Names of wedding anniversaries by year and traditions of their celebration

Each wedding is the birthday of a new family. They always want a newborn married couple to live in love and harmony for many, many years. Since every person has a birthday once a year, the married couple also has a family birthday every year.

Each wedding anniversary has its own name. Usually we remember only anniversaries and their names - silver, gold, but each period lived together - a year, has its own special meaning, which is why they are called that.

The wedding itself is a green wedding, its name symbolizes the day when everyone is young and green - both the new family and the newly minted spouses, when everything is just beginning. It's like the blossoming of a new life, the first green leaf in spring. Therefore, everyone congratulates the young on the birth of a new family and gives the newlyweds gifts and money for the development and growth of their newborn cell of society. Sometimes they even celebrate the monthly birth of a family, just like each month of the birth of a child.

1 year - calico wedding. In ancient times, chintz was very valued, as it was a thin and light material, but at the same time inexpensive and everyday, therefore the first year was called chintz - the relationship had already begun to acquire its everyday color, but so far remain quivering and airy, but still just as fragile. like a weightless material. There is another name - gauze wedding, but it also indicates the fragility of family ties, their still unverified time. On this holiday, a bottle of sparkling wine is drunk, kept from the day of the wedding, and the young spouses present each other with chintz shawls.

For the first year after the wedding, it is customary to present something made of fabric: napkins, curtains, various towels, clothes, bed linen. Parents of young people give rompers and diapers in the hope of future heirs of the family.

2 years on our table - paper wedding. It got its name because usually by this time a child appeared in the family, which means the first serious difficulties. And the relationship of the spouses who were going through the first moments of crisis were like paper - they could break, were not yet strong and vulnerable.

On this day, the husband and wife exchange love letters, letters written for each other with an honest story about all the attractive and all unpleasant qualities of their characters, which can help start family life from a new clean slate.

As a gift, guests can choose books, paper items, pieces of furniture, as well as banknotes.

3 years on the wedding list - leather wedding. It can be noted that the family as a single organism by this time is overgrown with skin, the relations of the spouses are strong enough, indestructible, they are difficult to break, they are like a durable material, which is leather. Yes, and mutual understanding creates a feeling as if the couple feels the partner with their skin.

For three years it is customary to give leather products - a wallet, a bag, shoes.

4th anniversary is a linen wedding. Also its name is rope or wax. By this time, the married couple managed to intertwine like ropes or flax fibers, so this relationship is difficult to break. Also, a certain prosperity appears in the family - a linen tablecloth is spread on the table, and bed linen, which by this time already needs to be updated, is also changed from chintz to linen. The wedding is called a wax wedding because the spouses become more malleable to each other, like wax.

Husband and wife choose linen clothes as a gift to each other, and guests usually present linen bedding, as well as fabric items, tea towels or candles.

5 years - the anniversary of living together, celebrated for the first time - a wooden wedding. This date is called so due to the fact that the family has already become, like a tree, firmly holding onto the ground with its strong roots and has already acquired foliage - children. Also, wood is a durable material; in the old days, houses and various buildings were most often built from it, so the family by this time is considered as strong and strong and is afraid only of very difficult trials, as a tree is afraid only of a strong fire.

There are wedding dates that need to be celebrated as magnificently and cheerfully as the wedding itself. The first anniversary date is one of those days. In addition to gifts made of wood, furniture, wooden decorations, you can give your legal spouses a garden with trees planted by guests, or decorate existing trees with ribbons with good wishes.

6 years old - cast iron wedding. This first metal wedding symbolizes a strong and close-knit family. But just as cast iron is considered the most fragile of all metals, the sixth year of family relationships is still subject to destruction from strong blows of fate.

The main gift for this anniversary is cast iron utensils. You can present a frying pan, cauldron or ducklings.

There is a special date in the list of wedding anniversaries - it is 6 and a half years, zinc wedding. It is believed that at this time a crisis in the relationship may begin in the family.And although in ancient times they did not know such a psychological concept, they tried to remind the husband and wife of the value of family ties by celebrating such an interesting date, as if they brought gloss and gloss to family relationships, as to objects made of zinc.

On this holiday, of course, they presented either items for the kitchen made of zinc, or zinc figurines, trinkets.

7 years - copper wedding. Copper is not only a hard metal, but also a valuable metal. Therefore, it symbolizes not only the strength of family ties, but also indicates a certain wealth, the value of the family unit as a single organism, held together by the common years lived.

