Gold wedding: how many years together?

We often hear the expression "golden wedding". How many years lived together does it mean? Neither much nor little - 50, or half a century. In the outgoing generations such family centenarians are still encountered. But in about 40 years about this anniversary, most likely, no one will remember. After all, there will simply be no one to celebrate him: the current young people are either not in a hurry at all to marry, or they do it all later and later. Not to mention the numerous marriages during life - how can you manage to live with someone for 50 years? So let's enjoy the tradition while it exists, and rejoice at the real heroes of the family front - those who have celebrated or are going to celebrate the anniversary of the golden wedding.

This is a truly remarkable anniversary, a responsible event for the spouses and their relatives. By this time, many already have not only grandchildren, but also great-grandchildren, who want to come to the celebration to personally congratulate his culprits. What to give, how to celebrate, whom to invite - all this excites those who organize the event on this occasion.

How to celebrate a golden wedding

How many years - uneasy, saturated - these people lived together! Nobody, but two of them, will know how much they had to go through to celebrate the golden wedding as a result and crown of their life. In the people, after all, not for nothing 50 years of marriage is so called. The two-year relationship checked by years is just as expensive as this fine precious metal. How is the golden wedding celebrated? How many years people lived! Means, and it is necessary to celebrate properly! Usually, our compatriots do indeed: invite a lot of people, order a banquet and walk for 2-3 days. But we must understand that the jubilees, though young at heart this day, but their physical capabilities are still subject to age. This should be taken into account, especially if you want to prepare a scenario for the celebration. In general, it is customary to celebrate this day exclusively with the family and close relatives who have been around for many years. But it also happens that the jubilee invite former colleagues, co-workers and even classmates. If there is strength, desire and opportunity, why not roll a feast? It happens only once in a lifetime.

Gifts and a golden wedding

How many years later still would not have lived together, there is a tradition of exchanging engagement rings. Spouses should give their unmarried grandchildren, and instead of them put on new gold rings. So they mark the next life stage. Even on this day, the couple can "play a new wedding" or get married if they have not done so before. To give to the jubilees, of course, everything that is made of gold or reminds it. Children are supposed to present their parents with especially expensive jewelry or items made of this metal as a token of gratitude for their love and care. Guests can give other items, then you can attach them with gold embossed cards or put them in boxes of gold paper. Particular attention is paid to the place of celebration, it should also contain gold elements of decor or furnishings. Gifts, if it is an exit celebration, it is customary to give at the banquet. This is how a golden wedding is celebrated. Years, of course, a lot has been lived, but the spouses usually say that they flew by like one day. And why? Because that was the only one sent from above, a man.