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Traditional Anniversary Gifts with Modern Twists

One way to keep the marriage happy is to remember wedding anniversaries and organize some sort of anniversary gift. Make a note in your diary and plan something special, even if it is just something simple like going out for lunch or for a picnic. Or you could eat on your own together at home in the evening with a bottle of wine.

The most important thing is to make your partner feel special. Flower gifts are a nice thought. Depending on how long you have been married, different anniversaries are associated with different symbols for instance when you have been married for 25 years, you celebrate your silver wedding anniversary with silver wedding gifts . The table below shows the modern and traditional themes for the different wedding anniversaries.

	Traditional	Modern
1st	Paper	Clocks
2nd	Cotton	Cotton or china
3rd	Leather	Leather, crystal or glass
4th	Linen or silk	Linen or silk
5th	Wood	Wood
6th	Iron	Iron or wood
7th	Copper or wool	Copper or wool
8th	Bronze or pottery	Bronze, appliances or linens
9th	Pottery or willow	Pottery or leather
10th	Tin	Aluminium or diamond
11th	Steel	Steel or jewellery
12th	Silk or linen	Silk, linen or pearl
13th	Lace	Lace, textiles or fur
14th	Ivory	Ivory or gold
15th	Crystal	Glass or watches
20th	China	China or platinum
25th	Silver	Silver
30th	Pearl	Pearl
35th	Coral	Coral or jade
40th	Ruby	Ruby or garnet
45th	Sapphire	Sapphire
50th	Gold	Gold
55th	Emerald	Emerald or turquoise
60th	Diamond	Gold
75th	Diamond	Diamond or gold

One anniversary gift idea would be to buy a clock or watch as a symbol of the passing of time. Jewellery is always popular for anniversary gifts. Some of the wedding anniversaries are associated with certain gemstones. On the ruby wedding anniversary for instance, one would buy rubies if you could afford it.

It's not only wedding anniversaries that are celebrated. People may celebrate anniversaries for other events that were important in their lives. These can vary from person to person. Sometimes companies have anniversary celebrations to mark the date they were started.

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