Marriage partners present each other with copper coins, wishing a long and happy life together. Guests can choose as a gift any copper products - dishes, for example, a Turkish coffee pot, or graceful figurines, various symbolic items, for example, a copper horseshoe for good luck.

8 years old - tin wedding. By analogy with tin as a special type of metal, a new tin sheet sparkles in the sun, but over the years it loses its luster and fades. But one has only to renew it, wipe it, and it will once again sparkle with its special metallic sheen. Likewise, relationships during this period have already faded somewhat, have become commonplace, but as soon as they are painted with joy, gifts and attention, they will again play with all their brilliant facets.

On this anniversary, objects, food, packed in tin boxes are presented. Kitchen tools or something shiny would be a good gift too.

9 years - faience anniversary. There are two interpretations of this name. This is either a hint of another crisis period in a relationship in the form of fragile faience, or a hint of prosperity in a strong family - strong tea poured into beautiful faience.

10 years - this anniversary of living together is called a tin or pink wedding. This is the first major anniversary. Tin is a tough metal, but malleable and flexible. This means that in the family they no longer sort things out, but adjust to each other. The relationship has become quivering and beautiful, like a rose flower.

Therefore, the husband presents his wife with a bouquet of 10 red roses (for each year lived together) and 1 white rose as a hint of future happiness. Guests can choose either items made from pewter, such as spoons, candlesticks, jewelry boxes, or something with a picture of roses or pink.

After 11 years from the date of marriage, they celebrate steel wedding. The marriage became like hardened steel, smooth and shiny like a mirror, and the couple became like a mutual mirror image. Traditionally, steel home decorations or steel-colored items are presented.

12th Anniversary - Nickel Wedding. Usually it is celebrated after 12.5 years of marriage - like half of a quarter of a century, but two celebrations can be held during the year. It is called so because family life has become hardened and resistant to any external influences, like a reliable and shiny nickel metal.

The following anniversaries are named like this.

• 13 years - lace wedding. Another name is lily of the valley.
• 14 years old - agate wedding.
• 15 years - crystal wedding. Glass is fragile, but clean and tinkling. Likewise, the marital relationship is already strong, clean, but can be shattered into smithereens. For this anniversary, crystal or glass objects are presented.
• 16 years - topaz, 17 - pink, 18 years old - turquoise, 19 years old - pomegranate wedding.
• 20 years - porcelain wedding. Family relationships have become as invaluable as expensive Chinese china. And since by this time the old porcelain services had lost some of their attractiveness and thinned out in quantity, usually new ones are presented to this date. Also, for the celebration, you can present porcelain figurines, caskets or an elegant tea pair as a symbol of love, fidelity and prosperity.

21 years old - opal wedding, 22 - bronze, 23 - beryl, 24 - satin. These dates are not so solemn, therefore they are celebrated at will.

25 years - a silver wedding, it begins a series of significant anniversaries. Silver is not just a natural fossil, but an expensive, noble, strong metal, which is why it is a symbol of a union that lasted a quarter of a century.

On this significant date, the spouses present each other with silver rings. They can be worn as a symbol of love carried through the years, as a guarantee of subsequent long family happiness.

Relatives and friends donate silver, be it serving items or souvenirs and a variety of trinkets.

26 years old - jade, 27 - mahogany wedding, 28 - nickel, 29 - velvet ready-made.

30 years - a pearl wedding. Like a pearl that grows and develops in its shell, a family union becomes more beautiful, stronger and more expensive over time. On this anniversary, loving spouses try to please each other with pearl items - ornaments. A husband can give his wife a pearl necklace and receive pearl cufflinks in return.

31 - dark (sunny), 32 - copper, 33 - stone or strawberry, 34 - amber wedding.

35 - linen (coral), 36 - bone china wedding (the Russian people do not celebrate). 37 years - muslin, 38 - mercury, 39 - crepe anniversaries.

40 years - ruby ​​anniversary. An important and touching day. The ruby ​​is treasured after the diamond. The relationship that spouses have kept in marriage is like this jewel.

A married couple is acquiring new wedding rings, already with ruby ​​inserts.

Guests are presented with jewelry and exquisite items of ruby-red color, as well as expensive appliances and furniture for the home. In the decorations of the place for this celebration, red is required in textiles, tablecloths and bouquets of flowers.

Wedding anniversaries 41, 42 and 43 are not celebrated, but each has a different name. 41 years old - an earthen or iron wedding, 42 years old - mother-of-pearl, 43 - flannel.

