The symbolic name of 13 years of wedding is a lace wedding. With this name, our ancestors wanted to protect the family from the otherworldly, demonic number "13". After all, the lace is woven, their threads are intertwined in a special way so that it is impossible to tear them and weave them. So the fate of people who have survived to 13 years of marriage are tightly bound, intertwined for the rest of their lives.
To get a beautiful lace pattern, you need to carefully approach its knitting. So with marital relations. If spouses throughout their life together carefully and carefully weave the "lace" of their love, the pattern of their destinies will be beautiful and durable, like old lace.
There is a belief that numbers affect human destinies, so from time immemorial, all nations have charms, including in the names of wedding anniversaries and other holidays. It was said about the thirteenth anniversary of the wedding that she tests the spouses for strength and protects them from demons that quarrel husband and wife, confuse their thoughts, feelings and actions. If the couple together crossed the threshold of the thirteenth year of marriage, then it was easier for them to go on side by side for two more years.
As a sign of fortress of marital ties, in ancient times, husband and wife planted a birch tree near the house on the day of the 13th wedding year and tied it with lace ribbon. Thus, a protective aura was created around the hut, which protected family members from evil spirits. Today, a birch tree can be chosen in the forest and tied with lace so that the family is protected by good spirits for a long time.
On the day of the thirteenth anniversary of the wedding, aspen and oak objects were brought into the house. Products from this wood also had protective power, and besides they had an applied character - they were used in household goods. Children growing up in the family received crafts made of oak and aspen as a gift on this day. Nowadays, you can buy any home decoration or furniture from these breeds so that they, like in the old days, clean our homes of demons and other filth.
Spouses accepting congratulations on their 13th wedding anniversary wore dresses with lace on themselves. And now, things with lace trim are considered exclusive and give any, even men's, clothing sophistication and elegance.
Pancakes as thin as lace are always placed on a richly decorated table. A lace wedding is celebrated in the circle of loved ones, relatives and friends.
On this day, for the brownie living in the house, they were sure to prepare a gift - a lace handkerchief, so that he would continue to protect family happiness. They put it on the stove, where, according to legend, this patron of the hearth likes to sit. Today, in the absence of stoves, such a handkerchief can be put near the battery or any other warm place in the house.
For 13 years, weddings usually give something in common with the name of the anniversary. For example, things with lace trim: tulle, napkins, tablecloths, bedding. The original gift will be an old lace, enclosed under a beautiful frame. You can present any “knitted or warm” thing to the “lace young”: a carpet, a bedspread, a plaid, sofa pillows with beautiful knitted or woven pillowcases. Spouses celebrating the 13th anniversary of the wedding will be delighted with an electric fireplace, a lamp, a floor lamp, a sconce, a pair of designer candlesticks. The main thing is that your gift emphasizes the warm atmosphere of the family, which celebrates the thirteenth anniversary of the wedding.
For a wife, a peignoir or underwear with lace given by her husband will be a pleasant surprise, and the wife will be surprised by a gift lovingly tied by his wife.
The wedding anniversary of 13 years is also called the lily of the valley in honor of touching fragile flowers, embodying the love that the couple saved and conveyed to this date. If the celebration fell in the spring, the husband presents his half with a delicate bouquet of lilies of the valley.