mitzi,
like urself,I ever toy abt the ideas of having banquet on Xmas last year. However,upon consideration,I decided to go for another date nearer.
Hmm..unless you intend to have a smaller crowd for banquet(I had my solemnization the year b4 during xmas day but I invited only 30guests of immediate families & very close frienz,so turn up rate not an issue at all),otherwise,IMO, I feel that there are many constraints:
-traffic jam esp. hotels in orchard area in particular,guests will complain & dinner be late
-frienz going on leave esp. year end PH,ppl will go on long holiday since new year is just ard the corner too! Turn up ratio lesser then. Empty seats,worst when guests cannot RSVP earlier as maybe they are on airline waiting list or such..
-Hangover of guests due to partying the nite b4,then did not turn up
-some may want to spent their time with own families to celebrate hence turn down your invitation...
Well, these are my thots...