The Complete List of Wedding Anniversary Gifts: From Year One to One Hundredby Courtney Mroch | More from this Blogger 14 Sep 2007 08:52 AM On Sunday Wayne and I will celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary. I got to wondering what kind of gift is associated with year 12. I knew year one was paper, the 25th Silver, and (thanks to Wayne's grandparents) the 50th is Gold and 60th Diamonds. But what's 12? Or any of the others for that matter? So I started hunting around. Another blogger had my same train of thought a year or so ago and wrote Anniversary Gifts and Their Meanings, but she only covered anniversaries one through ten. So I dug farther and eventually found what I was looking for, which I've listed below. You'll see there are two lists, one traditional and one modern. Sometimes the years have gifts in common, sometimes they're very different. I don't know how useful these lists are, but they're kind of fun to look at...and get ideas from. Traditional 1st Paper 2nd Cotton 3rd Leather 4th Linen (Silk) 5th Wood 6th Iron 7th Wool (Copper) 8th Bronze 9th Pottery (China) 10th Tin, Aluminum 11th Steel 12th Silk 13th Lace 14th Ivory 15th Crystal 20th China 25th Silver 30th Pearl 35th Coral (Jade) 40th Ruby 45th Sapphire 50th Gold 55th Emerald 60th Diamond 75th Diamonds Modern 1st Clocks 2nd China 3rd Crystal, Glass 4th Appliances 5th Silverware 6th Wood objects 7th Desk sets 8th Linens, Lace 9th Leather goods 10th Diamond 11th Fashion jewelry 12th Pearls, Colored gems 13th Textiles, Furs 14th Gold jewelry 15th Watches 16th Silver holloware 17th Furniture 18th Porcelain 19th Bronze 20th Platinum 21st Brass, Nickel 22nd Copper 23rd Silver plate 24th Musical instruments 25th Sterling silver 26th Original pictures 27th Sculpture 28th Orchids 29th New furniture 30th Diamond 31st Timepieces 32nd Conveyances (transportation, like a car or maybe bike) 33rd Amethyst 34th Opal 35th Jade 36th Bone china 37th Alabaster 38th Beryl, Tourmaline 39th Lace 40th Ruby 41st Land 42nd Improved real estate 43rd Travel 44th Groceries 45th Sapphire 46th Original poetry tribute 47th Books 48th Optical goods 49th Luxuries of any kind 50th Gold 55th Emerald 60th Diamond 75th Diamonds, Diamond-like stones, gold 80th Diamond, Pearl 85th Diamond, Sapphire 90th Diamond, Emerald 95th Diamond, Ruby 100th 10-carat Diamond Things I Found Interesting: • That the list went all the way to 100 years. Can you imagine? I wonder if anyone ever celebrated that one? • The traditional list lists gifts for every year up to anniversary 15. After that it lists gifts for every five years. The modern list, however, lists gifts for every year up to the Golden Anniversary of 50. After that it joins the traditional list in only associating gifts every five anniversaries. • I couldn't find any gift designations for years 65 and 70, but it seems that after 60 diamonds remain the popular gift since anniversaries 75-100 all list them. • Years 44 and 48 in particular cracked me up. I can see maybe needing vision enhancement tools by a 48th anniversary. ("Here, honey, I got you some glasses to see me better with."), but if I get a sack of groceries on my 44th it better be full of chocolates! Learn more about Courtney Mroch  Courtney Mroch is a wife, a proud pet parent, and a writer. She's been with her husband, high school sweetheart Wayne Pryor, over 20 years, married 11 of those. She's "mom" to Mr. Meow, a.k. Relevantmarriage tags User Comments  Courtney Mroch (9169) 17 Sep 2007 04:02 PMOoops! I referenced Gillian's blog but had somehow missed Heather's that also deals with these gifts: http://marriage.families.com/blog/anniversary-notes-what-do-you-give-when. Sorry Heather if you read this. I did a search on something else and stumbled across it so I thought the least I could do was mention it here. Community Tags anniversary gifts, anniversaries, celebrating anniversaries, golden anniversary, Silver Anniversary Discuss this article
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