Wedding and Her Anniversary

Having married, each married couple subsequently marks this or that anniversary of a joint life, after all for them this important anniversary - day when they became the husband and the wife. Depending on the number of co-lived years, each anniversary has its own name: wooden, crystal, gold, etc. But why do they have such names? Also what it is necessary to give on these anniversaries?

Green wedding is the day when a young couple enters into legal marriage.

1 year - a cotton wedding. Since for a year in a young couple's life the relationship has become more ordinary, and the wedding celebration and the honeymoon have already been left behind. The year of the joint life is also called this, because the cotton fabric symbolizes simplicity and youth. Therefore, after traditional congratulations on the anniversary of the wedding, young people should be presented with cotton headscarves, wrapping in them something fun and interesting.

2 years - paper or glass wedding. This is the period of relations when the marriage union can tear or crack, so, as it is commonly believed that the relationship is still quite fragile. Remembering this, as a gift, you can give something glass.

3 years - leather wedding. Having passed the paper-glass period, the relationship becomes more durable - like the skin. On this anniversary, give leather things: a bag, gloves, a wallet, etc.

5 years - wooden wedding. This is a more serious date, celebrated with great scope and with a large number of guests. Naturally, for such an anniversary, it's time to donate items made of wood. Which means only great strength of the relationship.

7 years - a copper wedding. Copper does not belong to the number of precious metals, nevertheless it means strength and, if not very large, but the value of lived years. As a gift, it is worth giving, for example, copper jewelry, souvenirs, dishes, etc.

8 years - tin wedding. To add to the marital relationship a share of brilliance, it is customary on this day to give useful items in everyday life.

10 years - pink wedding. On this holiday, the husband gives his wife a chic bouquet of red roses. This is explained by the fact that their life is not afraid of any life spikes and thorns. The couple invites to this anniversary all those who were on the wedding day on the registration of marriage.

15 years - a crystal wedding. This name suggests that the relationship of the spouses is now transparent and clear. And that their family life was always clean and cloudless, guests give crystal or glassware.

20 years - porcelain wedding. After so many years, husband and wife are an example of family well-being. It symbolizes porcelain dishes on the festive table.

25 years - silver wedding. On this day, in addition to the wedding rings, the couple dresses each other and silver, as they are a symbol of nobility. As a rule, on this important and solemn day the couple invites many guests to their house. On this day, congratulations and wishes to the owners of the house sound, and in addition to various gifts, it is worthwhile to present something of silver.

30 years - a pearl wedding. If you imagine that family life is an expensive necklace, the pearls are the years lived together by the couple. It would be nice if on this holiday a man presented his woman with such a necklace.

35 years - linen wedding. Some kind of memories of the first year of living together. Close people again on this day give tablecloths, bed linen and towels.

40 years - ruby wedding. Having lived together for such a considerable period of time, the relationship between husband and wife can already be called a blood relationship. On this day they change their gold rings to new ones, decorated with rubies, as the ruby resembles the color of blood.

50 years - a golden wedding. The value of relationships that have passed the difficult test of time, can be compared with gold. New gold rings donated by children will be a wonderful gift for parents, because the old rings could already wear out, and the fingers of people who had worn them for half a century changed a lot.

60 years - a diamond wedding. Spouses celebrating the sixtieth anniversary can not be separated. Their marriage was so strong that it can be compared with the strength of a diamond.

70 years - a wedding of gratitude. Few people manage to celebrate such an anniversary. The name speaks of marital gratitude to each other for true love, respect and care. Still it is thanks to God and destiny.

75 years - crown wedding. This anniversary crowns the crown with such a long and happy marriage.