Day-After-Prom Day

[Donuthole]

It was Day-After-Prom day in my ward today. This is one of my favorite Sundays of the year, because we get to learn so much about our youth (and sometimes about their parents). Why is this? Because they wear their prom attire to church. (Digression: I kind of remember hearing some kids discuss the idea of doing this when I was in high school. I also remember thinking it was ridiculous. Apparently, this "tradition" has really taken root since then. /Digression).

Today we had about a half dozen girls and a similar number of guys wearing their prom wear. Most of the girls were wearing modest frocks that screamed "I have taken my YW lessons very much to heart". Interestingly, two of them are still Miamaids, so evidently they pick and choose which lessons are important. A couple of the girls were wearing somewhat scandalous dresses but had clearly added a sweater to make them slightly more church appropriate. One girl was rocking a tiny little number complete with spaghetti straps and cleavage.

Most of the priests were wearing hideous three-button tuxedos with fluorescent vests and shiny plastic shoes.

Interestingly, the coolest kid in our ward (coolest IMO, anyway: star athlete, good student, humble) didn't wear his tux. Also, the YW with the most going for her (she's not quite the cutest, but she's going to Stanford on scholarship) didn't wear her prom dress.

Is Day-After-Prom Day celebrated elsewhere, or is this a local thing?

[Viking]

Never saw it once in tx

[old_gregg]

it was banished from my davis county ward.

[pelagius]

Is Day-After-Prom Day celebrated elsewhere, or is this a local thing?

I grew up in your town and they did this back in the 80s (at least in my home ward). Not everyone, but pretty common.

[hostile]

We had a single car rollover early this am in our neighborhood after prom Single driver, possible alcohol involvement. Fortunately nobody was injured.

[New Mexican Disaster]

They've done it in most wards I have been in.

[wuapinmon]

Hell, man. They paid for the fancy clothes, why not get some mileage out of them?

[Jeff Lebowski]

They do it in our ward. Anything that mixes up the typical Sunday church routine is a good thing.

[happyone]

They've been doing this since I was in HS in the mid '70s - Though in agreement with Cam - In my stake it has been discouraged

[grapevine]

I never went to Prom in High School. We were told we could not bless Sacrament in Tuxes overdress. I only wore a tux once in my life though too. Prom this year was conference weekend were I am at.

[KillerDog]

Our prom was on Friday. Saturday everyone would do something cool (go to the beach, go to Great Adventure etc.) in the early afternoon. I don't recall when I would take my tux back but I didn't wear it on Sunday.

[Moliere]

If I celebrated this back in the day I'd end up wearing a kilt to church. I'm not sure how that would have gone over at church.

[SteelBlue]

In my town everyone did it back in the day.

[RC Vikings]

My kid did it a couple of times and even though I thought it was a stupid idea I just kept my mouth shut and was grateful he was in church. Also after it costs me about 80 bucks for the tux rental I figured it was good to get more than a couple of hours of use out of it.

[Mrs. Funk]

I wore my dress the next day to church after prom and other school dances. Why not? It was fun to get to wear a special occasion dress again.

One of my classmates did, however, show up to church sporting a full out white tux with white patent leather shoes and spats. Oh, and he had a cane. It was a bit over the top, but whatevs.