Wedding anniversary

Added: 01/13/2006

Ever since the emergence of man on the face of this earth, he has always enjoyed the company of a female partner. Whether this was due to her elegance, character, personality or intelligence, in one way or another, from the moment man came into existence, he has been fond of women. To express his love and passion for her, he has adopted marriage as a way to reinforce their relationships and connection with her. The trend of celebrating this togetherness has continued since then.

Every year a couple has spent together as a husband and a wife has its own wedding anniversary name, wedding anniversary gifts and way of celebration. Generally wedding anniversary is shared quietly between couples in a private setting. Wedding anniversary marking a major milestone, like the 25th or 50th anniversary, is commonly celebrated with close friends, family and often includes a special ceremony, such as the reenactment of the marriage or the renewal of wedding vows.

The first wedding anniversary is the paper one. The couple has managed to survive during the first year of their marriage! It is frequently celebrated with the couple eating a piece of their original wedding cake. The origin of this tiered wedding cake lies in Anglo-Saxon times. Generally this piece is frozen after the reception and saved for this occasion. Any piece will do, but usually the top tier is saved. There are some other traditions to celebrate the rest of wedding anniversaries, and it is up to the wife and the husband which to choose.

There are traditional types of wedding anniversary gifts for certain anniversaries. The wedding anniversary gift is supposed to be made of the material, which lies in the name of the wedding anniversary. People can explain the traditional wedding anniversary names only associatively, as their history goes deep into the years.

In the following list you will find the names of wedding anniversaries according to traditional and modern trend of comprehension. Gifting some items is a modern trend, which is followed by young and middle-aged people. Some of these things were considered to be a bad token and were not recommended as wedding anniversary gifts (e.g. clock items), but time is changing

1st - paper; plastics/clock
2nd - cotton; cotton/calico
3rd - leather; leather
4th - fruit/flowers; linen/silk/nylon
5th - wood; wood
6th - candy/iron; candy
7th - copper/wool; copper/wool/brass
8th - bronze/pottery; bronze/appliances
9th - pottery/willow; pottery
10th- tin/aluminium; tin
11th- steel; steel
12th- silk/linen; silk/linen
13th -lace; lace
14th- ivory; ivory
15th- crystal; glass
20th -china; china
25th- silver; silver
30th- pearl; pearl
35th- coral; coral/jade
40th- ruby; ruby/garnet
45th- sapphier; sapphier
50th- gold; gold
55th- emerald; emerald/torquoise
60th- diamond; gold
70th- platinum; diamond/gold

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