Wedding Anniversary Meanings - History

The history of wedding anniversary meanings is an interesting one.

The origin of the 25th wedding anniversary symbol, which is silver, can be traced back to medieval Germany. When a couple had been married for 25 years they were honored by a silver wreath being placed on the head of the wife. If a couple made it to 50 years of marriage a gold wreath was used - thus the golden anniversary was born!

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Emily Post - considered to be an expert in etiquette wrote in 1922 traditional anniversary gifts for first, fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth and fiftieth wedding anniversaries. This was not the first instance of the traditional anniversary gifts - Emily Post merely compiled the list from the accepted anniversary presents for each year.

Wedding Anniversary Gift Lists

Consider celebrating by taking a short break. Check out these ideas for wedding anniversary getaways for more ideas.

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Wedding anniversaries have been celebrated as long as there has been weddings, so anniversary celebrations are a very old tradition!

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