A Wedding Anniversary Guide - History, Themes, Gifts & Etiquette Wedding anniversaries are an ideal opportunity for married couples to celebrate their love for each other and remember why they decided to marry in the first place. Historians have traced the origins of money and golden anniversaries to medieval Germanic Europe, where silver and gold garlands were presented by the woman's husband to celebrate 25 years 50 years of marriage, respectively.
Prior to 1937 only the first and most had birthdays materials associated with them. In 1937, the American National Retail Jewellery Association issued a more comprehensive list of documents representative of all the traditional wedding anniversaries for each year until age 15, then every five years after that until the 60th. This list was continually updated by various commercial companies in recent years and today celebrants can choose between the traditional list and the list of contemporary themes birthday (which offers other suggestions today as electrical appliances!)
Traditionally, gifts exchanged or given in the first years of marriage were practical household items to help the couple to start a new home together (an extension of the wedding).
Luxury gifts tend to be given in later years, when the couple has already acquired things they need. The more cynical mind can see the increase in value over time donation as an incentive to stay married!
The following section describes the major wedding anniversaries associated themes and provides suggestions useful gift.
1st Wedding Anniversary - Paper
Traditionally, the theme is paper which is supposed to symbolize the strength obtained from the fiber locking. The modern approach to this subject is a clock for reasons to do with timeless, eternal love. The precious metals / gemstones associated with the first wedding anniversary are gold jewelry, pearls or peridot. The associated color is gold or yellow and the flower in question is the orange blossom or thought.
Gift ideas include a photo album, commemorative newspaper, chart wedding day, personalized poem, share certificates, movie tickets for concerts, photo taken by a professional photographer, a magazine subscription preferred if you have a star name of a loved one or a clock.
2nd Wedding Anniversary - Cotton
Gifts are traditionally given to cotton because cotton has always been associated with prosperity and sustainability. The modern gift theme of China. This stone is relevant Garnet, and the associated color is red. If you give flowers, then the road to Cosmos (which means modesty).
Gift ideas related to the theme include a cotton bathrobe (custom), a towel or t-shirt, and for China about how a jewel box (custom), a cup or plate birthday.
3rd Wedding Anniversary - Leather
Traditionally leather gifts are given based on the durability of this material is similar to the survival of your marriage! The contemporary theme is crystal or glass (not so durable!)
If you give your partner then opt for jewelry pearl or jade. The theme of the color in question is white or green, and the flower is associated Fuchsia (which means taste).
Gift Ideas for the third wedding anniversary include leather wallet, handbag or briefcase, leather bound book, engraved vase, perfume bottle, wine or champagne glasses, engraved glass tokens or decanter can burning.
4th Anniversary - Fruit / Flowers
Traditionally fruit or flowers are used to symbolize a relationship in full development and successful. Less romantic modern, thoughtful practice, suggests giving electrical appliances!
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Posted on February 4, 2010.
