Wedding anniversaries

Married couples celebrate once a year when the date of their wedding comes around. Unlike birthdays, friends and family are not generally expected to send a card or buy a gift for a wedding anniversary. However, a wife may be very upset if her husband forgets to buy her a card and personal present such as jewellery, chocolates or flowers! It is commonly held that women remember such anniversaries better than men, so a wife is sure to have at least a card ready to exchange with her beloved’s offering.

There are particular materials associated with certain anniversaries. These can be very helpful to a husband wondering what to buy for his wife….

• 1st anniversary ~ paper
• 2nd anniversary ~ cotton
• 5th anniversary ~ wood
• 10th anniversary ~ aluminium
• 15th anniversary ~ crystal
• 20th anniversary ~ china
• 25th anniversary ~ silver
• 30th anniversary ~ pearl
• 35th anniversary ~ jade
• 40th anniversary ~ ruby
• 45th anniversary ~ sapphire
• 50th anniversary ~ gold
• 60th anniversary ~ diamond
• 70th anniversary ~ platinum

The Queen’s office will send a congratulatory message on the occasion of a couple’s 60th, 65th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, etc. wedding anniversary, on application.

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