CONVIVIAL

January 17th, 2010

Convivial
\ken-‘viv-yel\ adj : relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company. *

There are many times in a person’s life when the environment is electrified with its happiness and convivial celebration of festivities; graduation, gathering with family for the holidays, winning a championship game, or just a simple get-together of one’s closest friends. The best situation, however that clearly illustrates the word “convivial,” is a wedding, an atmosphere that creates a genuinely happy and congratulatory mood, one that definitely incorporates “feasting, drinking and good company.”
Weddings are usually a joyous occasion (unless and every family has one, Uncle Bob drinks too much and starts groping one of the bridesmaids), where family and friends can get together to celebrate in a convivial atmosphere, the union of two people they love. Guests delight in the delicious appetizers during cocktail hour and the interesting selection of chicken or fish for their entrée, with a glass of either white or red wine to accompany the appropriate meal. Dessert is often the most anticipated part of the evening, the cutting of the cake symbolic of the partnership that has been solidified and representative of all the couple can overcome together, until the groom roughly shoves cake in his bride’s face.


*letter “e” is upside down producing sound of “uh”