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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 4:48 pm
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Originally Posted by DanJ
I've always thought of the wake as that reception you go to after the funeral.

Its also quite common in the northeast for the family to have a lunch after the funeral service at a local restaurant - in the south, it tends to be at the family's church hall. The wake, in my experience, is the night before at the funeral home. aka viewing, visitation.
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