Wedding Anniversaries and their Symbols
Posted on Monday 18 April 2016
Wedding
Anniversaries and their Symbols
Researched by: Apolinario Villalobos
(…for the benefit of those who always await
yearly reunion with classmates, as well as, their
wedding anniversary.)
1st -paper
2nd -cotton
3rd -leather
4th -fruit, flowers
5th -wood
6th -sugar, candy
7th -wool, copper
8th -bronze, pottery
9th -pottery
10th -tin
11th -steel
12th -silk, linen
13th -lace
14th -ivory
15th -crystal
20th -china (ceramic items)
25th -silver
30th -pearl
35th -coral
40th -ruby
45th -sapphire
50th -gold
55th -emerald
75th -diamond
Noticeably, after the 15th
anniversary, there are five years gap between the anniversaries, thereafter,
until the 55th which has a gap of 20 years before the final which is
the 75th. Personally, my view is perhaps, to give time for the
husband to save enough money for more elaborate celebrations. As for the long
gap between the 55th and 75th, perhaps, it is some sort
of a standby period to check if any of the parties is still alive. Those are
just my personal opinions….viewers may have better ones.
A word of caution, though, for the husband:
do not give as gift to the wife, a roll of toilet paper on the first year
anniversary, cotton balls on the second year, and a leather dog collar or a
leather chastity belt on the third year.
This observance is rooted to the pagans,
copied by different ancient civilizations and handed down the rest of the
generations. Hence, today we sometimes come across stories of couples with both
the husband and wife in their respective wheelchair happily holding hands and
being pushed solemnly down the aisle toward the altar for their renewal of
vows, on the occasion of their 75th wedding anniversary…in a
Catholic church.
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