Wedding Anniversary Gifts

For every year together, husband and wife deserve a reward! Those who disagree will be redirected to the statistics service, where they will be reminded how many newly married spouses failed to walk hand in hand even before their first anniversary. And we invite everyone else to rejoice with us that strong families still exist, as there is a tradition to choose an original gift, from which the wedding date becomes even more joyful and happy.

Traditions: from chintz to platinum

When thinking about what gift to give for a wedding anniversary, the first thing we remember is the folklore names of anniversaries – this is the clue. If we take it quite literally, then you can give a frying pan for your sixth birthday, because the wedding is cast iron, a toilet bowl for your ninth birthday, make you happy with a porcelain set for your twentieth birthday and consider that the young people's life was a success. You will find a complete list of materials corresponding to the dates at the end of the article, but right now we will talk not so much about the rules as about the exceptions.

Firstly, in different countries, the materials giving the name to family celebrations do not always coincide. So, in the Netherlands, one year together is called a "calico wedding", as in our country, but in Germany and the USA the same wedding is called a "paper wedding". So, if you are preparing a surprise for foreign friends, do not be lazy to clarify the national traditions that exist in their Homeland.

Secondly, discrepancies are also found in the Russian interpretation, because not all dates are round, and you always want to make a gift with a special code. New versions of traditions are being composed almost daily, and come on, distinguish the traditions of the ancient deep from the new model that appeared after the third one yesterday.

There's a story with the same calico. Someone believes that the relationship of first-year spouses is the same as calico: it seems like a canvas, but it's too flimsy. And there are also less chaste hints that the wedding is actually not calico, but gauze, because the calico wears out a year before the state of gauze. In connection with this economic loss, it is necessary to give young people not some kind of handkerchiefs, shirts, but calico bed linen. Why??? Yes, because they are young, they love each other, and there is nothing to ask tactless questions.

According to wedding experts, the first 15 years of marriage are celebrated annually, and then families are satisfied with congratulations once every five years. Such generally accepted celebrations have the same names and traditions.

For example, it is customary to celebrate the fifth, that is, a wooden wedding in nature. For a further happy life, the young need to plant a tree together. Accordingly, they give everything made of wood: a painting in a wooden baguette, wooden caskets, wooden interior items, dishes.

On the 25th and 50th years of marriage – the silver and golden anniversaries – it is customary for spouses to exchange new wedding rings made of silver or gold, respectively. And they pass on their former rings by inheritance to their still single grandchildren, if any. With gifts, too, everything is clear. It's time to replenish the collection of family silver with new wine glasses. If you have imagination, you can dilute the precious metal with no less precious creativity. Here is a gilded set for the Prestige table setting. That you only see the skillful work of the Zlatoust masters? But no: here is a salt shaker, reminding of all the poods of salt eaten together, and a pepper shaker claiming that the relationship has not lost its sharpness and a spoon for two ... Take a closer look! Think! This is exactly how exclusive greetings are born, from which a beloved parent or beloved father-in-law will let out a stingy male tear, let alone their faithful anniversaries.

And more about the parents

The 50th wedding anniversary is already a serious height, which only a select few are prepared to take together. But this anniversary is not the last on the century-old wedding list. There is also an emerald, diamond and even a 100-year-old platinum wedding, which 2 Azerbaijani long-lived couples, the Agaevs and the Jafarovs, lived up to, which set the official world record for the longevity of marriage.

But it's not about records, it's about parents. After 70 years, there is no longer enough strength or health for lavish celebrations. And the possession of untold treasures at this age, it seems, is also unnecessary: an extra hassle with amendments to the will. But still, it's not good for children to forget about the wedding date of their father and mother. Let it be nameless and in well-known traditions nothing is said about it. In their old age, she is rounder than any round! Finding time to visit is a must-have gift, the rest are according to needs and capabilities. Fortunately, the latter are not so burdensome, because a good tonometer is much more relevant than branded watches.

Take courage, friend, be strong, friend!

You have to work with an absorbent vest, to which a childhood friend will cling someday, complaining about family troubles. You, from time to time, accompany a bosom friend on trips to nature, where he runs away from his wife, with whom the scythe is on the stone again. But you know better than anyone else: these darlings swear – they only amuse themselves, and although it can sometimes be difficult for them together, it's even worse apart.

Between you and me, that's what annual family anniversary celebrations are for in the first 10 years. They stimulate, encourage, inspire hope, and in every possible way strengthen the fragile bonds between two lovers, but not yet loving people. They will learn to love, in about twelve years. Where can they go from a submarine, where wedding witnesses, cheerful guests gather with enviable persistence and brazenly demand the continuation of the wedding banquet?

Are they not going to celebrate? That's the first gift idea. Friends take care of all the trouble of organizing the holiday. Young people are confronted with the fact at the last moment, like it's served, please raise glasses to your long happy life: "It's bitter!"

Maybe it's better with money?

If the young people moved independently to convene the guests, then in addition to the wishes: "Advice, yes love!", they will have to take something more material with them. Giving money is the way out, the family always needs it. But it is not always ethical to give money.

It is not recommended to make a monetary gift to a couple whose financial capabilities are obviously higher than your own. It is indecent to give money if the spouses are much older than you and it is doubly indecent when one of them is your immediate superior.

But since you really want crisp large-denomination pieces of paper to be found among the young, instead of the cherished envelope, give symbolic souvenirs promising prosperity such as the panel "Money Fish", a money tree made of amber.

