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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.
On the more expensive end would be airline tickets to a dream
vacation, an oil painting from your wedding photograph, fine art
prints.
Just remember, you can express your love and feelings without
giving expensive gifts, just put a little thought into it. Love
is still the best gift, it is costless yet so pure and
irrevocable.
Next week I'll cover the 2nd/Cotton anniversary.
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