Wedding anniversaries - what are they?
Going on a honeymoon trip, absent-minded newlyweds represent a life together as a solemn celebration of carefree, romantic and admiring each other.
Honeymoon is replaced by ordinary days like one another, carefree happiness by the solution of a number of daily small tasks, romanticism - by attempts to combine and maximally bring to a single picture the vision of both spouses living together and doing business.
And now the housing arrangement is approaching the final stage, the moment of the so-called "lapping" has been successfully overcome, small household chores have long been distributed among the spouses and are executed almost automatically. It would seem that now it is time to have a well-adjusted life, and hence coziness and quiet family happiness. At this stage of the relationship, as a rule, a violent wind of change - the birth of a child - bursts into the house. Sleepless nights, diapers, a heap of scattered toys and an endless pile of strings.
The state of distracted happiness, ecstasy and trepidation becomes a memory of the distant past, causing nostalgic feelings about the day when the spouses put their wedding rings on each other's fingers with trembling hands. Is it really impossible to experience these feelings again?
Everyone knows the answer to this question. The "silver" and "golden" weddings are there so that even the elderly people are once again a bride and groom, able to return to the most solemn day of their lives and experience it again. It turns out that you can feel like a newly-married couple not only 25 and 50 years after the marriage, there are a whole lot of similar anniversaries!
Calico wedding
The first anniversary of the wedding. It is marked after exactly one year from the date of marriage. The year of living together, as a rule, is connected with the knowledge of each other's spouses from different sides, difficulties in the collision of interests and an attempt to find compromises. Having overcome this difficult step, the relationship acquires a more stable, calm character - they bring "calico simplicity" and understanding.
To celebrate the cotton wedding it is customary to give articles made of flax or calico.
Paper Wedding
It is celebrated two years after the marriage. Family and domestic differences have long been "settled", the relationship has lost its originality and acquired an even flow of life, without a bright surge of emotions and romantic impulses. Marriage still as a paper is not strong, but has already faced the first serious test - inattention and decrease in care of each other. It remains to be checked whether the marriage will withstand the difficulties that have arisen or will be torn to pieces like a piece of paper?
On the anniversary of the paper wedding it is customary to bring paper products: postcards, letters, books and tickets to the cinema or theater.
Leather wedding
I have lived together for three years. Most families already have children. Relationships are strong and fairly stable. Nevertheless, they are still evolving, changing, changing their form and adapting to the slightly changed nature of both spouses. Family life can be described as resilient, but flexible. Leather is an excellent associative example of this.
To celebrate, they usually present gifts from genuine leather.
Wooden wedding
Five years from the date of marriage. By this time, the husband and wife have come as close as possible to full mutual understanding, merging and creating something in common. A married couple can be compared to a wooden house, already strong enough, warm and cozy. Nevertheless, accidentally flared up fire can easily destroy it.
A wooden wedding, as a rule, is given various kinds of wooden articles or furniture. There is a tradition to plant a tree on this day, then it will grow healthy, fertile and will remain a living memory of love for many decades to come.
Pink wedding
Ten years of living together! The first round date, which is usually celebrated on a grand scale, inviting all relatives and friends. A large-scale merry celebration is held with a mandatory main symbol of this day - red wine. The husband and guests present the bride with bouquets of roses, admiringly praising their marriage "so strong that no spikes are afraid of him."
Crystal wedding
It is celebrated fifteen years after the wedding. Relationships acquire true beauty, purity and refinement. Crystal, as a symbol of triumph and prosperity, simply obliges the bride and groom to arrange a real feast on this day with a prolonged feast. Traditionally, the day of the crystal wedding must break the dishes.
To give accepted crystal products: dishes, figurines or ornaments. On the table must also be present crystal glasses, wine glasses and salad bowls.
Porcelain wedding
Celebrated after twenty years of marriage. The husband and wife are already so used to each other as much as possible. But, in spite of everything, their relationship remains so fragile, valuable and requiring careful handling, as a porcelain product.
It is believed that on the table it is necessary to put a new china ware, since from the old by that time nothing could remain.
silver wedding
The first of the well-known and ubiquitous celebrations of the wedding. Marked a quarter of a century, lived in a happy union! In addition to the comparison with the precious metal showing the wealth of love that has flourished in the family for so many years, silver also almost literally points to the "silvered" hair of the couple.
On the day of the silver wedding, it is customary to exchange rings that are worn next to the wedding rings on the middle finger. The table is also served with silverware.
Pearl wedding
Thirty years of living together! Pearls are a symbol of prosperity, beauty and fertility. For all the years lived, the couple managed to settle firmly in their family cell and grow significantly. There were not only children, but already grandchildren. The husband and wife managed to preserve the beauty of their feelings and pass them along the chain to the next generations. According to tradition, for a pearl wedding, the spouse gives her second half a pearl necklace, the number of pearls on which is equal to the number of years lived together.
Ruby wedding
Celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the wedding. A married couple has gone through many trials, difficulties and adversities. Relations acquired a valuable coloration, like a ruby after polishing and cutting. The red color of the stone symbolizes a single blood created by the couple and embodied in the form of a new generation.
It is accepted to donate ruby rings.
Gold wedding
I've lived together for fifty years! For half a century, passed hand in hand, the husband and wife managed to raise children, grandchildren, and probably even great-grandchildren. Only having the most valuable properties of gold - a mild "malleable" character, able to interact in a spirit of harmony with other people, it can be possible.
The jubilee, as a rule, is celebrated in a narrow circle of close relatives. Again felt themselves as the bride and groom of the couple again exchanged wedding rings.
Diamond wedding
The 60th anniversary of marriage. Brilliant, the most enduring gem, from ancient times was considered the owner of medicinal properties and an excellent amulet that helps in a difficult moment. So the spouses, having accumulated valuable life experience, are able to give useful advice and help to get out of the predicament.
On the sixtieth anniversary of giving products decorated with diamonds.
Crown Wedding
Seventy-five years from the day of the wedding! Very rare, and therefore a grandiose holiday, arranged for the heroes of their children and grandchildren. The couple together overcame all difficulties, nothing could break and destroy their union. The jubilee is the crown of marriage as well as the crown crowning the head.
The list of wedding anniversaries on this ends. And finally, the newlyweds who are just getting married, I want to wish to be tolerant, wise and willing to bring happiness to the closest and dearest person - your second half every day - to safely celebrate your "Crown Wedding".
Now you know how to call all the anniversaries of the wedding. We wish you to live with your second half before the diamond!