It's a tradition as old as time to give wedding anniversary gifts to celebrate the happy milestone of another year together. But did you know that according to tradition, there is a specific wedding anniversary gift for every year that you're married right up until year 100. Though has anyone even ever made it that far? We all tend to be familiar with the first few traditional anniversary gifts; year one is paper, year two is cotton, year three is leather and so on, but after that it all gets a little bit confusing! So here we have the list of traditional wedding anniversary gifts by year, so you know exactly what to gift your other half, or maybe even your loved ones who are celebrating. Have a look, some are quite random, especially year 19 - we'll happily pass on that one!
- 1st Anniversary: Paper
- 2nd Anniversary: Cotton
- 3rd Anniversary: Leather
- 4th Anniversary: Linen, Fruit & Flowers
- 5th Anniversary: Wood
- 6th Anniversary: Sweets or Iron
- 7th Anniversary: Wool and Copper
- 8th Anniversary: Bronze and Pottery
- 9th Anniversary: Pottery and Willow
- 10th Anniversary: Tin, Aluminum
- 11th Anniversary: Steel
- 12th Anniversary: Silk Linen
- 13th Anniversary: Lace
- 14th Anniversary: Ivory
- 15th Anniversary: Crystal
- 16th Anniversary: Wax
- 17th Anniversary: Shells
- 18th Anniversary: Feathers
- 19th Anniversary: Chilli Pepper
- 20th Anniversary: China
- 21st Anniversary: Brass Nickle
- 22nd Anniversary: Cooper
- 23rd Anniversary: Silver Plate
- 24th Anniversary: Musical Instruments
- 25th Anniversary: Silver - Sterling Silver
- 26th Anniversary: Original pictures
- 27th Anniversary: Sculpture
- 28th Anniversary: Orchids
- 29th Anniversary: New furniture
- 30th Anniversary: Pearl
- 31st Anniversary: Time Pieces
- 32nd Anniversary: Conveyances (e.g., automobiles)
- 33rd Anniversary: Amethyst
- 34th Anniversary: Opal
- 35th Anniversary: Coral
- 36th Anniversary: Bone china
- 37th Anniversary: Alabaster
- 38th Anniversary: Beryl, Tourmaline
- 39th Anniversary: Lace
- 40th Anniversary: Ruby, Garnet
- 41st Anniversary: Land
- 42nd Anniversary: Development (House or property)
- 43rd Anniversary: Travel
- 44th Anniversary: Groceries
- 45th Anniversary: Sapphire
- 46th Anniversary: Original poetry tribute
- 47th Anniversary: Books
- 48th Anniversary: Optical Goods
- 49th Anniversary: Luxuries
- 50th Anniversary: Gold
- 55th Anniversary: Emerald/ Turquoise
- 60th Anniversary: Diamond Gold, Diamond
- 75th Anniversary: Platinum Diamond
- 80th Anniversary: Diamond, Pearl
- 85th Anniversary: Diamond, Sapphire
- 90th Anniversary: Diamond, Emerald
- 95th Anniversary: Diamond, Ruby
- 100th Anniversary: 10 Carat Diamond
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