| Giving anniversary gifts originated in Central | | | | products and travel are also popular. |
| Europe. Medieval Germans presented gifts to a | | | | There is a list that has been compiled that gives |
| wife after she had lived with her husband for | | | | suggested gifts that go along with each |
| twenty-five years or more. The gift was usually | | | | anniversary year. For example, the 10th |
| silver and symbolized harmony. If the couple | | | | anniversary traditional gift is tin or aluminum, or |
| made it to fifty years, they were given a wreath | | | | the modern day gift is diamond. The 20th |
| of gold. This is how silver and golden wedding | | | | anniversary traditional gift is china or the modern |
| anniversaries came about. The first anniversary | | | | gift is something made of platinum. For the 25th |
| gift is supposed to be paper or plastic, the | | | | year celebration, silver is the traditional gift and |
| second, cotton, etc. But in the early years, most | | | | sterling silver is a popular modern day choice. |
| don't stick to the protocol. When the tenth | | | | Should a happy couple make it to 50 years, the |
| anniversary arrives, people start taking tradition a | | | | traditional gift is gold, as is the modern day |
| little more seriously, and this continues for the | | | | version. |
| twenty-fifth (silver anniversary) and fiftieth | | | | The list can help making choosing a gift easier, but |
| (golden). | | | | these days, anniversary gifts can be almost |
| In most cases, people by anniversary gifts | | | | anything. The main thing is that you remembered |
| depending on what the couple may need. Some | | | | the couple's special day in some way. Sometimes, |
| of the most popular anniversary gifts include | | | | even a card will do. |
| jewelry and flowers. Candy, lingerie, beauty | | | | |