So…what is a Celebrant?

(Spoiler: we’re the people making you laugh, cry, and say “That was SO them.”)

Before the training, during the training, after the training, whenever anyone asks me what I’m up to I explain ‘Oh, I’m going to be a Celebrant!’ and I usually get a very polite-but-confused look.

“Sorry… a what?”

So let’s clear this up once and for all: what IS a celebrant?