| Every anniversary in a couple's life is a | | | | lace, tourmaline jewelry. |
| symbolic marker of commitment, adventure and | | | | |
| love. With each passing year, the bond | | | | 9th: willow, pottery, leather, lapis jewelry. |
| strengthens, fortified by all the shared | | | | |
| experiences a year can carry. Anniversaries | | | | 10th: aluminum, tin, diamond jewelry. |
| are a time to let your spouse know that he or | | | | |
| she is cherished. And, they are a time to | | | | 11th: fashion or turquoise jewelry, steel. |
| present a anniversary gift that reflects | | | | |
| love, creativity and spirit. | | | | 12th: pearls, jade, colored gems, silk, |
| | | | linen. |
| Before humans had a way of keeping time, no | | | | |
| one paid much attention to the anniversary of | | | | 13th: textiles, furs, citrine, lace. |
| important events, such as birthdays. Only | | | | |
| when ancient peoples began taking notice of | | | | 14th: ivory, opal, gold jewelry. |
| the moon's cycles, did they pay attention to | | | | |
| the changing seasons and the pattern that | | | | 15th: crystal, glass, watches, ruby. |
| repeated itself over and over. Eventually, | | | | |
| the first calendars were formulated in order | | | | 16th: silver hollowware, peridot. |
| to mark time changes and other special days. | | | | |
| From this system tracking came the ability to | | | | 17th: furniture, watch. |
| celebrate birthdays and other significant | | | | |
| anniversaries the same day each year. | | | | 18th: cat's eye jewelry, porcelain. |
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| Anniversary celebrations began in medieval | | | | 19th: bronze, aquamarine. |
| times when people celebrated 25 and 50 years | | | | |
| of marriage. A husband would crown his wife | | | | 20th: platinum, emeralds, china. |
| with a wreath of silver for 25 years and of | | | | |
| gold for 50. | | | | 21st: nickel, brass. |
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| For centuries, couples have observed wedding | | | | 22nd: copper. |
| anniversaries as a special time to reflect | | | | |
| upon their marriage and remember the vows | | | | 23rd: silver plate. |
| they made to one another. Despite the | | | | |
| existence of anniversaries long ago, there | | | | 24th: musical instruments. |
| aren't any long-standing traditions or strict | | | | |
| rules concerning the way anniversaries should | | | | 25th: silver, sterling silver |
| or should not be celebrated. | | | | |
| | | | Finding an anniversary gift for a wife can be |
| The wedding anniversary gift chosen is | | | | a fairly easy process because as long as a |
| usually based on the number of years a couple | | | | husband is aware of his wife's interests, he |
| has been married. The longer the number of | | | | has a wide selection of gifts he can choose |
| years past since the wedding couple has been | | | | from. |
| married, the more precious the material | | | | |
| (symbol) associated with it. Traditional and | | | | Making the search for anniversary gifts for |
| modern gift ideas help the invited guests in | | | | men is a challenge. One of the most common |
| choosing the appropriate gifts for a wedding | | | | pieces of advice that you can find on web |
| anniversary, as well as, it may help the | | | | sites that provide gift ideas is to buy gifts |
| hosts choose an appropriate party theme for | | | | that follow tradition: For every milestone |
| the couple's wedding anniversary. | | | | regarding to the number of years you are |
| | | | together, there are appropriate gifts for |
| It is now generally agreed that there are | | | | each. For men, this means that wives should |
| particular traditional symbols for wedding | | | | get their husbands a gift that is made out of |
| anniversaries. Over the periods of time - | | | | paper on their first year anniversary, which |
| some of these symbols have changed but as a | | | | can come in the form of personalized |
| rough guide take a look at the table below, | | | | stationary that he can use in his work. For |
| which lists the most popular anniversaries | | | | the second year, women are advised to get |
| and their traditional gift symbols. | | | | their husbands anything made out of cotton, |
| | | | which includes shirts, pillows, or other |
| 1st: paper, clocks, plastic, gold jewelry. | | | | cotton. On the third year, women are then |
| | | | advised to buy their husbands leather |
| 2nd: cotton, china, calico, garnet. | | | | products, which include shoes, belts, or a |
| | | | leather suitcase. As for other milestones, |
| 3rd: leather, crystal, glass, pearls. | | | | like the 25th or the 50th wedding |
| | | | anniversary, women are advised to give their |
| 4th: fruit, flowers, electrical appliances, | | | | husbands gifts that are made out of silver |
| linen, silk, nylon, blue topaz. | | | | and gold, respectively. |
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| 5th: wood, silverware, sapphires. | | | | Typically, couples observe earlier wedding |
| | | | anniversaries informally, making their own |
| 6th: sugar, wood, iron, candy, amethysts. | | | | plans to celebrate alone over dinner, take a |
| | | | weekend getaway, or simply exchange small |
| 7th: copper, wool, brass, desk sets, onyx. | | | | gifts. As the number of years together |
| | | | increases, however, the occasion becomes more |
| 8th: pottery, bronze, appliances, linens, | | | | and more significant. |