Just for fun since we were joking about it… I looked it up. Here’s the gift list:
Traditional Wedding Anniversary Presents
Follow these traditional wedding anniversary gift suggestions and choose the perfect gift idea.
1st: paper
2nd: cotton
3rd: leather
4th: fruit and flower; linen
5th: wood
6th: sugar and sweet; iron
7th: wool; copper
8th: bronze and rubber
9th: pottery and willow
10th: tin; aluminum
11th: steel
12th: silk and fine linen
13th: lace
14th: ivory
15th: crystal
20th: china 25th: silver
30th: pearls; ivory
35th: coral; jade
40th: rubies
45th: sapphires
50th: gold
55th: emeralds
60th: diamonds
Contemporary Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas
For great contemporary wedding anniversary gifts and ideas, choose the appropriate year.
1st: clocks
2nd: china
3rd: crystal; glass
4th: electrical appliances
5th: silverware
6th: wood
7th: desk sets
8th: linens; lace
9th: leather
10th: diamond jewelry
11th: fashion jewelry; accessories
12th: pearls; colored gems
13th: textiles; furs
14th: gold jewelry
15th: watches
20th: platinum
25th: sterling silver
30th: diamonds
35th: jade
40th: rubies
45th: sapphires
50th: gold
55th: emeralds
60th: diamonds
OK.. now first off, diamonds made the contemp list three times. That’s wrong. In every way. It’s bloody clear glass. Blargh.
So we are having our tenth. Aluminum? Tin? Diamonds? No thanks. So I totally agree with Sir Meg’s decision that this is the anniversary where the con is the way to go. 🙂
Now next year… that’s steel according to the traditional list. Now that I can get behind. Especially if it is sharp and pointy and heavy. Woohoo! I’m demanding a sword.
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prncessconsuela said:
I’m going to be upset if all I get for my first wedding anniversary is paper! Lol. For that matter, I don’t want a clock either.
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Lady Ozma said:
ROFL… ahh but paper
he could give you a Buffy book. I figure for paper it is cardstock or books. Only way I could accept that. Don’t care about clocks because well, I have enough electronics with clocks as well as my phones. So eh, don’t need a clock.
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prncessconsuela said:
Re: ROFL… ahh but paper
Haha, yeah, or a Madonna book. 🙂
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: ROFL… ahh but paper
See, or a Friends book! For instance if it were this year you could ask for the Friends book that came out for the finale. You could ask for the trivia book… see… 🙂 Lots of good stuff with paper. But it does sound dumb at first, doesnt’ it?
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prncessconsuela said:
Re: ROFL… ahh but paper
Yep. I was thinking something along the lines of stationary.
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xmichra said:
Ya, what’s up with these!!!
What I find really funny Is that on the original, leather was for the third anniversary, and on the contemporary It was ninth!! I guess they figure you should know your spouse a bit better then by anniversary three, and will need the leather gift around anniversary nine…lol!!!
But the whole diamonds three times thing? Argh, you know I wish that they weren’t a standard jewel, then people could feel just as satisfied wearing an awesome amethyst or something.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Ya, what’s up with these!!!
Hey leather rules… I like leather as well. But yeah.. why did they move that?
I agree… I don’t see the big thing with diamonds. I mean they are primarily clear glass. Whoopdedoo. I’d rather wear something pretty with colour. heck I told my husband he didn’t have to give me a diamond for an engagement ring, would not have bothered me in the least. I even told him if he did want to give me one, to go cheap and get me mock.
I’ll never understand the “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” thing either. screw that… give me tech. Tech is a girl’s best friend. If you are going to spend that kind of money, I want a gadget. Screw the clear glass thing.
But yeah, amethyst? Beautiful. Emerald? Gorgeous. Saphire, I’m cool with that too. Hey there are four of those in my engagement ring.
I’m more than happy without. The only thing I like less? That pink glass crap. What’s up with that? And they made that the contemporary birth stone for October? That’s bologna! Bring back the Opal! I can’t hardly find anything opal for Caramon’s birthstone… I don’t want that ugly pink jazz. Especially for a boy!
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xmichra said:
hahaha
Ya that pink zircon or what ever the heck they call It Is aweful!! I am fairly lucky with Kira, her and my b-dys are In September so we get nice colored b-day stones!! MArks Is In May, I think he hates his stone… but I thought It was emerald and I like those.. maybe Its a a Roby.. I can never remember. Whatever It Is, It will all make a nice family ring one day!!
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: hahaha
Woohoo Saphire! Joram is September as is my wedding anniversary. Very wonderful stone. But my birthday is in May and that’s emerald and it is gorgeous as well! Pretty green!
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