No matter how people celebrate their wedding anniversary. The main thing that they remember about these wonderful dates. In the article I will describe wedding anniversaries, their names by years and gifts. So you will find another reason to express love to each other.
The wedding day was left behind. This does not bring joy, but there are no reasons for the disorder either. Ahead of you are waiting for wonderful holidays - wedding anniversaries. Some celebrate them with their family, others seek to organize a great celebration and invite friends.
It is difficult to find a happy married couple who does not celebrate their wedding anniversary. Each such date is distinguished by traditions and principles. This applies to cases when the wedding anniversary is celebrated in the circle of guests.
0 years - green wedding
A green wedding is celebrated every month throughout the first year. There are couples who exchange greetings every week. The green wedding is the starting point of anniversaries.
Myrtle wreath - a symbol of the green wedding anniversary. It symbolizes life and youth. The newly-minted family has a long way to go in which they will share sadness and joy.
Green color symbolizes inexperience and youth of spouses. A green wedding is the beginning of family life. Bearing the hardships of life, a married couple is moving towards mutual understanding. This is the only way to create a strong family in which respect and love reign.
Traditions for 0 years
- Parents of the bride must plant a beautiful myrtle tree on her birthday, and present it to the groom on the day of the wedding. This tradition is already a thing of the past. But, her echoes are sometimes found at wedding ceremonies.
- According to ancient European traditions, the myrtle tree is an integral attribute of a wedding. During the wedding ceremony, a myrtle wreath should be present on the bride’s head. Nowadays in Europe they manage myrtle bouquets.
- Since the wedding is green, symbols of the corresponding color should be used in the design of the event. The premises and cars that are used as part of the celebration are decorated with herbs, flowers and other greens.
Congratulations and gifts for 0 years
On this date, the young couple is congratulated on their first anniversary, the starting point of family life. They say warm and affectionate words, wish all the best.
To the green wedding accepted to give flowers in polka dots, indoor plants, ornamental trees. Such a gift will grow and develop with the family.
Green Wedding is a wonderful date that should not be ignored. The anniversary symbolizes the beginning of family life.
5 years - a wooden wedding
The fifth wedding anniversary is called a wooden wedding for a reason. A tree is a symbol of fertility, flowering and life. By this anniversary, a child should appear in the family.
The fifth wedding anniversary is a serious celebration. Spouses should have time to strengthen relations, raise an heir and build housing for a wooden wedding.
Tree - heats the house, supports the fire of understanding, strengthens love. It is not surprising that in every house there are wood products. Any such creation is pleasing to the eye and reminds of warmth. hearth.
Tradition for 5 years
- According to Slavic custom, on the day of the wooden wedding, the couple is obliged to plant a fruit tree. While the children are growing up, the tree will begin to bear fruit. When grandchildren appear, it will feed all the members of the family with sweet fruits.
- Tie a planted tree with a red ribbon. This tape will hold the protective aura that the seedling will create around the family. You can remove it only during the celebration of the next anniversary.
Congratulations and gifts for 5 years
Married couple happy anniversary. Wishes can be expressed in words. If eloquence is poor, resort to prose or poetry.
Guests give the couple a pair of natural wood items. These are small furniture, wooden dishes, caskets, jewelry, frames for family photos. Each wooden gift given to the spouses testifies to the wishes of a strong, long, lasting and happy life.
Spouses also exchange gifts from wood: dishes, picture frames, souvenirs, key chains. Any such little thing symbolizes fidelity and love.
Wooden wedding is an amazing anniversary. By this time, the couple manage to live together for as long as 5 years. The next five-year plan will run as imperceptibly as the first one, and the couple will prepare for the celebration of the tin wedding.
10 years - tin wedding
Many believe that the main symbol of a tin wedding is tin. This is true, but pink is considered an additional symbolism.
Why did tin become the symbol of the tenth anniversary? Tin is a soft metal that can be easily processed. It is used for soldering, with its help fasten parts.
By the tenth anniversary, family relationships are becoming very strong. At this point, stability in the family reached its peak, and the spouses, who were once newlyweds, created a full-fledged family.
No less traditional for the tenth anniversary and pink. He is associated with devotion, passion and strong love. Married couples who have crossed the tin line rarely get divorced.
Traditions for 10 years
By tradition, the tenth wedding anniversary is celebrated. It doesn’t matter if there is a noisy company or dinner together. An ideal option is a honeymoon, which includes a trip abroad, a romantic date in a restaurant or a rest on the sea.
Spouses acquire tin rings, with expensive words engraved on them. If you want to take a walk for fame, invite colleagues and friends and sent by a large company to a restaurant.
On this date, adhere to the pink theme. For example, a pink dress, pink tablecloths, dishes decorated with a sauce of this color. They even drink pink wine.
Gifts for 10 years
The husband gives his wife a gorgeous bouquet of 10 red and 1 white rose. Red flowers symbolize love, and a single white rose is a symbol of hope for a happy life in the next decade.
Great option for the 10th anniversary of pewter gifts. Guests give dishes, paintings, figurines, home textiles, household appliances: teapots, microwaves, mixers.
Leave the anniversary without attention. I appeal to men who plan to surprise his wife on this day.
After the celebration, the wife, exhausted by the preparation, will go to the bedroom. Try to make her stay in this room as comfortable as possible. To do this, prepare the bed, covering it with rose petals. It looks beautiful and romantic.
25 years - a silver wedding
Silver wedding is the date when a couple celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. We'll see why a silver wedding has such a name.
Silver is a durable noble metal. It is not difficult to draw an analogy with family life. In a family that lived together for a quarter of a century, there is mutual understanding. What to say about the feelings that the spouses have kept for so many years.
