Sarah & Tom in Chestnut Hill, MA

Sarah was home from Los Angeles for Thanksgiving weekend when she met Tom in Boston. He asked for her number, and although she thought it seemed pointless, given that she lived 3,000 miles away, she gave it to him anyway. After six months of cross-country dating, Sarah moved back to Boston. The Bride Sarah Hall, 29, assistant news editor The Groom Thomas (Tom) Weigel, 37, psychiatrist The Date September 23 A little more than two years later, the couple was with Sarah’s family in Florida for Christmas. They rode bikes to the beach around sunset one night, where Tom suddenly produced a blanket, an iPod and speakers, and a bottle of champagne. They were swaying to the sounds of Marvin Gaye when Tom proposed.