People love
to celebrate anniversaries, being together another year shows that they truly
love each other and they continue to strengthen the bonds and celebrate their
union year after year. A lot of couples celebrate this special occasion by
giving gifts to each other that symbolizes their anniversary, like
"paper" for the 1st year and "leather" for the 5th year.
Although following the "Traditional Anniversary Gift List" can sound
easy at first, but it can be very difficult and frustrating trying to follow
the list for some years.
Sure the
Silver, Golden and Diamond anniversaries are easy, its pretty well spelled out.
But what about anniversaries like the "Paper" (1st) anniversary or
"Steel" (11th) anniversary? These can be difficult for a woman and
almost impossible for a man shopping for the perfect gift that will show their
love and appreciation of their partner. So with the summer months which are the
busy season for weddings and anniversaries approaching fast I thought this
would be a good time to start covering each of the years and their symbolic
gift.
"Paper"
is the traditional symbol of the first year wedding anniversary.
Since the
traditional symbol for the 1st wedding anniversary gift is paper, you'll need
to start "thinking outside the box" if you're going to follow this
list successfully.
Some
cheaper but very thoughtful gifts of paper would be homemade coupons good for a
massage or breakfast in bed, poetry or love letters hand written on nice
stationary, homemade greeting cards.
In the
moderate price range could be books that would be of interest to the recipient,
photographs, you can order a copy of the newspaper from the wedding date that
shows what was going on the day of your wedding, tickets to a show or sporting
event, posters, board games, puzzles, gift certificates to their favorite
stores, stationary, tickets to concerts, or my favorite - paper roses.
While gift
cards and gift certificates are acceptable gifts for a couple, I would NOT
recommend this as a gift to a spouse, this is your first anniversary together
and you need to put a little more thought into it than giving something as
impersonal as money.
I
personally think that "paper roses" are one of the best first year
anniversary gifts available, for two reasons, one - you have the romance and
intimacy of roses, two - your able to stay with the "traditional"
list of anniversary gifts. A bonus to this idea is that unlike real roses this
gift can last forever. I am not talking about artificial flowers here, these
are paper roses that are hand made especially for first year anniversaries, you
can even have them personalized.
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