Being Creative With Your Funeral Themes And Celebrate Life
Written by Tom Tree   
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 07:27
When someone dies, we have a choice. We can either mourn their passing or celebrate their life. There are more and more people who are moving toward the celebration of life. This call for something a little different and you need to be creative with your funeral ideas.
by TomTree


When someone dies, we have a choice. We can either mourn their passing or celebrate their life. There are more and more people who are moving toward the celebration of life. This call for something a little different and you need to be creative with your funeral ideas.

Rather than just have a casket and flowers, why not enjoy the funeral and do it up the way the person would have wanted. Those who are still alive can make things easier on loved ones by designing their own funeral and adding it to their will so everything will be clear.

Start by planning the memorial. Are you going to use a plain casket? These days you have a wide range of caskets to choose from, including creative ones that are often customized built in the shape of something that the person loved. For example, a musician might be buried in a box that looks like a keyboard or a guitar and a baker could be buried in a slice of pie. There are so many options.

It is often possible to display the body, though this is traditionally done in the casket. While it's possible to do this, why not add a little interest? You can find funeral homes where the body can be displayed as it would be in life. This includes places in Mexico where the dead have been seated on motorbikes for their own funeral, or stood in a corner.

The music that is selected should also reflect the deceased one's preferences. You can choose donations instead of flowers and food doesn't have to be the usual cucumber and cheese sandwiches. Look at serving something more appropriate, like hamburgers or cake. Children could have cake and a favorite ice cream at their funeral, for example.

At the final goodbye, be creative with your funeral ideas. Life is best enjoyed and it is often shorter than we'd hoped.

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