Traditional and Modern Ideas for Anniversary Gifts
I thought it would be neat to share the Traditional and Modern ideas for Anniversary gifts. Several years ago, I helped my parents celebrate 50 years of marriage and when I was thinking about what to give them, I looked at this list to help give me some inspiration. Now, I thought it might help give our readers some ideas!
While, some of these ideas seem somewhat boring or “un-gift” like, but if you take the item and try to put an interesting spin on it… it can be both meaningful, thoughtful and could possibly even start a new and fun tradition.
For example, Paper could be given in the form of a journal (either written in as a summary of your 1st year of marriage) or for your partner to document their own thoughts and ideas. Leather could be in the form of a suitcase or briefcase, cotton could be either clothing, blankets, or a quilt made of something you and your partner picked up somewhere on vacation, etc..
Think outside the box and start a new tradition! By the way, Happy Anniversary!!!
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Traditional |
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Modern |
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1st |
Paper |
Clocks |
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2nd |
Cotton |
China |
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3rd |
Leather |
Crystal/Glass |
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4th |
Fruit/Flowers |
Appliances |
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5th |
Wood |
Silverware |
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6th |
Candy/Iron |
Wood |
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7th |
Wool/Copper |
Desk Sets |
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8th |
Pottery/Bronze |
Linens/Lace |
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9th |
Willow/Pottery |
Leather |
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10th |
Tin/Aluminum |
Diamond Jewelry |
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11th |
Steel |
Fashion Jewelry |
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12th |
Silk/Linen |
Pearls |
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13th |
Lace |
Textile Furs |
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14th |
Animals* |
Gold Jewelry |
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15th |
Crystal |
Watches |
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20th |
China |
Platinum |
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25th |
Silver |
Silver |
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30th |
Pearl |
Diamond |
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35th |
Coral |
Jade |
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40th |
Ruby |
Ruby |
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45th |
Sapphire |
Sapphire |
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50th |
Gold |
Gold |
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60th |
Diamond |
Diamond |