Anniversary Ideas
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Traditional, Modern, or Travel Anniversary Gift
What gift will you choose to mark your wedding anniversary? Reaching a new year of marriage is certainly an occasion worth celebrating with a memorable gift. So why not make a gift of an anniversary trip to yourselves?
Couples who can afford to get away on their wedding anniversary have the opportunity to once again frolic like kids, relax, see and experience new places, and savor time alone together -- something you may not have enjoyed since your honeymoon. And that's a gift you owe to one another.
It's even more fun if you choose a destination that symbolizes your anniversary year. Below you'll find traditional anniversary gifts, modern anniversary gifts, and ideas for travel anniversary trips.
Couples who can afford to get away on their wedding anniversary have the opportunity to once again frolic like kids, relax, see and experience new places, and savor time alone together -- something you may not have enjoyed since your honeymoon. And that's a gift you owe to one another.
It's even more fun if you choose a destination that symbolizes your anniversary year. Below you'll find traditional anniversary gifts, modern anniversary gifts, and ideas for travel anniversary trips.
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Years 1 - 5
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Paper
Modern Anniversary Gift: Plastic/Clock
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Travel Gift Certificate, Airline Tickets
2nd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Cotton
Modern Anniversary Gift: Cotton/China
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Beach Towels
3rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Leather
Modern Anniversary Gift: Crystal/Glass
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Luggage
4th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Flowers
Modern Anniversary Gift: Linen/Silk
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Lingerie
5th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Wood
Modern Anniversary Gift: Silverware
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Airline Tickets, Cruise
Anniversary Gift Ideas
The first year of marriage is often considered the year of adjustment. As you celebrate this special 1st wedding anniversary, reflect on the both the delicate and hardy aspects of your marriage and of your love for one another.
By the time a couple celebrates their 2nd anniversary, they are more cozy with one another, making cotton the appropriate anniversary gift for this wedding anniversary celebration.
The 3rd wedding anniversary is often when a couple is aware of their durability of their relationship. That is why leather is the traditional gift for this celebration.
Representing the blossoming partnership of a couple in their fourth year of marriage, flowers are appropriate and meaningful gifts for this anniversary.
Wood, representing strength and a solidified relationship, and silverware, representing connectedness, are the traditional and modern gifts associated with your fifth wedding anniversary.
By the time a couple celebrates their 2nd anniversary, they are more cozy with one another, making cotton the appropriate anniversary gift for this wedding anniversary celebration.
The 3rd wedding anniversary is often when a couple is aware of their durability of their relationship. That is why leather is the traditional gift for this celebration.
Representing the blossoming partnership of a couple in their fourth year of marriage, flowers are appropriate and meaningful gifts for this anniversary.
Wood, representing strength and a solidified relationship, and silverware, representing connectedness, are the traditional and modern gifts associated with your fifth wedding anniversary.
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Years 6 - 10
6th WEDDING ANNIVERSARYTraditional Anniversary Gift: Candy
Modern Anniversary Gift: Iron
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Hershey, PA, Disney World, FL
7th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Copper
Modern Anniversary Gift: Wool
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Santa Fe, NM, Canada
8th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Bronze
Modern Anniversary Gift: Appliance
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Casino Visit
9th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Pottery
Modern Anniversary Gift: Leather
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Mexico
10th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Tin
Modern Anniversary Gift: Aluminum
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: South America
Anniversary Gift Ideas
The tenth year of marriage celebration is the first of the major milestone anniversaries. As you celebrate this special 10th wedding anniversary, think about the durability of your commitment to one another for a full decade.
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Important!
Loving Pair
It takes two special people,
To make a loving pair.
There's a joy just being around you,
A feeling I/we love to share.
We send anniversary wishes to you,
For years of joy and pleasure.
May each year keep getting better,
With memories to treasure.
By Karl and Joanna Fuchs
To make a loving pair.
There's a joy just being around you,
A feeling I/we love to share.
We send anniversary wishes to you,
For years of joy and pleasure.
May each year keep getting better,
With memories to treasure.
By Karl and Joanna Fuchs
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Years 11 - 15
11th WEDDING ANNIVERSARYTraditional Anniversary Gift: Steel
Modern Anniversary Gift: Jewelry
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: New York City
12th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Silk
Modern Anniversary Gift: Linen
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Japan
13th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Lace
Modern Anniversary Gift: Textile
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: France
14th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Ivory
Modern Anniversary Gift: Gold
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Africa
15th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Crystal
Modern Anniversary Gift: Glass
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Switzerland, Austria
Anniversary Gift Ideas
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Years 16 - 19
16th WEDDING ANNIVERSARYModern Anniversary Gift: Silver Holloware
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Santa Fe or Mexico
17th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Modern Anniversary Gift: Furniture
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: North Carolina
18th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Modern Anniversary Gift: Porcelain
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Denmark or China
19th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Modern Anniversary Gift: Bronze
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: South of France or Africa
Anniversary Gift Ideas
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Important!
