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...their first date - but the space they wanted in New Rochelle, N.Y., was double booked and the vendor offered them the 7th instead. "I was like, really?" says Singleton. "That's the most popular day! We feel blessed to have it." Singleton and Santiago will incorporate a few seven-related themes: she will have seven bridesmaids, he seven groomsmen; the reception starts at 7 p.m. Singleton's friends are planning a gambling bachelor party, transforming a hotel room into a casino night with black jack and roulette tables. "I don't think I'm supposed to really know about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Popular Wedding Day Ever | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...chief of The Knot. "Even more than the millennium." It certainly helps that the luckiest day of the century happens to fall on a Saturday, right after the Fourth of July. In fact, when Wal-Mart saw how popular the day was, it decided to host a contest where seven couples will win an all-expenses-paid wedding held in their closest Wal-Mart Super Center lawn and garden area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Popular Wedding Day Ever | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...Superstitious Americans (and apparently one French-born point guard with an NBA championship on the line) have gone to great lengths to secure the triple sevens as their wedding date, hoping the lucky numbers will make them lucky in love. (Parker, not Longoria, insisted on the lucky date, claims US Weekly.) "Everyone loves that day because seven is lucky and three times seven is really lucky," says Mindy Weiss, the Los Angeles wedding planner in charge of the Longoria-Parker wedding. Longoria sent out Save the Date notices highlighting 777 on the front, "but she's not taking the theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Popular Wedding Day Ever | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...Other couples are running wild with it. Brides-to-be are ordering everything from casino-style receptions to dice-motif napkins and triple- seven lottery tickets as party favors for guests. They're serving up seven- course meals and choosing seven kinds of flowers for their bouquets. One wedding planner reserved a hotel room with seven on the door and requested a limo with a 777 license plate. Get ready to see a lot of black, white and red wedding colors that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Popular Wedding Day Ever | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...Vegas gamblers, the sevens have an obvious appeal; not only is 7-7-7 the top slot machine jackpot, it also adds up to 21 in Black Jack. But the sevens have a lot of other significances as well. The simplicity is a big seller, especially for guys prone to memory lapses. In numerology, seven is filled with mysticism and is thought to be the most significant number. We have seven days in a week, seven notes on a musical scale and Seven Wonders of the World. The number carries religious symbolism too. God created the world in six days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Popular Wedding Day Ever | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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