Asked in Holidays and TraditionsMarriageWeddingsGift Giving
What are the gifts for each wedding anniversary?
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February 17, 2009 2:20PM
== == Appropriate anniversary gift giving for the first, fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth and fiftieth years of marriage. Gifts in the early years of marriage were small remembrances, or tokens, such as paper (1st), wood (5th), and tin (10th). In later years of matrimony, gifts gained value, including crystal (15th), china (20th), silver (25th) and gold (50th). The light-hearted nature of early anniversary gift giving, saying "the paper, wooden and tin presents are seldom anything but jokes but, still mean something to many people. Crystal is the earliest that is likely to be taken seriously by the gift-bearers." {| ! Year |} {| ! Traditional |} {| ! Modern |} 1st Wedding Anniversarypaperclock
2nd Wedding Anniversarycotton/strawchina
3rd Wedding Anniversaryleathercrystal/glass
4th Wedding Anniversarybooks/flowers/fruitlinen/silk
5th Wedding Anniversarywoodsilverware
6th Wedding Anniversaryiron/sugarwood
7th Wedding Anniversarycopper/wooldesk set
8th Wedding Anniversarybronze/potterylace/linen
9th Wedding Anniversarypottery/willowleather
10th Wedding Anniversaryaluminum/tindiamond jewelry
11th Wedding Anniversarysteelfashion jewelry
12th Wedding Anniversarylinen/silkcolor gems/pearls
13th Wedding Anniversarylacefurs/textiles
14th Wedding Anniversaryivorygold jewelry
15th Wedding Anniversarycrystalwatches
20th Wedding Anniversarychinaplatinum
25th Wedding Anniversarysilversilver
30th Wedding Anniversarypearlsdiamond jewelry
35th Wedding Anniversarycoraljade
40th Wedding Anniversaryrubyruby
45th Wedding Anniversarysapphiresapphire
50th Wedding Anniversarygoldgold
55th Wedding Anniversaryemeraldemerald
60th Wedding Anniversarydiamonddiamond
70th Wedding Anniversarydiamond/platinumplatinum
75th Wedding Anniversarydiamonddiamond