Anniversary Toast
Here's a toast to the two of you
As you celebrate together;
You're the poster kids for happiness,
In sunny or stormy weather.
Your love continues, warm and bright;
May it shine throughout the years;
You're an example for the rest of us,
So here's to you: Three cheers!
By Joanna Fuchs
As you celebrate together;
You're the poster kids for happiness,
In sunny or stormy weather.
Your love continues, warm and bright;
May it shine throughout the years;
You're an example for the rest of us,
So here's to you: Three cheers!
By Joanna Fuchs
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Years 20 - 40
20th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: China
Modern Anniversary Gift: Platinum
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: San Francisco, China
25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Silver
Modern Anniversary Gift: Silver
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Mexico
30th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Pearl
Modern Anniversary Gift: Diamond
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Hawaii, Tahiti
35th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift:Coral
Modern Anniversary Gift: Jade
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Cayman Islands, USVI
40th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Ruby
Modern Anniversary Gift: Garnet
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Russia
Traditional Anniversary Gift: China
Modern Anniversary Gift: Platinum
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: San Francisco, China
25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Silver
Modern Anniversary Gift: Silver
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Mexico
30th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Pearl
Modern Anniversary Gift: Diamond
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Hawaii, Tahiti
35th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift:Coral
Modern Anniversary Gift: Jade
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Cayman Islands, USVI
40th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Ruby
Modern Anniversary Gift: Garnet
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Russia
Anniversary Gift Ideas
The twentieth year of marriage is one of the big milestone anniversaries. As you celebrate this special 20th wedding anniversary, reflect on the commitment to a lifetime marriage the two of you have made.
The silver 25th anniversary is a milestone wedding anniversary. And rightly so! Spending a quarter of a century in love with one person is to be celebrated.
The ruby anniversary is a special one. Spending 40 years together is a great reason to celebrate!
The silver 25th anniversary is a milestone wedding anniversary. And rightly so! Spending a quarter of a century in love with one person is to be celebrated.
The ruby anniversary is a special one. Spending 40 years together is a great reason to celebrate!
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Years 45 - 75
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Sapphire
Modern Anniversary Gift: Sapphire
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Cruise
50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Gold
Modern Anniversary Gift: Gold
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Italy
55th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Emerald
Modern Anniversary Gift: Turquoise
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Ireland
60th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Diamond
Modern Anniversary Gift: Gold
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Great Britain
75th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Traditional Anniversary Gift: Diamond
Modern Anniversary Gift: Gold
Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Cruise
Diamonds are a girls best friend.
Looking for an anniversary gift idea? How about a diamond anniversary ring. The 3 stone ring stands for Past, Present, and Future.
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Important!
On A Wedding Anniversary
The sky is torn across
This ragged anniversary of two
Who moved for three years in tune
Down the long walks of their vows.
Now their love lies a loss
And Love and his patients roar on a chain;
From every tune or crater
Carrying cloud, Death strikes their house.
Too late in the wrong rain
They come together whom their love parted:
The windows pour into their heart
And the doors burn in their brain.
By Dylan Thomas
This ragged anniversary of two
Who moved for three years in tune
Down the long walks of their vows.
Now their love lies a loss
And Love and his patients roar on a chain;
From every tune or crater
Carrying cloud, Death strikes their house.
Too late in the wrong rain
They come together whom their love parted:
The windows pour into their heart
And the doors burn in their brain.
By Dylan Thomas
Will you be traveling on your anniversary?
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CreativeArtist Apr 1, 2011 @ 2:46 pm | delete
- A vacation sounds like a wonderful anniversary gift. Thanks for the great idea!
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BevsPaper
Apr 1, 2011 @ 12:35 pm | delete
- I love the breakdown of the types of appropriate gifts for each anniversary. Blessed by a traveling Squid Angel...no fooling!
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JoyfulPamela
Mar 31, 2010 @ 10:11 am | delete
- My sweet hubby and I are celebrating our 20th anniversary this year! I'll have to look closely through your wonderful selections of presents. I want something really special for him this year. :D Thanks!
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celticstuff
Feb 12, 2010 @ 2:46 pm | delete
- My first anniversary is coming up real quick. This is a great lens on traditional and new gifts for couples.
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