TRIVIA BITS …
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Traditionally, each wedding anniversary is celebrated with a gift made from a different material.
While there are many lists of gifts for particular wedding anniversaries, here is a list of traditional ones:
First - Paper;
Second - Cotton;
Third - Leather;
Fourth - Fruit/Flowers;
Fifth - Wood;
Sixth - Candy/Iron;
Seventh - Wool/Copper;
Eighth - Bronze/Pottery;
Ninth - Pottery/Willow;
Tenth - Tin/Aluminum;
Eleventh - Steel;
Twelfth - Silk/Linen;
Thirteenth - Lace;
Fourteenth - Ivory;
Fifteenth – Crystal;
Twentieth - China;
Twenty-Fifth - Silver;
Thirtieth - Pearl;
Thirty-Fifth - Coral;
Fortieth - Ruby;
Forty-Fifth - Sapphire;
Fiftieth - Gold;
Fifty-fifth - Emerald;
Sixtieth - Diamond;
Seventieth - Platinum.
It isn't clear when the traditional list came into existence; it probably evolved over time. Calling years 25 and 50 'Silver' and 'Gold' may have originated in medieval Europe, where wives were given a silver wreath to celebrate their twenty-fifth year of marriage and a gold wreath for their fiftieth anniversary.
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