It is impossible to divide

Psychologists have proven that the more expensive and indivisible things a couple has in common, the more seriously it treats the marriage bond. Giving family heirlooms is expensive, but promising. Just think, your gift will not disappear somewhere in a dusty scrap. The dust from it will be washed regularly, carefully and in a few hundred years, great-great-grandchildren!

To give such gifts is always on time, they exist outside of time and stories about the obligatory calico. Although, if you like, you can also choose according to the annual symbolism. A pedigree book is a great gift for a paper wedding, and if you hold it for a year, it will be ripe for a leather wedding: the binding is made of genuine leather. The artistic overlays on the cover are bronze, so it is also suitable for a bronze wedding.

A gift like a hymn of love

Giving something that celebrates tender feelings is the second most popular option for wedding gifts. The idea does not require binding to a certain anniversary, that's why they love it.

Hearts have been held in special esteem, and since ancient times. The symbolic heart borrowed its shape from the ivy. The climbing plant of the ancient Greeks was an integral attribute of Dionysus – the god of passion, not only of winemaking. The floral heart was endowed with gentle romanticism later, but initially it personified the exclusively carnal side of love. A heart-shaped gift can be anything from a small box to a designer lawn under the window.

Another popular favorite symbol is swans. The bird is famous for its monogamy, which is rare for representatives of the fauna, and for that it became the personification of faithful matrimony. Fruit vases in the form of a pair of delightfully graceful birds or a bucket in the shape of a swan - there are also many options.

This also includes author's sculptures that tell about love allegorically, like two intertwined hands. Or in plain text: the bride and groom are spinning in a whirlwind waltz. Cupid cupids with arrows and bows, pseudo-angels with the inscription "I LOVE YOU" entwined with flowers are also in demand. But there is an important caveat here!

Before giving such a nice-looking souvenir, specify the religious affiliation of the honored family. Atheists will accept the gift normally, but believers of all faiths do not welcome such interior decorations – although small, but the idol of a pagan god and this is serious!

An Orthodox couple will be more pleased with a sculptural image of the patrons of the marriage of Peter and Fevronia, or an iconographic face. By the way, contrary to superstition, which prescribes to give the patron saints of marriage, you can present any icon. This is not a talisman of a narrow focus, but an endless window into the mountain world. You can pray for family well-being with equal success in front of the Savior Not Made with Hands and in front of the image of the Mother of God "Joy to All who mourn."

For Muslims, shamail, a wall panel with a prayer appeal to Allah or a mosque, will become an expensive family gift.

As a universal solution, gifts for everyday life are welcome, especially paired ones. It can be something practical: two bathrobes in a single design, a pair of wall sconces. Or insanely luxurious: a duet of original wine glasses, an elite tea set for two people, a diptych painting.

Thank you, dear! Thank you, dear!

The leaders in touching sincerity, of course, are the presents that the heroes of the occasion themselves give to each other. They know the secret dreams and cherished aspirations! They approach the selection of a gift thoroughly, so that both about love, and for convenience, and just in case.

Take at least the table trellis "Magic Mirror", executed by the masters of Zlatoust. Unique, like love itself: you will not find a second one exactly the same, no matter how you look. Brass, jasper, cubic zirconia, precious luster, reminiscent without further ado: "You are my gold!" Built–in candlesticks - and what about romance on a day like this? Drawers and side boxes, allowing her to have her own little secrets. Don't you want secrets? Let the jewels you gave me lie there! And the engraving framing the round mirror will assure you every day and tirelessly that it has no competition and cannot be the most beautiful.

She, in turn, will also be able to hit the faithful in the very heart. With a dagger ? You can also use a dagger made of Damascus steel, if he is a collector of weapons. No crime! He will see the dagger on a tray, next to a cup of fragrant coffee served in bed and a freshly baked bun. How can the pulse not lose its rhythm?

Well, finally, the promised memo. Give gifts to your loved ones and loving spouses every year. Let the years go by, but love does not grow old!

Wedding anniversaries from 0 to 100 years

• 1 year - calico
• 2 years – paper
• 3 years old – leather
• 4 years old – linen
• 5 years old – wooden
• 6 years old – cast iron
• 7 years old – copper, woolen
• 8 years old – poppy, tin
• 9 years old – faience, chamomile
• 10 years old – tin
• 11 years old – steel
• 12 years old – nickel
• 13 years old – lace, lily of the valley
• 14 years old – agate
• 15 years old – crystal, glass
• 16 years old – topaz
• 17 years old – pink
• 18 years old – turquoise
• 19 years old – garnet
• 20 years old – porcelain
• 21 years old – opal
• 22 years old – bronze
• 23 years old – beryl
• 24 years old - satin
• 25 years old – silver
• 26 years old – jade
• 27 years old – mahogany
• 28 years – and again nickel
• 29 years old - velvet
• 30 years old – pearl
• 31 years old – dark - skinned
• 32 years old is not particularly named, but who really wants to be called copper, like a seven–year-old
• 33 years old – stone and strawberry
• 34 years old – amber
• 35 years old – coral
• 40 years old – ruby
• 41 years old – earthen
• 42 years old – mother of pearl
• 43 years old – flannel
• 44 years old – topaz
• 45 years old – sapphire
• 46 years old – lavender
• 47 years old – cashmere
• 48 years old – amethyst
• 49 years old – cedar
• 50 years is golden
• 55 years old – emerald
• 60 years old – diamond
• 65 years old – Iron
• 70 years old – Blessed
• 75 years old – The Crown
• 80 years old – Oak
• 90 years old – Granite
• 100 years – Platinum