A wedding reception is just a party celebrating the wedding that has occurred.  They can be as fancy or simple as the bride and groom desire (or can afford).  I'm sure many people on CI will caution against spending a lot of money on a wedding reception, and that is probably good financial advice, but it's not as though it is somehow mandatory for traditional Catholics.

Certainly keep the immodesty and drunkenness out of your wedding reception that commonly occurs at moderns ones, but other than that, do what you and your spouse want!

What Peter15and1 said, there's no set form, apart from local traditions, so they don't have to be particularly different from the Novus Ordo ones. But obviously a trad will want to keep immodesty and immorality out of it.

As a side note, I've been told by Irish trads that it's traditional for the groom to pull the garter of the brides leg with his teeth, even in trad receptions (I'm not joking), but I think that's the sort of thing that can stay in Ireland, personally...

As a side note, I've been told by Irish trads that it's traditional for the groom to pull the garter of the brides leg with his teeth, even in trad receptions (I'm not joking), but I think that's the sort of thing that can stay in Ireland, personally...

I don't think that is just in Ireland. It's pretty popular in the US as far as I know.

OP, you can and will find immodesty and drunkenness at trad wedding receptions. Not all but you'd be mistaken to think it's at none. It depends on the bride and groom and the mood they set in their planning. It depends on the kind of music and dancing they choose. It depends on the guests and whether there is a free bar. Not all guests will be trad and even those who are aren't above being drunk and immodest. I have seen all kinds of trad wedding receptions. Some above reproach and others where the bride and all the bridesmaids shed their shawls and boleros the minute they exit the Church. Generally it doesn't get as bad as other weddings since a good majority will hold themselves to a certain standard but human nature is human nature. I wouldn't go to any reception expecting the guests to be perfect in every way.