Best Wedding Anniversary Gifts
Weddings are joyful events for married couples. Wedding anniversaries are celebrated every year afterwards. With the continuance of success in marriage, couples celebrate wedding anniversaries with contentment and passion.
Presents are exchanged between the couples. It is significant in the sense that it is a symbol of happiness and joy share by the couple and their success in maintaining the loving relationship. The couple will receive gifts from their loved ones. A wedding anniversary gift must be special, personalized and meaningful for he couple. It should also be able to depict the uniqueness and strength of the couple’s relationship.
Gifts giving during wedding anniversaries dated back to the Middle Ages. During that time, there was a guideline in what gifts were given. The value of the gift increases with the number of years of the marriage and bears different meaning. The item given also varies according to different anniversaries which symbolizes the strength and maturity of the marriage.
The practice of those in the middle ages which was believed to have originated from the Central Europe were such as presenting the wife with silver headdress for the 25th anniversaries. This period of marriage would also be known as the Silver anniversary. The Golden anniversary which is the 50th years of marriage would warrant a golden headdress. This practice is still continues until today. In 1897, Queen Victoria; a Queen of England celebrated her 60th anniversary which is her Diamond Jubilee. The 75th diamond anniversary was adapted from this event and until today, husbands would present their wife with gift of diamond.
In 1922, a writer name Emily Post had written a book called Blue Book of Social Usage and she had listed the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 50th and 75th anniversaries as the ‘Eight Anniversaries Know to All’. Emily had also allocated a unique item for each of these anniversaries which had become the basis of today’s anniversary gift. It was during the late 1930’s that only milestone anniversaries were celebrated; which was the 1st, 10th, 20th, 25th, 50th, and 70th and gifts given during each year were pretty much determine by the public.
The key to buying the perfect wedding anniversary gift is to do a bit of research before you buy. You can always look up books, magazines or websites to gain ideas for the gift. Apart from that, those in the wedding industries such as wedding reception and party supplies vendors can also provide you with some fresh ideas. Whatever your budget, preference or theme, these ideas can also be tailored to it. You can even use the olden day’s idea and customize it to your liking such as giving 50th anniversary gift made from gold to your parents such as gold plated frames that held their favorite wedding shot 50 years ago. You can even spoil them with a new set of gold wedding band have it engraved with their name and wedding date.
You may be keen to stick to the traditional gifts according to the list; others might like something modern and stylish. Some irregular ideas for wedding anniversary gifts are also stocking the market and such as the gift sets and memorial candles can also be interesting since they are traditionally used during weddings. Some more ideas that you can reuse are china set, silverware, spa treatment, holiday gateway for two, home appliances, leather goods, jewelries and ornaments.
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