Saturday 30 April 2011

Traditional Wedding Gifts

All of us have heard that a 25th anniversary is the silver anniversary, 50th is the golden, and 75th is the diamond. This concept of relating a specific metal or thing to the year of the anniversary, started in medieval Europe and later traveled to other parts of the world. Wedding gifts too, which people give to a couple or the couple give to each other, began to be based on this concept itself. Even now, many people like this idea of giving traditional wedding gifts instead of modern gifts on wedding. So what are these traditional wedding gifts which can be given to a couple? Let's find out.

Traditional Wedding Gifts by Year

First Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: The first year gifts should be made of paper. Chinese paper lanterns are ideal first anniversary gifts. A more casual, romantic, modern yet traditional wedding gifts from groom to bride can be tickets to an opera.

Second Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: The second year gifts should be made of cotton material. Traditional wedding gifts from parents to the couple on their second anniversary can be a painting made on cotton cloth or a wall hanging. An album of photos of the family, which has an elegant cotton cover, is another special gift which can be given to the couple on their second wedding anniversary.

Third Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: The third year gifts are made of leather. Traditional wedding gifts for groom on the third anniversary can be a leather wallet, leather belt or a leather briefcase. A leather photo frame which has a wedding picture of the couple, leather clothing or leather desk chair are some other gifts which can be given to the couple on their third wedding anniversary. Read more on photo gifts.

Fourth Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: In the fourth year the couple should gift each other fruits and flowers. Some of the romantic ways to celebrate fourth anniversary are to decorate the bedroom with exotic flowers, gift red roses to each other or to share a fruity cocktail with each other by the sea side. Read more on food gifts.

Fifth Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: The fifth year is associated with the material wood. The couple can buy furniture for their house, jointly on their fifth anniversary. Or they can simply take off to a forest and be with each other, alone and away from the city, on their anniversary.

Sixth Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: The traditional gifts for the sixth year can be either candy or iron. The couple can be given gift baskets with lots of sweets and candies in them on their anniversary. A romantic way for the couple to celebrate one's sixth wedding anniversary is to trade chocolate messages. Read more on chocolate gifts.

Seventh Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: The seventh year wedding anniversary gifts should be made of copper or wool. Copper jewelery, copper cookware, woolen clothing and a trip to a cold country are the ideal seventh year wedding anniversary gifts.

Eighth Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: Wedding gifts for the eighth year should be associated with the metal bronze. A bronze sculpture, mirror with bronze frame and a bronze pot with a plant are some of the gifts which can be given to a couple on their eight wedding anniversary.

Ninth Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: Gifts made of pottery are given to the couple on their ninth wedding anniversary. Vases, flower pots, cutlery and dinnerware are some the gifts that can be give to the couple. The couple can themselves enroll for a pottery class together to make their anniversary unique and special.

Tenth Year Traditional Wedding Gifts: Tenth year anniversary gifts should be made of the metals aluminum and tin. Wind chimes, jewelery, decoration pieces made from either of these two metals can be gifted.

Read more on:

    * Anniversary Gifts
    * Romantic Gifts

Traditional wedding gifts look unique, and since they are associated with a particular year, the person whom they are given to, will not forget the effort of the giver in choosing such a gift for him or her. So go in for traditional wedding gifts, if you want to make the memory of the wedding anniversary ever lasting.

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