A Georgia man whose fiancee’s wedding planning woes began to overwhelm her set out to put a stop to that in surprising fashion. She never saw it coming.
Brian Green and Christina McGinnis, who have been engaged since 2013 and have a 2-year-old daughter together, wanted to get married to each other.
What they didn’t want was to invest all the time, effort and money it often takes to plan a wedding reception, a task that soon felt daunting to Christina.
"We sat down 5-6 times and every time we would get a little bit farther and then she would freak out," Green said, and thus, he hatched his grand plan:
Orchestrating a surprise wedding so she wouldn’t have to lift a finger!
One that also involved a flash mob at the outdoor Mall of Georgia!
On December 14, McGinnis was told to wear her wedding gown there to help with a "church photo shoot," which was actually a ruse set up by her fiance.
How else do you get a bride ready for a surprise ceremony, right?
Posing in front of a large Christmas tree, the unsuspecting bride was greeted by her dad, who then revealed that she was getting married that day.
McGinnis’ reaction was nothing short of priceless, and overwhelming – in a much different way than wedding planning. Christina was moved to tears.
"She was shocked, and thrilled," her new brother-in-law Chris Green said. "She had been hinting about getting married because she was already in her gown."
"So we knew she would be [overwhelmed] and thrilled!"
Friends, family and even a few shoppers soon joined in on the love-filled celebration, which has been watched more than a million times on YouTube.
Make it a million and one above.