Wedding Anniversary Themes
Most people are aware that the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary is silver and the fiftieth is gold, but few know that the second anniversary is cotton and the tenth is tin. Check this list the next time you celebrate an anniversary:
| Year | Traditional | Modern | Alt Modern |
| 1 | paper | plastics | clocks |
| 2 | cotton | cotton/calico | china |
| 3 | leather | leather | crystal and glass |
| 4 | flowers | linen/silk/nylon | appliances |
| 5 | wood | wood | silverware |
| 6 | candy/iron | iron | wood |
| 7 | copper/wood | copper/wood/brass | desk set |
| 8 | bronze/pottery | bronze/appliances | linens |
| 9 | pottery/willow | pottery | leather |
| 10 | tin | aluminum | diamond |
| 15 | crystal | glass | watches |
| 20 | china | china | platinum |
| 25 | silver | silver | silver |
| 30 | pearl | pearl | pearl |
| 35 | coral | coral/jade | jade |
| 40 | ruby | ruby/garnet | ruby |
| 45 | sapphire | sapphire | sapphire |
| 50 | gold | gold | gold |
| 55 | emerald | emerald/turquoise | emerald |
| 75 | diamond | diamond/gold | diamond |
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Great Gifts © 2001 by Marilee LeBon. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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