“Leap Day,” as Feb. 29 is known, will not be just a cold day in Hell – Michigan, that is – but a busy one for nondenominational Christian minister Ann Jarema, the Detroit Free Press reports. She was hired by ice cream shop owner John Colone to help provide free weddings and marriage vow renewals for couples on the day that only occurs once every four years.
“It’s a great way to shrug off convention, but we have people who are just as serious about the event as I,” said Jarema, who will perform more than two dozen ceremonies.
Colone, the owner of Screams Ice Cream & Halloween Store in Hell, couldn’t resist commenting on the Michigan weather. “It’s a cold day in Hell,” he said. “It’s time to get married.”
He built a small wedding chapel – with a steeple topped with a question mark – two years ago. The Livingston Community News posted a photo of him and the building on its Web site.
