EastEnders' Max Branning could be facing the axe from Tanya Branning over the festive period.

The crafty car salesman - who is portrayed by Jake Wood - has been harbouring a huge mystery secret from his fiancée (Jo Joyner) and when the details are revealed moments before the couple are about to tie the knot over Christmas, it sends their big day into doubt.oscar dresses 2012

A show insider told the Daily Star newspaper: ''Tanya will get into her wedding dress but whether she makes it down the aisle is another matter altogether.''

Jake admits it will be a ''huge'' revelation when Max's mysterious secret is divulged, and some of the cast have only just found out what he has been up to.

He told the Radio Times magazine: ''For most of the year, only a handful of us have known about Max's secret. We have kept it quiet.

''When we came to film Christmas, the rest of the cast became privy to the news and jaws have been hitting the floor.corset and tulle wedding dresses If we're getting that reaction within the cast, it's going to be huge when it's revealed to the viewers.''

Max and Tanya's wedding was originally due to take place on Christmas Eve (24.12.12) but it is put back until Christmas Day (25.12.12), and Jake cannot wait to watch the action unfold.

He added: ''The wedding is postponed until Christmas Day. And that's when the drama will unfold. I will be sitting down with the rest of the country and watching on the edge of my seat.''

Thank you for the lovely story in today’s D-H (Dec. 10, 2012) about the wedding dress display during United Presbyterian Church’s participation in the annual Albany Christmas Parlour Tour. Ms. Moody and Mr. Skoubo captured the essence of the occasion in a wonderful way, and we appreciated their professionalism.

I feel somewhat embarrassed to have been so extensively quoted,www.onbridals.com when credit for all the hard work of organizing and mounting the display really goes to the indefatigable, unflappable and modest Carol Harrison, with the support of her husband, historian and centennial-year co-chair Glenn Harrison. I simply happened to be taking my turn as a docent when Ms. Moody was there.

Thanks so much for your coverage. I know that everyone at UPC really appreciates it.

In the more recent olden days, those planning to make full use of this "privilege" were expected to go around in red petticoats as a visible warning. And old postcards show crazy-eyed women falling over themselves to trap men in butterfly nets as they chant terrifying mantras like:

Leap year is come, oh joy, there's no escape my boy. Come off your perch [note to reader: man is hiding up in tree] and don't tarry; THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO MARRY.

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A happily married school friend's wife proposed three times before he said yes: "she knew it was right before I did," he said. "In fact, she asked me after a week - which surprisingly didn't scare me off."

And my favourite of all: "My friend did it with Polaroids and lipstick and her fiancé is the happiest man alive."