44 - topaz wedding. This jewel is distinguished by its transparency, purity and durability. The same words can be used to describe a marriage that has reached this age. In honor of this holiday, you can exchange jewelry with inserts of topaz, or you can donate memorable blue or pink figurines made of transparent glass.

The invited guests can also use the color of topaz and its transparency to choose a gift and use these qualities in the choice of dishes, souvenirs, glasses and flowerpots.

45 years - another anniversary, sapphire wedding. Sapphire is believed to be a stone that protects against evil, is pure and gives health. This charm is very necessary for spouses who have already reached old age. Again, this is a valuable gem that symbolizes the value of such a long relationship.

You can add a scattering of sapphires to the wedding rings of the spouses. The celebration is decorated in sapphire color - in blue tones.Gifts can also be picked up in blue, with transparent blue hues.

46 years - lavender wedding, 47 - cashmere, 48 - amethyst, 49 - cedar wedding.

50th Anniversary - Golden Wedding. Named in honor of the noblest, but difficult to extract metal. And in order to reach the half-century anniversary, you have to work hard to build harmonious relationships, to preserve and strengthen the family boat.

If earlier the married couple did not exchange new rings, then it is high time to do this, and adult children or grandchildren can give them. A married couple can give each other gold jewelry or rings.

Traditionally, “newlyweds” are showered with a rain of gold - a mixture of rice, grain and coins. This is a wish for health, longevity and happiness for the next 50 years. The venerable couple are dancing a "wedding" dance with family and friends holding burning candles with golden lights.

Just like at a wedding, the golden "newlywed" throws a bouquet, only all the women present catch it. If a girl is not married, then this portends a quick wedding, if she is a married lady, then she will also celebrate 50 years of marriage. They give gifts made of gold or with the use of gilding - furnishings, dishes, interiors, elegant jewelry.

After a lapse of half a century, wedding days are celebrated only in certain years.

51, 52, 53, 54 anniversaries are not celebrated, they are not even named.

55th Anniversary - Emerald Wedding. Emerald is a rare, expensive, exquisite mineral. The union of two hearts 55 years long is already quite rare. The more valuable are these strong, refined alliances. The green color of the stone symbolizes the beginning of new long and proven future joint years of life.

56, 57, 58, 59 years of marriage are also not celebrated.

60 years - diamond wedding or diamond wedding. This union, tested by hard and happy times and a common life, is almost impossible to split like a real diamond. It shines with all facets of common traditions, success of descendants, like a sparkling diamond. Organization of a celebration is also the privilege of children and grandchildren, and guests present items with multi-colored glitter and decorations as gifts. You can replace diamonds with cubic zirconia, sparkling crystal objects.

65th Anniversary - Iron Wedding. Diamond is the hardest of all stones, and iron is the hardest of all metals. Therefore, this anniversary, following the diamond wedding, was called the iron wedding. She copes in a more intimate way, with family members, but is also a significant and rare date.

The presentations for this holiday are rather symbolic, they are more signs of attention. Although household appliances, something for everyday life will be useful for an already elderly couple.

67, 5 years old - stone wedding. The stone personifies a stronghold that is not subject to any natural disasters, resistant to any weather conditions. Gifts will include items made from natural stone - from souvenirs to household items, as well as a variety of stone decorations for the garden.

70 years - a blessed wedding. To walk such a joint family path is a great grace of God. Usually even great-grandchildren are involved in the celebration of this date. The gift itself for the spouses is not so important, the main gift is the love and care of the descendants.

75th Anniversary - Crown Wedding. Spouses are crowned by angels. Having retained love and harmony, people are worthy of the royal crown, they have reached the royal pinnacle in their relationships.

80 years - an oak wedding. Oak is the strongest of all trees and the longest living tree, surviving up to 100 years. Therefore, an oak wedding personifies a strong, indestructible family that supports its crown - descendants, and does not forget about its ancestral power - about its roots, its ancestors.

Any object made of wood, the use of wood in the interior, a wooden decoration will be a gift.

90 years - granite anniversary. The family is associated with a granite rock, united and indestructible. Presentations are prepared using granite or any other stone. For example, it can be a sculpture in a garden.

85 and 95 years old are not celebrated.

100th Anniversary - Red or Platinum Wedding... In the old days, what is beautiful was called red. And this date is an amazing, significant and solemn day. You can give red gifts, wonderful jewelry, words of recognition and love.

To date, only one example of a married couple from Azerbaijan is known who managed to carry their love up to 100 years old. And let him become an example for all newlyweds and spouses around the world.

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