36 years of wedding - what date and what is given for it?

Family’s birthday is the most important event in the life of every person. Celebrating this holiday, you should not be limited only to round dates, because each year of life together is full of various happy events, which require a mandatory celebration. 36 years from the wedding day - it would seem that the date is not round, and therefore there is no point in celebrating it. Meanwhile, this period has its special significance.

In Russia, the date did not receive a name, so many couples borrowed it from American families and call 36 years from the date of marriage a bone china wedding. The holiday is not without prejudice, many superstitious people try to do without a celebration on this day, fearing to destroy the fragile porcelain conjugal happiness. This period is indeed considered a crisis in family life, the spouses are tired of routine and monotony, however, if the couple reached this date together, then the marriage can be considered strong and durable. Is this not a reason to arrange a holiday?

Bone china is a rare and expensive material, and therefore the family this year needs to be valued and cherished. You can mark the date quietly as a family. There are no special traditions and ceremonies with a date of 36 years, but it is better to avoid a noisy feast. To forget about boredom and discover new qualities in each other, one can mark the anniversary unusually. For example, go on a trip together.

If the date is celebrated at home, then the hostess should take care of the cake and the porcelain service, which must be put on the festive table. You don’t need to call a big company. You can have a romantic evening or invite children.

It will bring the spouses closer together on this quiet evening to view joint photographs. Leafing through a photo album will remind the heroes of the occasion of their past feelings and wake new ones. If there are children and grandchildren at the table, then you definitely need to introduce them to the history of the first meeting, the first kiss, tell about the wedding itself and the birth of children. Another interesting ritual is forgiveness. Over the years, and especially in the last crisis 36th year, spouses have accumulated grievances, even secrets and secrets are possible.

During the celebration of the anniversary, you can clear yourself of insults and tell your partner about your feelings, listen to his secrets and claims. The main thing is to know the measure and agree in advance that none of the spouses will begin to sort things out right at the table, otherwise the holiday will end in a quarrel. Husband and wife should simply take note of the lover’s statement, ask for forgiveness, forgive and continue living together with a clear conscience and light heart, leaving all insults in the past.

Even if the couple still refused to celebrate the date, to surprise each other with a gift is the most important ritual in family life. Someone likes to give presents, and someone panic when choosing a surprise for their soulmate. Use the following guidelines when searching for a gift.

If we are talking about the average family, then a new handbag will be a good gift for the spouse. Ladies know how quickly this item wears out. And even if the spouse does not guess with the form and color, then his wife will always be able to pick up a dress or accessories for her purse.

At any age, ladies are happy to receive a certificate in a beauty salon. An even more original gift will be a certificate for massage. For so many years, the wife is tired of housekeeping, she will gladly surrender to the hands of a professional massage therapist. If finances allow, then you can buy tickets to her beloved country, give earrings with diamonds and rubies, buy a fur coat.

Spouse is better to choose a gift that relates to his hobby. If he is an athlete, then you can buy a sports bottle for water, and if you are a fisherman, then a new fishing rod or a convenient folding chair for fishing are suitable. A good gift is a bottle of your spouse's favorite strong drink, such as cognac or whiskey. Mugs are always relevant, because this thing has the peculiarity of beating.

If you order a mug with a picture of a husband or with the logo of his favorite football team, then the man will definitely be careful about this gift. However, take into account the preferences of the spouse: if he drinks tea exclusively from a huge male mug, then this is what you need to get. You can make a little joke, for example, to make a custom T-shirt with the inscription "Ideal husband". If the spouse is a respectable business man, then cufflinks with agate or a more original stone, for example, onyx, will be a good gift.

A gift for parents on the 36th wedding anniversary should be made from the heart. Spouses should feel that they are surrounded by loving and caring children. Gift Options.

• Items for the interior. For parents you can buy paintings or tapestries, original candlesticks, scented candles, unusual lamps or porcelain boxes. All these things should not be fanciful, as, recall, 36 years is a calm family date.
• Porcelain service or set of dishes. To emphasize the importance of the wedding of bone china, you can give dishes from this material. This kit will remind you of a crucial date and will certainly come in handy on the farm.

• Video clip. You can contact all relatives and ask everyone to video-congratulate their parents.It would be nice to find contacts of old friends with whom, for example, communication is not supported due to relocation, as well as relatives with whom the parents quarreled. Then this holiday will not only remind the spouses of their feelings, but will also allow you to remember your forgotten friends and again begin to communicate with loved ones. Each congratulation can be supplemented with various special effects.
• Linens. As you know, this kit is never redundant. An original gift will be bed linen with a Gzhel design. But consider the size of the bed where the parents sleep. There are times when relatives do not pay attention to this factor and buy one and a half linen under a double blanket.
• Exclusive plates. Porcelain saucers with photos of all family members (children, grandchildren, immediate relatives) will be a memorable gift for parents. To make a kit, you can contact any advertising agency. Interesting plates will harmoniously look in the kitchen of parents.
• Trip to the sanatorium. Tickets for a vacation in a medical sanatorium are what a couple who has survived a date of 36 years old needs. In these years, health is already beginning to deteriorate, and therefore a health-improving preventive course will not hurt both spouses. In addition, this trip will allow you to relax from everyday household chores and enjoy each other's company.

• Festive fireworks. With a beautiful firework, you can end this holiday, and also mark the beginning of a new relationship, because parents crossed the crisis threshold in 36 years of marriage.
• Favorite song. It is possible with the participation of all children and grandchildren to perform a favorite song of the spouses. It can be a composition to which they met or kissed, or it will be a song to which parents danced their first dance of the newlyweds.

Recall that 36 years should not be celebrated noisily. This is a quiet family holiday without karaoke songs and vulgar contests. Therefore, a gift to friends whose joint life turned 36 years old should be cozy, calm, memorable and at the same time necessary. Examples of gifts are as follows.

• Tickets for the performance. A joint trip to the opera, museum or cinema will be a pleasant surprise for the couple, because over the years their life has become too measured, perhaps the couple have already forgotten what it means to attend an entertainment event together. However, consider the interests of the heroes of the occasion. Perhaps they are lovers of not ballet and opera, but concerts, and then it is better to give a trip to the performance of their favorite artist.
• Frame. It is always a pleasant gift for which there is a place in any apartment. In addition, you can pre-frame a joint photo of the couple, which you can get from relatives or in social networks.

• Book. It is better to find out in advance the preferences of the spouses. Perhaps he loves detective stories, and she has love affairs, then it’s better to carefully consider the bookshelves in this family so as not to donate the book already in the house. Choose a hardcover edition. Do not impose your gift and convince the “newlyweds” that reading is useful if they do not like to read.
• Housekeeper. It is an interesting box or hanger with hooks for keys. A very useful item for the home. Allows spouses to keep their belongings in order.
• Lamp. A very necessary thing in the house. You can pick up a table lamp in a bizarre form - in modern stores they are presented in a wide assortment. Pleasant emotions will bring spouses a floor lamp, which in the evenings will bring a share of romance to the house.

• Plant. It can be a flower that will complement the hostess’s flower collection. It is better not to give cacti, as many family people are superstitious and believe that a cactus brings misfortune to the house. It is better to give a palm tree, an orchid, a "money" tree.

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