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A special Mr and Mrs touch for the bride and groom&#8217;s champagne classes!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106086 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_020-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_020\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106079 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_015-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_SBS_015\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106056\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_034.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_034\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106055\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_033.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_033\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106061\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_039.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_039\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106062\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_040.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_040\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106063\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_041.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_041\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106064\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_042-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah_Ben_Military-Christmas-Wedding_Honeydew-Moments_042\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We wouldn\u2019t change anything about our day. Just by looking at the photographs you can see how much fun had and how talented Natasha is,&#8221; Hannah\u00a0says of the day and their photographer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":218817,"parent":0,"template":"","uk_real_wedding_category":[9086],"uk_real_wedding_tag":[9171,9197,10007,10112,9374,9404,9467],"uk_real_wedding_style":[10474],"uk_real_wedding_location":[10548,10545],"uk_real_wedding_setting":[10488],"uk_real_wedding_colour":[10648,10637,10638],"uk_real_wedding_competition":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/218802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/218802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_category?post=218802"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_tag?post=218802"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_style?post=218802"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_location?post=218802"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_setting?post=218802"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_colour?post=218802"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_competition?post=218802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}