Wedding anniversaries: celebrating the right way

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Each year of married life has its own name, its own meaning, its own symbol. But only Silver and Gold weddings became widely known. But a wedding anniversary is a great reason to arrange a themed holiday for yourself, and for mom and dad, and even for grandparents. Conventionally, wedding anniversaries can be divided into several periods.

First five years married life … The names reflect the fragility and short-lived relationship of the newlyweds.

1 year - Calico wedding;

2 years - Paper wedding;

3 years - Leather wedding;

4 years - Linen wedding;

5 years - Wooden wedding, the result of the first marriage "five years".

Marital ties, at first as fragile as chintz and paper, over the years have become as reliable as wood. The fifth anniversary of living together should be celebrated closer to nature - a picnic or, at worst, a restaurant with plant motifs in the interior would be excellent options. The same guests are invited to the Wooden Wedding, which were at the wedding. An excellent gift will be a round wooden table, at which a large friendly family will gather.

No matter how you celebrate, do not forget about the main tradition - plant a tree. As a tree grows and reaches for the sun, your family will grow and become stronger.

Alexandra, "calico" wife:

Next 6 anniversaries of married life have "metallic" names that symbolize the marriage bonds that are growing stronger every year.

6, 5 years - Zinc wedding;

7 years - Copper wedding;

8 years - Tin Wedding;

9 years - Faience wedding;

10 years - Tin Wedding (aka Rose Day);

11th Anniversary - Steel Wedding;

12, 5 years old - Nickel wedding.

A witness and a witness are invited to the celebration of the Pewter Wedding as a sign that, despite the past 10 years, the oaths of love and fidelity are still in force.

As a rule, for this anniversary there are already children in the family, and it is not so easy to stay together. So spending time alone can be a great way to celebrate. Book a honeymoon room in a luxury hotel, cover your wedding bed with rose petals - feel like a newlywed.

After 12, 5 years of marriage, when love is like metal in strength and strength, value begins to be attached to other marital virtues, which is reflected in the names.

15th Anniversary - Glass Wedding;

18 years old - Turquoise wedding;

20 years - Porcelain wedding.

These anniversaries are celebrated in a close family circle, with the closest relatives. For example, for a Porcelain wedding, special attention is paid to a festive tea party, for which children prepare a treat. For the 20th anniversary of marriage, they give porcelain dishes - it is believed that only fragments remain from the services donated for the wedding.

If you want some kind of non-traditional holiday, then a trip to the porcelain factory, where you can order porcelain with your monograms, can be a good idea for celebrating a Porcelain wedding.

The next 25 years together have mostly "precious" names, which corresponds to the high price of a long and happy life together.

25th Anniversary - Silver Wedding;

30th Anniversary - Pearl Wedding;

35 years old - Coral wedding;

37, 5 years old - Aluminum;

40th Anniversary - Ruby Wedding;

45th Anniversary - Sapphire Wedding;

50th Anniversary - Golden Wedding.

If celebrating the Silver Wedding with its noisy crowd of guests and wedding feast seems a little to you, celebrate the Pearl Wedding together. By tradition, they celebrate it by the reservoir, and give pearls. So go on a honeymoon trip to the tropical islands, where you can repeat and consolidate your wedding vows - only the ocean and the wind will be witnesses.

Natalia Pavlovna, "silver" wife:

Tamara Ermolaevna, "golden" wife:

Further, wedding anniversaries are celebrated every 5 years.

55th Anniversary - Emerald Wedding;

60th Anniversary - Diamond Wedding;

65th Anniversary - Iron Wedding;

67, 5 years old - Stone wedding;

70 years - a blessed wedding;

75th Anniversary - Crown Wedding;

80th Anniversary - Oak Wedding;

100th Anniversary - Red Wedding.

If your grandparents have been together for over 50 years, this is a great reason to arrange a party for them. From the surviving wedding photos, you can ask the tailor to sew wedding dresses for the bride and groom. For guests, the dress code is the outfits strictly from the time of the youth of the "newlyweds" and the music of that period. As a gift, arrange an album with photos of the heroes of the day. The most valuable gift for such anniversaries is a large, friendly, loving family.