Tradition for 25 years
- “First Kiss” is the main custom of the silver wedding. On a holiday, spouses wake up, exchange sincere wishes and merge into a long kiss.
- Then follows the rite of washing.Spouses wash each other using a silver jug. In the old days, to perform the rite, the couple went to the river. Nowadays, water can be taken from the tap. The main thing is that the dishes are made of silver.
- After three washings, the husband is obliged to wipe his face with a towel that his wife gave him. Even here there is symbolism. Ablution allows become younger for a quarter of a century. The second wash will allow her husband to get rid of anxieties, and the third will become a symbol of the beginning of a new life stage. The wife is washed in a similar way.
- On this day, the couple should exchange silver rings that they put on the middle finger. It is recommended to celebrate a silver wedding in a place where 25 years ago the couple exchanged rings of gold.
Gifts for 25 years
Guests who are not invited to the celebration give silver items symbolizing the anniversary. The assortment of silver products is very rich, with the choice of a beautiful gift there will be no difficulties.
You can give a tray. The present symbolizes wealth, love, respect and prosperity. Do not disregard table silver. Silver spoons are a beautiful and appropriate gift. They can be engraved with the names of spouses or kind words. All kinds of silver chains, rings, rings and bracelets are sold in a huge assortment of models.
50 years - golden wedding
A golden wedding is celebrated after 50 years of family life. The date is round, celebrated on a grand scale.
The symbol of the wedding is gold. Gold is heavy, malleable and chemically inert. At the wedding anniversary, gold symbolizes the constancy, strength and value of marriage.
50 years of tradition
50 years is the most significant anniversary. Its celebration is very rare, so people try to organize a grand celebration.
Invite children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. This is a demonstration of the continuity of generations. Joyful children and grandchildren present at the celebration are undeniable evidence that life was not in vain.
Relatives and guests are invited. The anniversary is celebrated solemnly and magnificently. The couple managed to live together for half a century, celebrating the anniversary a kind of milestone, which for many we can’t overcome.
Many traditions are associated with this celebration, since half a century after marriage is the door to a new period of family life.
- The first tradition is associated with wedding rings. The old rings are already frayed, relatives should acquire new gold rings and present to the heroes of the occasion. Relatives should do this, since it is difficult for spouses to run shopping at their age.
- It is customary to transfer old rings to children or grandchildren who intend to start a family in the near future. Together with the rings, the anniversaries will pass on to the offspring the secrets of a lasting alliance.
- On this day, anniversaries are showered with gold coins, confetti, golden spangles and grain, symbolizing wealth and prosperity.
- An older child covers his mother’s shoulders with a beautiful scarf embroidered with gold threads. It is not easy to get such a thing, so it is often replaced with a shawl.
- On the table in front of the jubilees they put two lighted golden candles. They symbolize strong love. The spouses pass the candles to the children and wish a happy and long married life.
- Anniversaries of the golden wedding, contrary to age, perform a dance. It sounds a slow melody from the youth of the anniversaries. Guests stand in a circle and dance with burning candles in their hands.
- At the end of the event, the bride throws a bouquet. If he gets an unmarried girl, she will soon find a family. If a married woman catches him, she will live in marriage for at least 50 years.
- The final stage of the celebration is a tea party. Tea can puer, treat anniversaries. The procedure symbolizes the unity of the spouses.
Gifts for 50 years
Children give the heroes of the celebration golden rings. A wonderful gift for a golden wedding honeymoon trip - a ticket to a warm country or sanatorium.
There are no specific requirements for guests' gifts. You can buy an aquarium with a couple of goldfish, for example.
75 years - crown wedding
Seventy-fifth wedding anniversary. On this day, not only children with grandchildren celebrate anniversaries, but also great-grandchildren.A wonderful example for the newlyweds.
Unfortunately, only rare lucky ones survive before this holiday. If you managed to get to this milestone, you can be proud that the partner for life is chosen correctly.
People who are just planning a family do not even realize that they survived the crowned anniversaries. The culprits of such a celebration must be respected, supported, congratulated and praised, because 75 years is a crown wedding.
The organization of the wedding anniversary is dealt with by close people. They have to solve a difficult task. They are obliged to arrange a table in the style of the era when the heroes of the day just married. This will allow them to instantly be in their youth and return to those times when they connected their hearts.
Congratulations and gifts for 75 years
On this day, the anniversaries accept only clean, warm and sincere congratulations. Guests and relatives say warm words, wish you health and long life.
There are no specific rules for gifts for 75 years of marriage, this is a very rare anniversary.
- Gifts are chosen and presented from the heart. Presentations should symbolize the love that united the hearts of spouses three quarters of a century ago.
- A wonderful cake for a golden wedding is a beautiful cake, on top of which two swans are sitting. Anniversaries will cut it and distribute it to guests in a small piece. The right to eat swans belongs only to the heroes of the occasion.
- At the crown wedding for anniversaries you can buy crowns. They are a symbol of this anniversary and will decorate the heads of the spouses.
Many couples dream to live up to this anniversary. But, only rare lucky ones do it. Such a harsh mother fate.
I am finishing an article in which we looked at wedding anniversaries for years from 0 to 75 years. Of course, there are many more wedding anniversaries. To describe them, it will take a lot of time and effort. I decided to stay on the most outstanding dates.
There is even a century-old wedding date - 100 years of marriage. I didn’t talk about her, because, until this triumph in the history of mankind, only one married couple managed to survive.
Loading ...I want to wish you all long years, good health and great success in life. I sincerely hope that my article helped to find out something new and interesting. Celebrate wedding anniversaries, remember the day when your destinies woven together, and rejoice with your children!
