Whether you're celebrating a first romantic anniversary or your 25th Wedding Anniversary, there's a gift idea for each special occasion. Tradition has developed a list of types of anniversary gifts for most of the important years of one's life. Traditional gift giving can be traced back to the middle ages. In Germanic regions it was tradition for a husband to gift his wife on their 25th Anniversary a silver garland. the silver wreath was used to symbolise harmony and on their 50th anniversary the wife would be gifted with a gold garland. During the Victorian era these gifts were expanded to include 1st, 5th, 10th, 20th and 75th anniversaries. Each year the gift becomes becomes greater. The idea behind this way to celebrate their stability and the greater the stability to bigger the gift!
Marriage Stages
1-5 years - Newlyweds
6-25 years - Truly Devoted
26-50 years - Golden Years
51-75 years - Soul Mates
76-100 years - Together Forever
Listed below are the generally accepted traditional gifts for each
anniversary and a more modern equivalent. We've also included a list of flowers you can send on a special anniversary. If you're stuck on what to send for an anniversary just take a look at the list to find some inspiration:
