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Croquembouche, and soup at four
A French wedding runs longer than its Anglophone equivalent and is built differently. There is no best man: the couple each have témoins, witnesses who sign the register, and speeches are fewer and less formal, often replaced by a slideshow or a sketch performed by friends. The cake is usually a pièce montée, a cone of caramel-glued choux buns rather than tiers. And the evening genuinely continues — dancing past two is standard, and at many weddings a soupe à l'oignon appears in the small hours for whoever is still standing.