honeymoon
Sign in to savethumb|Newlyweds leaving for their honeymoon boarding a Trans-Canada Air Lines plane, Montreal, 1946A honeymoon is a vacation taken by newlyweds after their wedding to celebrate their marriage. Today, honeymoons are often celebrated in destinations considered exotic or romantic. In a similar context, it may also refer to the phase in a couple's relationship—whether they are in matrimony or not—that exists before getting used to everyday life together.
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A honeymoon is a vacation that newlyweds take after their wedding to celebrate their marriage, often at exotic or romantic destinations. The term can also describe the early phase of any couple's relationship before they settle into everyday life together.
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thumb|Newlyweds leaving for their honeymoon boarding a Trans-Canada Air Lines plane, Montreal, 1946A honeymoon is a vacation taken by newlyweds after their wedding to celebrate their marriage. Today, honeymoons are often celebrated in destinations considered exotic or romantic. In a similar context, it may also refer to the phase in a couple's relationship—whether they are in matrimony or not—that exists before getting used to everyday life together.
==History== thumb|Bridal Journey in Hardanger by Adolph Tidemand and [[Hans Gude, a romanticized view of the customs of 19th-century Norwegian society]] The custom in Western culture and some westernized countries' cultures of a newlywed couple going on a holiday together originated in early-19th-century Britain. Upper-class couples would take a "bridal tour", sometimes accompanied by friends or family, to visit relatives who had not been able to attend the wedding. The practice soon spread to the European continent and was known in France as a ('English-style voyage'), from the 1820s onwards.