No state in the world can “boast” with so many designated wedding anniversaries as the countries of the post-Soviet space. As a rule, in Europe and other countries it is customary to celebrate wedding anniversaries only for 25, 50 and 100 years.
Perhaps the Slavic people are the most loving, therefore, they came up with their own signs and holidays for almost every year after marriage. This is a great occasion to remind your soulmate of your feelings and that fabulous day when you pronounced the oath of love and loyalty to each other.
Wedding anniversaries over the years have their traditions and significance, signs and even a kind of symbolism corresponding to years lived in marriage. On this day at a round table you can again gather your parents, relatives and friends of you. The holiday has its own peculiarities, even gifts with which it is customary to come to the "newlyweds" on this day are indicated.
Having lived the first year in marriage, you can rightfully celebrate your first anniversary - chintz wedding. It got its name because the husband and wife have survived so little together and therefore their marriage is still not very durable, like chintz material, which easily breaks. Some call this date a gauze wedding.
Wedding anniversaries over the years will tend to be “reinforced” in the name of the material with which the holiday is associated. So, the second anniversary is usually called a paper wedding. The mark of three years of marriage was called leather.
Having lived together for four years, the "young" can rightfully celebrate a linen wedding, or rope. During this period, the husband and wife have already learned enough of each other and “got used to it”, their lifestyle is compared with flax fibers, which are closely intertwined with each other and it is not so easy to break them.
Prior to this, all dates were no longer wedding anniversaries, but rather anniversaries; the first serious occasion can be called a wooden wedding - this is 5 years of marriage. Wood is already a fairly solid material that symbolizes the strength of family relationships. It is believed that this anniversary should be celebrated without fail, guests who come to the family's house on this day should give wooden household items. It can be a cutting board, a stand for a hot dish, even a rolling pin as a gift will be appropriate on this day.
This is followed by a cast-iron wedding, which is celebrated in the 6th year of marriage. The thing is that cast iron is, on the contrary, considered to be quite fragile material and it symbolizes the crisis that occurs in family relations at the 6th year of life. Relationships, like cast iron, can crack and fall apart at any moment.
The next anniversary (7 years), called the copper wedding. I must say that wedding anniversaries will often have names associated with precious materials. It is a copper wedding that is considered the first date that is associated not only with strong but also valuable metal, because the relationship in marriage has already acquired considerable importance for spouses.
Then comes the tin and earthenware weddings, which correspond to 8 and 9 years of lived life together.
10 years of marriage are celebrated with an anniversary, which was called the pewter wedding. Guests on this day must give any items made of tin. It is believed that this metal, like the relationship between spouses, is very flexible.
Strong and strong relations in the 11th year of married life gave the name to this holiday - a steel wedding, followed by a nickel - 12 years.
A lace wedding corresponds to 13 years lived together; during this period, family relations become very thin again and can break off at any time.
But next year comes a period that is already considered to be strong in relations. If the couple lived together for 14 years, then they are not afraid of anything, so the anniversary was named the agate wedding.
The reliable relationship of the spouses gave the name to the 15th anniversary - a crystal wedding. Clear and clear crystal has, however, high strength. It is with him that the relationship between husband and wife is compared . It is customary to give crystal ware for this anniversary: vases, glasses, etc.
For 18 years of marriage, the relationship begins to flourish, when the children are adults and the parents are still young and full of strength, this holiday was called the “turquoise wedding”.
After 20 years of living together, the moment again comes when you need to be very careful about your relationship, because they are again very fragile and can “break up” at any time, so this date was called the “china wedding”.
And again, in the designation of the wedding anniversary, we meet precious metal, this time we will talk about silver, a noble and durable material - a silver wedding is 25 years lived together.
A pearl wedding is celebrated after 30 joint years. Coral or linen gathers at the table a huge family, consisting of children and grandchildren, for 35 years of marriage.
After 50 years of marriage, they celebrate an anniversary, the name of which is associated with one of the most valuable and durable materials. Golden wedding is considered to be the most serious and important holiday. People who have lived shoulder to shoulder for so many years truly have a strong relationship, tested by time and various life tests.
Despite the fact that the next wedding anniversaries are not common, nonetheless, they do happen, which means they have a right to exist.
If you do not know what to present to the “newlyweds” on their anniversary, draw inspiration from the name. As a rule, they donate any products made of material that is the basis of the name of this family holiday.