Traditional Wedding Gifts
More than an event, a wedding is a tradition. From the very old times, when a man decided to create a family he had to follow certain “rules”, which are practically traditions from father to son. It’s true that the times have changed and now we kept only the traditions that are bringing happiness and, as some of us like to believe, luck.
Regarding the wedding gifting traditions, you must know that every wedding anniversary has a certain name and according to the name, you’ll be able to buy a certain gift. I’ll try to highlight as many of them as I can, in order to help you form an opinion about this.
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The first anniversary of the marriage is called the paper anniversary. They say that after only one year, the marriage has not passed through bad and good things yet in order to be able to know if it is going to last or not. So, being a paper anniversary, the tradition asks you to buy paper items. Depending on your budget you can buy books that you know can be motivational for the couple, board games, paintings or even some tickets to a great place. You will have to think at the needs and the tastes of the two lovers and decide which gift will be the most appropriate.
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The fifth year of marriage is called the wood anniversary. Why? Well, because the couple has acquired some experience, they are used one with the other and they now know themselves well enough. The gifts that can be bought for this occasion are some wood furniture, if you have enough money to buy this, a wooden clock, a bonsai tree (they say that Bonsais are good for the house because they bring luck) or even some wood items for the kitchen.
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The 10th anniversary is called the tin or aluminum wedding anniversary and now, it is considered that the couple is getting mature especially because at this point in time they already may have kids. You can buy for them aluminum items such as: tea and coffee tins, a jewelry box made of aluminum for the lady and some aluminum cufflinks for her husband, some games made of aluminum (if the man likes playing chess, this would be a good occasion to buy him a special chess game) and also maybe some home accessories made of tin.
The 25th anniversary is the silver one and it is one of the most important wedding anniversaries of all. You can buy for the couple silver items like: a silver clock, a silver photo frame in which you can put their favorite picture or even some silver accessories for the house.
45th Wedding Anniversary Decorations
The wedding is the most important moment in a couple’s life. It is when the two lovers become a single being and they want to share this in front of God and also in front of their family and friends. And, as we all know, this idea of marriage is to live together in peace and harmony until the death do us apart.
Sometimes this does not happen but there are also happy moments when the couple reaches the silver wedding and then they reach for the 50th one, which is considered to be the gold wedding, because of all the years they have spent together and all the experience they’ve gained. And honestly, when you see such couples you really get emotional, because they have the recipe of the true love and appreciation.
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The 45th wedding anniversary is also called the sapphire wedding, because of the importance of this period. As much as we are getting close to the gold wedding, every year has a different name, more and more important and valuable (ex. Sapphire, luxury, jewel and so on).
If you know someone who is celebrating this great moment, you can choose to buy some traditional gifts for them, such as a jewel with a sapphire stone or an object made of sapphire, if your budget allows you. But I guess that it would be a nicer thing to throw a party for the couple where you can invite all the friends and the loved persons.
In order to make a funnier party you can even decorate the place. You can choose to make a themed wedding party, so you will buy items according with it (for example, if you choose the country theme party, you can buy balloons with country quotes, you can offer the guests boots in order to make them feel like in the countryside and so on).
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But, my suggestion would be to opt for an elegant ambiance, buy flowers, decorate the tables with some candles, and also use noble materials such as the lace for the table cover or the chair cover.
If you organize the event at a restaurant or a ballroom, you can be more creative and ask the staff to use special red curtains, balloons with the 45 numbers and also you can ask them to use a red carpet at the entrance on which you can put some petals of the most favorite flowers of the bride. In this way you will make her party a real blast and they will wait for the next one to come to have as much fun as they had here.
So, be inventive and enjoy the party!
Cool 1st Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas
The wedding anniversary is waited every year by the couples and their family and friends, because this is one of the most beautiful celebrations, which bring great parties and marvelous gifts. When we discuss about the 1st wedding anniversary gifts, then we have to take in consideration the tradition, which says that the presents for this day have to be associated with objects which must be related with paper and clocks, with a beautiful gemstone which is Peridot, with the color yellow or gold and with a gentile flower which is Pansy.
If the gifts for the first wedding anniversary will follow these traditions, for sure will be “very cool”, I mean that will be very well received by the celebrated persons who will enjoy a lot for their presents.
