Added: 01/22/2006 |
Throwing An Anniversary Party To RememberWith half of all marriages ending in divorce, it's a truly wonderful accomplishment to make it to your twenty-fifth or fiftieth wedding anniversary. These anniversaries are considered so special that many people have an anniversary party to celebrate them. If you're planning a silver or golden anniversary party, here are a few ideas of things to do to make your party one to remember forever.
One thing that a lot of couples like to do to celebrate their anniversary is to renew their vows. If you were married in a church, you can have your priest or minister come to your anniversary party and renew your vows in front of all your friends and family. Or you can recreate your wedding by renewing your vows in a church ceremony. By renewing your vows as part of your anniversary party, you are sharing your love for each other with all of your friends and family and you recommit to each other.
Another idea for your anniversary party is to create a video to share that shows your life as a couple. It can include video clips or still photos from your wedding, honeymoon, your first house together, your favorite vacations, the birth of your children and more - whatever it is that has made your relationship special. Then you can invite your guests to share stories about the two of you with the rest of the group. This is a fun way to reminisce about your life as a couple and share that magic with other people.
Whether you're planning on renting a hall or having your anniversary party at home, you can make decorating easy with these ideas. Since it is an anniversary party, having party favors is always fun - just like it is at a wedding. Some fun ideas for party favors include having your original wedding photo miniaturized, decoupaging the photo onto votive candles and then wrapping them in tulle. This gives your guests a special take-home gift that will remind them of you. If you're celebrating your twenty-fifth anniversary, use silver has one of your main colors in decorating your anniversary party, as the twenty-fifth anniversary is also called the silver anniversary. Likewise, if you're celebrating your fiftieth, golden anniversary, incorporate gold into your color scheme.
If you've been invited to an anniversary party, there are a lot of great anniversary gift ideas that you can take advantage of. Each anniversary has a certain type of gift associated with it. There's actually a list of traditional and modern gifts. For example, the traditional and modern gifts for the twenty-fifth anniversary are both gifts of silver. Ideas for this include silver serving sets, engraved silver frames or silver jewelry. For a thirtieth wedding anniversary, the traditional gift is pearl - which could be pearl encrusted serving sets or pearl jewelry. The modern gift for the thirtieth anniversary gift is diamond, so anything incorporating diamonds would be appropriate. Other non-traditional anniversary gift ideas include making a scrapbook of the couple's life together or sending them on a vacation to the same place where they took their original honeymoon.
Whether you're planning your own anniversary party or have just been invited to one, be prepared to reminisce and feel all the splendor of life-long love. Anniversary parties truly bring all the best parts of married life together for all to see.
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