{"id":1218,"date":"2017-01-05T16:25:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhtboston.wpengine.com\/wedding\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2017-03-22T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:51:10","slug":"christmas-wedding-millennium-bostonian-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murrayhilltalent.com\/wedding\/christmas-wedding-millennium-bostonian-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Flipside Christmas wedding at Millennium Bostonian Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s always extra special to do a downtown Boston wedding around Christmas. All the lights on the trees and decorations downtown make things feel a bit more magical. In the case of a venue in the old section of Boston, of course, one anticipates part of the charm of that section of town being loading gear over cobblestoned streets. \u00a0It\u2019s just part of the deal when working in that area. However, one doesn\u2019t necessarily anticipate there being a charity Santa run ending right at the same time as load in! \u00a0As hundreds of Santas in various states of holiday cheer poured into the bars and pubs around Faneuil Hall, yelling such sophisticated musical encouragement as \u201cHey! Hey you, \u00a0guitar man, play us a song, c\u2019mon!\u201d, we made our Flipside way into the beautifully decorated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.millenniumhotels.com\/en\/boston\/the-bostonian-boston\/?gclid=CMLsoPizq9ECFU6BswoduSAIYg#weddings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Millennium Bostonian Hotel<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">After an acoustic guitar cocktail hour on the first floor (featuring a rousing acoustic version of the Pogues\u2019 \u201cFairytale Of New York&#8221;, all the guests made their way up to the 4th floor ballroom for dinner and dancing. Don and Kate, our bride and groom, chose an old sentimental favorite for their first dance; \u201cSay You Say Me\u201d by Lionel Richie, which they navigated with grace- including the part in the middle where ether whole songs speeds up! Following that, we were treated to one very sarcastic and humorous best man speech from Don\u2019s brother, Brendan. He had tears of laughter running down the red cheeks of his family by the time he finished! \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/murrayhilltalent.com\/wedding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-04-at-1.35.01-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" src=\"http:\/\/murrayhilltalent.com\/wedding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-04-at-1.35.01-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murrayhilltalent.com\/wedding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-04-at-1.35.01-PM.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/murrayhilltalent.com\/wedding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-04-at-1.35.01-PM-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/murrayhilltalent.com\/wedding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-04-at-1.35.01-PM-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Photos by \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/deborahzoephoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deborahzoephoto.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nWhile\u00a0doing the MC-ing, I quickly discovered \u00a0large contingent of guests who work at Vertex Pharmaceutical, a company who\u2019s holiday party we have played at many times. They were as excited to see Flipside as we were to see them and it didn\u2019t take very long at all for the dancing to kick off. It\u2019s always a bit easier to get things going when we have some \u201cringers\u2019 planted in the audience and it took about 15 minutes for a spontaneous \u201cLove Train\u201d to go snaking around the room, gathering new passengers the entire way.\u00a0The entire night was an absolute blast for the\u00a0band and guests alike and there were still a few slightly wrinkled Santas lingering outside as I loaded out at \u00a0the end of the night<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s always extra special to do a downtown Boston wedding around Christmas. 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