Even in medieval Germany began to celebrate wedding anniversaries and give symbolic gifts. The following year, after the ceremony, the best friends and good friends were invited along with the former guests. A few years later at the tables you could see new people from among those close to the family and distant relatives.
How are wedding anniversaries celebrated?
Celebrating any wedding anniversary, be it the fifth anniversary, the twentieth anniversary or the seventieth anniversary of family life, is held as a truncated wedding celebration. After the meeting, guests are presented with gifts. Then a feast, congratulations and funny contests, jokes and various ceremonies.
Each year of family life has its own symbols and corresponding gifts for the four culprits of the event. How to find out what to give for two or three years, seven years? What wedding will take place in forty-five years?
Symbols and Gifts
In different countries, it is customary to celebrate wedding dates in their own way. Not all anniversaries are celebrated, not always gifts coincide with the symbols of the anniversary. In the Russian tradition, it is customary to widely celebrate the so-called “round” dates. This is 25, 50, 75
years of marriage. Years spent by a couple in marriage for so many years are considered a great joint work of the couple around the world.
And seven years - what kind of wedding? For a long time in Russia there is a tradition to plant a family tree on a “wooden” wedding (five-year anniversary), which is usually celebrated in nature. The "pearl" anniversary (thirty years) is celebrated at the reservoir. During the “golden” wedding, on the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage, the couple puts on new wedding rings, and the ceremony itself is held exactly according to the first scenario.
Woolen or copper?
The couple lived together for seven years of marriage - what is the wedding? Such questions excite friends and relatives, all invited. Everyone wants to follow the traditions and please the heroes of the occasion. According to some sources, this date is associated with wool, according to others - with copper. This metal is strong enough, but soft, it conducts heat and electricity very well.
It is believed that by the seventh anniversary of the marriage, the spouses have already managed to “get used to” each other, learned to bypass the shortcomings and notice the dignity of their half. This is probably why copper, as it is no longer black (cast iron) and not yet precious (gold) metal, is a symbol of marriage, which lasted seven years. What wedding? Of course, copper!
Copper Gingerbread Gifts
On this day, spouses, in addition to other gifts, must exchange copper coins or copper rings as a guarantee of their next happy life. They lived together for seven years! What a wedding, what to give - relatives and friends will take care of this. Usually invited people prepare greetings, souvenirs, presents and surprises in advance. The family is presented with copper household utensils, cups, Turks, candlesticks. The presence of copper items not only symbolizes a certain level of wealth, but is also used as amulets to protect the welfare of the family.
At the same time, the milestone of seven years can become critical in a couple’s relationship. Exchange of copper rings will help to bond the marriage ties for long times.
So it became clear seven years - what a wedding. What to present from copper items:
- bracelets and figurines;
- antique items;
- dishes;
- simple jewelry and medallions;
- various utensils;
- trinkets for comfort.
How to congratulate a couple on their seventh wedding?
Seven years - what is the wedding in family history? As the ancestors say, this is a copper anniversary. During a festive feast on this occasion, guests make eulogies, honoring the spouses. Wishes can be made in poetic form or in the form of an ordinary toast. Here are some welcome options:
- Our dear anniversaries! You have been together for seven years! What wedding! Congratulations on the fact that through these years you have carried love and warmth. Copper is considered the metal of the goddess of love Venus, a conductor of deep tenderness and bright passion. We wish you to keep these feelings and carry them through all subsequent anniversaries of family life!
- Seven years ... What kind of wedding can do without congratulations? Our dear anniversaries! All these years, you have basked in the warmth and tenderness of each other. Let the ability to feel between you be the same as the ability of copper to conduct electricity and heat. And may happiness and joy be with you!
- Our dear anniversaries! During these seven years you had to experience many different events and experiences. Your family has strengthened and become as strong as copper, and solid, as this metal is a symbol of love and patience. So let the goddess of love Venus, whose element is copper, help you maintain deep feelings until the “golden” and even to the “crown” wedding, until the 75th anniversary of your marriage!
- Seven years! What wedding! Congratulations fly from all over the table, circling at your feet! Today, we cannot erase the tears of tenderness from our cheeks. We wish you happiness, that the heart sings, even if copper is not expensive metal, but it is entrusted to you by fate. All who here today congratulate you, wish you success, joy and happiness!
Alternative gifts
For those who are still inclined to consider the seven-year anniversary “woolen,” there is the opportunity to pay attention to the celebration of the couple in their own way. Wool has softness, products from it are cozy and warm. Any beautiful plaid made of such natural material will serve as a wonderful anniversary present. After all, wrapped together in a soft cloth on a cool evening, the couple will be able to feel the proximity and warmth of each other.
Any gifts, symbolizing homeliness, warmth of the hearth, can be useful in this beautiful holiday. And it doesn’t matter at all whether to give wool or copper. The main thing is that the family should be happy and friendly for many years to come.