I am of course talking about the wedding invitations.  Invented by the rich in collaboration with calligraphy savvy monks in the 1600s, this way of communicating the day of all days is still going strong and speaking for myself, there is something special about sending a personal, physical letter. Now, society's rich and the men of God were not first with inventing the actual invite... that started a little earlier... about 200 years earlier and evolved from there. 1400s - the town crier announced the marriage. Most people could not read or write during this time, so you paid a vocally strong person to get out in the town and yell to people that you are getting married, and anyone who heard this was welcome to come.  In today´s society, this is inconvenient because: A - The person is screaming (a lot of things can be going on there) B - Anyone can come... Do we really want that? C - Who will hear him through the songs in peoples heads? 1600s  - Newspaper announcemen...