Most people like to remember their wedding day by celebrating their wedding anniversaries. It is a good time to reflect and recall all the good things about marriage during the past year, to take stock of the relation- ship and to prepare for the years ahead.

Traditionally, certain materials are associated with particular years of marriage the theory being that they will replace the wedding gifts as they wear out.

Traditional Anniversary Gifts

• First - Cotton

• Second - Paper

• Third - Leather or straw

• Fourth - Silk or flowers

• Fifth - Wood

• Sixth - Iron or Sugar

• Seventh - Wool or copper

• Eighth - Bronze

• Ninth - Pottery

• Tenth - Tin

• Eleventh - Steel

• Twelfth - Silk and fine linen

• Thirteenth - Lace

• Fourteenth - Ivory

• Fifteenth - Crystal

• Twentieth - China

• Twenty-fifth - Silver

• Thirtieth - Pearl

• Thirty-fifth - Coral

• Fortieth - Ruby

• Forty-fifth - Sapphire

• Fiftieth - Golden

• Fifty-fifth - Emerald

• Sixtieth - Diamond

• Seventy-fifth - Second Diamond

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