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Re:NOT a 3 year old chimney sweep (2022) by prmoustache on Saturday May 10, 2025 @04:52AM (#43944195)
To these days, there are kids dressed at chimney sweep in a lot of weddings in many german speaking countries. I know one of my daughter did dress that way in a friend's wedding when I was living in Switzerland.

People think about the tradition of them bringing good omen and how cute they look, not gruesome children labor.

Re:NOT a 3 year old chimney sweep (2022) by OJFord on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:21PM (#43950453)
Haven't heard of children doing it, but similarly in the UK many working modern sweeps also do (paid) wedding appearances, kiss the bride for luck etc. Bit of a weird tradition! No idea how common it is, denominated by #weddings, not that, I'd guess.