It was the mantra for the hundreds of civil celebrants who advertised their services on the internet. I have a genuine love of people and a warm, caring, helpful, loving, calm, relaxed disposition and my own sound system. Some specialised in Celtic hand-fasting rituals or love knots, others the pouring of sand or wine and the twirling of ribbons. Couples could order up themes of roses, butterflies, doves or hot-air balloons. And a ceremony for every possible religious or spiritual persuasion was likewise available, from Apache to pagan. Jo perused a website featuring a startling scene of a Cinderella carriage cantering across the screen to a door-chime version of Pachelbel’s Canon in D. Another had an illustration of what was supposed to be a dove towing a festoon of flowers but looked more like a cartoon chicken dragging a string of popcorn. The possibilities were endless. All tastes catered for. Especially for the happy couple with no taste whatsoever. Her favourite site belonged to one Kerrie Cranitch CMC, who announced in heavy black Gothic script on a noxious aqua background that she was expert in divorce ceremonies.
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