A wedding anniversary is a unique celebration which occurs each year on the day the wedding took place. The most important anniversaries are the 25th and 50th although each year has a special significance.
Few couples have reached their 80th anniversary. The oldest wedding anniversary ever celebrated as registered by the Guinness Book of World Records, is the one of a Taiwanese couple Mr. Liu Yung-Yang and Mrs. Yang Wan who reached their 86th year of marriage in 2003.
Each anniversary is symbolized by a different material and according to the tradition the gifts must be made in these materials. These are the lists of the various anniversaries.
Anniversary |
Material |
1 | Paper |
2 | Cotton |
3 | Leather |
4 | Fruit Flowers, Linen |
5 | Wood |
6 | Sugar, Iron |
7 | Wool, Copper |
8 | Bronze |
9 | Pottery, |
10 | Tin |
11 | Steel |
12 | Silk |
13 | Lace, Furs |
14 | Ivory |
15 | Crystal |
16 | Tungsten |
17 | Turquoise |
18 | Bismuth, Porcelain |
19 | Bronze |
20 | China |
21 | Brass, Nickel |
22 | Copper |
23 | Silver Plate |
24 | |
25 | Silver |
30 | Pearl |
35 | Coral, Jade |
40 | Ruby |
45 | Sapphire |
50 | Gold |
55 | Emerald |
60 | Diamond |
65 | Blue Sapphire |
70 | Platinum |
75 | Diamond |
80 | Oak, Diamond, Pearl |
85 | Diamond, Sapphire |
90 | Granite, Diamond, Ruby |
100 | 10 Carat Diamond |
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