Celebration Ideas For Anniversary

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When you get married, your immediate thoughts might be associated with a honeymoon or buying a new house, where the both of you can start your new life. However, in the long run, you want to think positive and stay married and in love with each other, for a really long time.

You want to reach those milestones that you might have seen couples in your family reaching. You start dreaming of being together for ten, fifteen, twenty five, even fifty years! And when you do eventually reach each of these momentous occasions, you want to do nothing but share the event with your loved ones and have a party!

Wedding Anniversary Celebration Ideas

Time To Party!

No matter how many years you have been together, a wedding anniversary is a special day and should be celebrated. Even if you don’t want to share the day with the world, you need to make sure that you and your spouse, do something to make this day special and all the more memorable.

Take a holiday, gift each other another wedding band, renew your wedding vows, buy an insurance policy that covers you both or make a down payment on a new house. If nothing else, just head out for a long drive, and end it at a nice restaurant; just make sure that you tell each other how much you love her/him and how your life would be incomplete without him/her!

365 Days of Being Together

They say, the first year is always the most difficult, and most of the times, ‘they’ are right. Whether you have had a love marriage or arranged one, the first year is when you are getting to know the other person. If you have had an arranged marriage, chances are that your spouse is mostly a stranger to you and it is in this first year that you get to know him/her better.

And even if you have had a love marriage, it is within the first 365 days of being together that you really get to know your husband/wife, because living with someone is the only way to really know someone.

Once you reach this landmark, you really ought to celebrate, because you have reached the first milestone in your married life. You can either have a big party or just get away from the maddening crowd. If you are planning a party, keep a young and fresh theme in mind – invite people your own age group, including newlywed couples you might know.

Perhaps, you could just get away from it all! Head out of town for a second honeymoon and get to know each other a little bit more. Choose a destination that you had always wanted to visit or just have a rerun of the first honeymoon. For those of you who were not able to have a first honeymoon, this might be the best time to go on a holiday.

A Complete Decade

A decade, ten years, is a long time, by any counts and for those of you who reach a decade of being together, well it is nothing short of a reason for celebration. This is a day that needs to be marked with festivity and loads of gifts. Talking of gifts, the traditional gift associated with a 10th wedding anniversary is aluminium or tin as these symbolise flexibility as well as durability.

If you are celebrating your 10th wedding anniversary, you could relive your wedding, by renewing your wedding vows, or going back to the place where you first met. Planning a holiday to the same place, where you had your honeymoon is also a great idea. Gift each other daffodils, as these are the traditional flowers associated with 10th wedding

In case, someone in your family is going to celebrate this special occasion, you need to think about what you are going to gift. While tin and aluminium are the traditional gifts, the modern interpretation of the same includes diamonds and platinum. However, tin and aluminium gifts are not all that difficult to find or source. You will be able to find money banks, paper weights and utensils made out of tin and aluminium pretty easily. Decorative mirrors, wind chimes, wall scones and even sculptures in aluminium make for great gifts.

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25 Years of Bliss

Twenty five years translates into more than nine thousand days and that is quite a time period to spend with anyone. If you have spent those many days with the person you promised to share your life with, then you need to celebrate this special day and make memories that will last you another twenty five years.

Silver, the color associated with the 25th wedding anniversary, signifies the radiance as well as the brilliance that having spent such a long time with one person denotes. This is the reason that silver gifts are always considered the best, for this occasion. While silverware and jewellery might sound like clichéd gifts, you could always buy what you want, and gift wrap it in silver paper or with a silver bow.

Since this is a time, when the couple is growing older, you could always give them gifts that will allow them to keep a track of their health. Pick a gift from the latest range of blood pressure or sugar monitors. Buy them a treadmill, which will allow them to get regular exercise, no matter what the weather outside. You could also gift them an insurance policy, which will ensure that their health is always taken care of.

And then of course, there are the typical gifts, such as crystal-ware, glassware, personalised items such as journals, bathrobes, pillow cases or even bathroom slippers. You could also create a collection for them, which could be that of photos, songs or videos or a combination of all. Another great idea would be to throw the happy couple a party, where all their favourite people come together, and enjoy a good time together.

Half A Century

Fifty years, half a century, eighteen thousand plus days, all boils down to the innumerable wonderful memories. These are the memories that a couple that has been married to each other, weave and cherish, in the time that they have been together. Being the golden jubilee of marriage, the obvious color associated with its golden, which is why golden gifts are the most ideal. You could choose from gold jewellery to gold pens and paper cutters, all of which would be perfect.

However, you might want to choose from gifts that will be more useful, than just serving the purpose of being a gift – pay off credit card debts of the couple, send them off on a holiday to a dream destination, take care of their household chores for a month. When the couple has reached this stage of life, they will not want any more clutter in their lives or homes; rather, they would want gifts that will add to their memories – so choose wisely.

An anniversary is special in all senses, because this is a day that celebrates the joining of two people, their renewal of the promise that they made in front of their family and friends and the Almighty, to have and to hold each other, for better and worse, for as long as they both shall live!

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