55 years
It is the Emerald anniversary, if that's how you say it. But I definitely know it's Emerald!
Wedding Anniversaries that are special and celebrated:The young couple will find the first Wedding Anniversary special to them, but it is not a special Anniversary to celebrate unless the couple wish too with a few friends. The Silver Wedding Anniversary is 25 years; the 40th Wedding Anniversary and the Golden Wedding Anniversary is 50 years.
You must be married 25 years to celebrate your silver wedding anniversary.
25 years
A platinum wedding anniversary is 70 years of marriage
55 Emerald Wedding Anniversary
These are the anniversary colors: 1st Wedding Anniversary Yellow 2nd Wedding Anniversary Linen White 3rd Wedding Anniversary Light Brown 4th Wedding Anniversary Green 5th Wedding Anniversary Turquiose 6th Wedding Anniversary White 7th Wedding Anniversary Off White 8th Wedding Anniversary Bronze 9th Wedding Anniversary Terracotta 10th Wedding Anniversary Silver 11th Wedding Anniversary Turquiose 12th Wedding Anniversary Oyster White 13th Wedding Anniversary White 14th Wedding Anniversary Ivory 15th Wedding Anniversary Ruby Red 16th Wedding Anniversary Silver 17th Wedding Anniversary Yellow 18th Wedding Anniversary Blue 19th Wedding Anniversary Bronze 20th Wedding Anniversary Emerald Green/White 21st Wedding Anniversary Orange 22nd Wedding Anniversary Green 23rd Wedding Anniversary Silver 24th Wedding Anniversary Lavender 25th Wedding Anniversary Silver 30th Wedding Anniversary Green 35th Wedding Anniversary coral 40th Wedding Anniversary Ruby Red 45th Wedding Anniversary Sapphire Red 50th Wedding Anniversary Gold 55th Wedding Anniversary Emerald Green 60th Wedding Anniversary White 70th Wedding Anniversary Diamond White 75th Wedding Anniversary diamond
The traditional 35th Anniversary was coral. The modern 35th Anniversary is jade.
The wedding anniversary gift for 65 years of marriage is blue sapphire. Death
The 35th wedding anniversary is traditionally the coral or jade anniversary.
The difference probably is just semantics, but some countries (like Germany) require a civil ceremony; church weddings are optional. In that case, the marriage anniversary would be the date of the civil ceremony, while the wedding anniversary would fall on the date the couple recited their vows in a church ceremony.
On you 55th wedding anniversary, the traditional gift is emerald. The tradition of the wedding gift dates back to the Holy Roman Empire.