Most people like to remember their wedding day by celebrating their wedding anniversaries.
It is a good time to reflect and recall all the good things about marriage during the past year, to take stock of the relation- ship and to prepare for the years ahead.
Traditionally, certain materials are associated with particular years of marriage the theory being that they will replace the wedding gifts as they wear out.
TRADITIONAL ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
First - Cotton
Second - Paper
Third - Leather or straw
Fourth - Silk or flowers
Fifth - Wood
Sixth - Iron or Sugar
Seventh - Wool or copper
Eighth - Bronze
Ninth - Pottery
Tenth - Tin
Eleventh - Steel
Twelfth - Silk and fine linen
Thirteenth - Lace
Fourteenth - Ivory
Fifteenth - Crystal - e.g. Crystal Glass Hearts
Twenteth - China
Twenty-fifth - Silver
Thirtieth - Pearl
Thirty-fifth - Coral
Fourtieth - Ruby
Forty-fifth - Sapphire
Fiftieth - Golden
Fifty-fifth - Emerald
Sixtieth - Diamond
Seventy-fifth - Second Diamond