Anniversary gifts - Traditional & Modern
This is actually a pre-marital photo of my eldest nephew & now neice who have many happy anniversaries ahead of them! Christopher is a bit of a traditionalist so he'd probably choose from the first column for their anniversaries & I think Sian from the modern, but either way, they'll have some lovely presents from each other.
| Anniversary | Traditional | Modern |
| 1st | Paper | Clocks |
| 2nd | Cotton | China |
| 3rd | Leather | Crystal/Glass |
| 4th | Fruit/Flowers | Appliances (please no!) |
| 5th | Wood | Silverware |
| 6th | Sweets/Iron | Wood |
| 7th | Wool/Copper | Desk sets |
| 8th | Pottery/Bronze | Linen/Lace |
| 9th | Willow/Pottery | Leather |
| 10th | Tin/Aluminium | Diamond jewellery (yes please!) |
| 11th | Steel | Fashion jewellery |
| 12th | Silk/Linen | Pearls |
| 13th | Lace | Textile furs (I’d prefer the real thing…) |
| 14th | Ivory | Gold jewellery |
| 15th | Crystal | Watches |
| 16th | Wax | Peridot |
| 17th | Shells | Furniture, watch |
| 18th | Feathers | Porcelain, Cat’s eye jewellery |
| 19th | Chilli pepper (?) | Bronze, Aquamarine |
| 20th | China | Platinum, Emerald |
| 21st | Brass, Nickel | |
| 22nd | Copper | |
| 23rd | Silver plate | |
| 24th | Musical instruments | |
| 25th | Silver | Silver |
| 26th | Original pictures | |
| 27th | Sculpture | |
| 28th | Orchids | |
| 29th | New furniture | |
| 30th | Pearl | Diamond |
| 31st | Time pieces | |
| 32nd | Conveyances (cars etc!) | |
| 33rd | Amethyst | |
| 34th | Opal | |
| 35th | Coral/Jade | Jade |
| 36th | Bone china | |
| 37th | Alabaster | |
| 38th | Beryl, Tourmaline | |
| 39th | Lace | |
| 40th | Ruby | Ruby, Garnet |
| 41st | Land | |
| 42nd | Developed real estate | |
| 43rd | Travel | |
| 44th | Groceries (Really?) | |
| 45th | Sapphire | Sapphire |
| 46th | Original poetry tribute | |
| 47th | Books | |
| 48th | Optical goods | |
| 49th | Luxuries – any kind (to make up for last year) | |
| 50th | Gold | Gold |
| 55th | Emerald | Emerald, Turquoise |
| 60th | Diamond | Gold, Diamond |
| Every year after | Diamonds | |
| 100th | 10 Carat Diamond! |
