Golden wedding happens in life units. After all, not everyone succeeds in reaching such a significant day, especially in our difficult time. Therefore, congratulations on a golden wedding always turn into a whole ritual, a big celebration. Such an important family anniversary requires special preparation. Most often , children or grandchildren of happy spouses do this. And do not neglect the celebration, because living together for half a century is not an easy task. Congratulations to parents on a golden wedding is the task of loving children who want to make them happy, show respect for their patience and love.
Why is the 50th anniversary of life together called “golden,” and nothing else? This is probably due to the properties of the metal itself, called gold. It is malleable, soft, inert. And in order to live together for so many years, one needs gentleness of character, the ability to forgive, "malleability" or worldly wisdom, flexibility. Partners all their lives, we can say, have lived together, and therefore deserve to receive good congratulations on their golden wedding.
Most often this holiday is celebrated by those who have maintained contact with adult children, grandchildren, who have not lost friends in life. But this is not as easy as it seems. Therefore, a golden wedding is celebrated in rare cases. And even if you decide on a holiday, then it must go on a grand scale, gather all family members under one roof, become a kind of occasion for reunification.
Children can rent a room in a restaurant and celebrate there. This eliminates the need to cook, and also allows you to invite more people, in normal conditions, to announce congratulations on a golden wedding, to please anniversaries with any performance, competitions and dances. You should not demand too much from them, because the heroes of the occasion will be satisfied only by seeing the whole family together, rejoice in the general fun, laughter and good mood.
Guests have a lot of questions when choosing gifts. At a golden wedding, of course, it is customary to give gold, but at the age at which the husband and wife are, they no longer need gold trinkets. It is better to please them with useful things. Perhaps a good gift will be a good home appliance: microwave, dishwasher, kettle, washing machine. Also, things that the elderly may need include plaids, carpets, good towels, and so on. Perhaps they need a new TV, a pressure measuring device , or a music center. Children often give older parents mobile phones, mainly for their own comfort. Indeed, in an emergency, mom or dad will be able to call and call for help.
In addition to gifts bought at the store, anniversaries will undoubtedly be pleased with things made with love by their own hands. A wonderful present for parents who have been married for 50 years is a photo collage, decorated on a large sheet of cardboard and inserted into a beautiful frame. On it you can post pictures of young anniversaries, their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, some kind of funny photos and so on. Congratulations on the day of the golden wedding will become even more pleasant if you back them with such a gift. After all, it is much better than any mobile phone, as it stores warmth and love, family proximity.
If you are used to following traditions and believe in signs, then you can diversify the holiday by performing various ceremonies. Usually the “newly made” young ones are sprinkled with gold coins, rice, grain directly, like on the wedding day. It is a beautiful custom when the eldest daughter or son gives his mother a stunning shawl embroidered with gold, which in the modern world may well replace Lurex. In some families it is customary to put on new wedding rings on such an anniversary, and transfer the old ones to grandchildren and children “for good luck”.
In any case, congratulations on a golden wedding is a responsibility that falls on the shoulders of relatives of anniversaries. And you need to do everything possible to really please them.