Personally I would not know where to rent a llama, nor where to get it fitted for a tuxedo, but this guy figured it all out. And they are fum Jews as well, making the story even cooler.
According to the article:
Five years, ago, Mendl Weinstock made a promise to his sister, Riva.So cool
"My sister was talking about her wedding as if it were tomorrow when she wasn't even dating anyone at the time," he told Insider. "Just to make her mad and get a reaction, I told her if she makes me come to the wedding, I am bringing a llama with me. After a few minutes of arguing, she tried to use reverse psychology on me and said, 'OK, the llama is invited to the wedding.'"
In true little-brother fashion, Mendl made sure she never forgot about the invitation.
"He has been torturing me with this, in good fun, and has been reminding me of this probably twice a week for the last five years," Riva said. "I have tried striking so many deals, I have tried doing literally everything possible to make sure it didn't happen, and lo and behold, there was a llama at my wedding."
When Riva got engaged in October, Mendl put his plan into action.
"When he sets his mind to something, he makes it happen," she said. "Literally, I called him to tell him I was engaged, and his response was, 'Great, I'm calling the llama farm now.' Probably not even an hour later, I got a text that said his llama rental was confirmed."
Indeed, when Riva got married in Cleveland on Sunday, Shocky the llama joined the festivities. Mendl even commissioned a custom llama-sized tuxedo for the big day.Since Riva knew to expect the gag, she bargained with her brother to make it as unobtrusive as possible.
"I promised him that I would take one picture," she said. "I said, 'I will not stand next to the llama, I will not touch the llama, but I will take one picture.' My friends can attest that I went outside, I took exactly one picture, and then I went right back inside and was not having any more of it."
Presumably the theme song of the wedding was Avraham Fried's Llama Llama Llama..
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