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The Class Reunion party is a time-honored tradition that has been celebrated for generations. Yet the nature and character of this celebration has changed through the years.
Formal class reunion invitations from institutions such as Yale and Harvard date to the 17 and 1800s, reflecting a solemn ceremony that took place at the school. The elegantly worded invitations implored guests to be on time for festivities, and to—in lieu of their presence—write detailed letters relating the details of their postgraduate lives.
Through the years, these yearly get-togethers have become more casual in nature. Classmates meet at restaurants, country clubs and public parks for meals and conversation. Sometimes hosts will give out casual awards to classmates who have earned special distinctions for the Most Changed, Most Successful, Happiest Couple, etc. Guests will pour over yearbooks and laugh about old memories, sharing treasured anecdotes from their youth while relating the details of their current lives.
Also changed are the ways in which people record the details of their class reunions. While participants once wrote long, detailed narratives of their class reunion parties, classmates now can videotape and photograph these events as they happen for historical and sentimental purposes.
And while organizers of Class Reunion parties once had to make numerous phone calls and even post newspaper announcements to locate old classmates, they now can go online to find old friends at designated reunion websites.
While the particulars of Class Reunions change over time, their great meaning and sentimental spirit remain the same throughout the years. Plan the ultimate Class Reunion today!
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