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Now I will try to help the participants at such occasion with some examples of gifts which are appropriate and which will be much appreciated. You can gift the young couple with a scrapbook of the family’s life, which will have personalized covers with their names and photos and a lot of blank pages where the couple will add every year the wedding anniversary memories like their pictures, some lovely written words they want to tell each other or the family, and friends want to tell them at every wedding anniversary. Other “cool” 1st wedding anniversary gift is a nice painted wall paper with the family tree, updated with her and his names and where they will have to write all the names of the next members of their family. A gift which will be very well received by him can be a personalized watch pear of cuff links or select cuff links with beautiful peridot gemstone, for his shirts that he wear at the special occasions. Of course the gift that he has to offer to his lovely wife on the 1st wedding anniversary has to be a very “cool” object which must to remember that their love will be endless. Such a gift is a golden jewelry like neck lace, earrings, bracelet or brooch, personalized with some engraved words like “for my beloved wife” or “our first wedding anniversary”. If the gift for her is given together with a splendid flower basket of pansies patterned with golden ribbons, than you will touch her deeply in her heart.
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The list of cool and unique gifts for the 1st wedding anniversary can be endless. This depends on your imagination and feelings for your spouse or couple. All I want to say you is to have good luck for shopping and a very great party time.
30th Wedding Anniversary
The wedding anniversary represents the celebration of the couple’s birthday, so it is twice more important that somebody’s date of birth. The 30th wedding anniversary is the celebration of the marriage success, is the celebration of a human life, 30 years which have spent together by the couple, with good and bad things.
This anniversary is associated, in our tradition, with pearl and lily, that is why is named “the pearl wedding” and modern is related with diamond jewelry. When we discuss about the 30th wedding anniversary gifts, we have to take in consideration these traditional ideas and to math the gifts with them.
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Of course it is not necessary to gift only this kind of presents and, in fact, we can offer on this celebration any other gift that we know that will make her, him or the couple happy. I can tell you that every gift which has chosen from all of your heart, with little imagination and good taste, will touch the receiver in the same way. If you want that your 30th wedding anniversary gift to have a real success, when you choose it, you have to take in consideration the person’s or the couple’s hobbies, tastes, desires and needs. At the same time you have to consider the personality and the way of life and to relate your gift with these considerations. Always when we want to buy a gift for a 30th wedding anniversary, at the beginning we do not know which will be the most appropriate one and we try to find a unique present. This is not wrong, but we have to have in our mind the above advices and in this way all our questions will have the right answer. Now I will try to give you some examples of proper gifts which can be given on the 30th wedding anniversary. For sure you will impress your wife, till the tears, if you will choose for her a golden jewelry with pearls such as a splendid golden ring with white or pink pearl, select beads of pearls, a beautiful pendant of pearl, or a wonderful pear of earring with pearls. If your budget is enough, then you can offer her the same jewelries with diamonds, or you can choose some cheap jewelry, patterned with Swarovski crystals.
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The same beautiful and elegant gemstones associated with cuff links or a scarf pin can be offered to the lovely husband. A very much appreciated gift for this anniversary is a special flower gift basket of lilies, beautiful patterned with pearl ribbons and offered together with a bottle of good champagne.
12th Wedding Anniversary Gift For Man
The wedding anniversary is one of the most wanted celebrations because this represents the moment when you remember all the good things which happened in your marriage time. At all the wedding anniversaries parties you will find happiness, music, good food, drinks and gifts. In this case you have to think at gifts for the couple, for her or for him. A lot of wives want to know which is the most appropriate gift for their husband on the 12th wedding anniversary.
First of all I have to tell you that almost every wedding anniversary year is associated with a metal, a gemstone or other material. The 12th wedding anniversary tradition is to celebrate this day with silk or linen gifts. In this case one of the gifts which can be given to your lovely husband can be a silk handkerchief, in his favorite patterns and colors, which has to match with his suits, shirts and ties. You can give him 12 handkerchiefs, meaning the 12 years of your marriage. Other appropriate gifts for him are the luxurious intimates such silk shorts, bathrobes or pajamas which will be very appreciated by him. If your husband is fond of clothes gifts then you can offer him on the 12th wedding anniversary linen shirts or slacks, which are very good for the hot weather.
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Of course there are a lot of other ideas of silk or linen gifts and for sure you know better which are your husband’s tastes and desires. Now I can tell you that is not necessarily required to gift your spouse with silk or linen. In fact you can give him everything you know that will make him happy. So, you can choose something which is his hobby such as a set of fishing objects, if your husband is fond of fishing, some rare stamps for his collection, a select leather office set, a water and pressure resistant watch for his underwater diving in the ocean and many others.
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As you can see there are a lot of ideas of 12th wedding anniversary gifts for him, but the most important thing is to put all your heart in his gift, is to choose a gift with all your love and to offer it together with the most touching smile and the sweetest kiss. If you will listen my advices and you will act in this way, I can assure you that your husband will love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. I wish you to have a great party, many happy marriage years and Happy Anniversary.
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