Diamond Wedding: Significance and Ideas for Celebrating a Celebration

Not every family can boast that it is going to celebrate a diamond wedding. However, if you or your loved ones are just “diamond newlyweds,” you should carefully prepare for the celebration. What is significant for a diamond wedding, what to give to the “young” and how to celebrate the event?

The 60th anniversary of the marriage is called a “diamond” wedding. The name is not accidental, because a diamond is famous not only for its beauty and high cost, but also for its durability, beauty and brilliance that does not fade over the years.

At the beginning of a joint life journey, the spouses receive a diamond as a gift - their relationship, family, love for each other. Diamond is a beautiful stone, but not yet so valuable and strong. Every day, making efforts, working on themselves and relationships, the spouses together seem to give the diamond a cut. So the diamond appears.

In Europe, the tradition of celebrating a large-scale diamond wedding is only just beginning to emerge, but in our country it has been known since the time of Russia. Previously, the 60th anniversary of the marriage was celebrated as an ordinary wedding - the "newlyweds" dressed up, laid a rich table. The guests also came dressed up with gifts, songs and congratulations. The celebration could last several days, it was considered disrespectful to refuse to attend such a celebration.

A little later, the tradition changed somewhat, enriched with a new custom. A few days before the diamond wedding, the couple, the heroes of the occasion, wrote letters to their children, young relatives.In these messages they shared the secrets of family life, conveyed the accumulated wisdom.

On the day of the celebration, after hearing congratulations, the "newlyweds" took the return word. They thanked the guests for their kind words and gifts, their presence at their holiday and handed written letters to the addressees. In more affluent families, the mother usually passed the family heirloom to her daughter or daughter-in-law. It was important to save it, pass it on to your descendants.

A gift in honor of the anniversary should symbolize a long love, the strength of family ties and be intended for both spouses. The name of the holiday itself indicates what gifts should be - rings with engraving and diamonds, pendants, pendants. You can give diamond earrings to a woman, and cufflinks suitable in style to a man.

If jewelry with diamonds is expensive for you, then you can, firstly, make them a collective gift, and secondly, choose options with cubic zirconias (the same diamonds, though artificial ones).

It also happens that the heroes of the occasion are rather indifferent to jewelry. They simply have nowhere to “walk” diamond earrings or expensive cufflinks. In this case, it is better to replace the gift with a more practical one. Elderly people, however, like young people, will be happy with household appliances and other assistants who make life easier.

A donated washing machine, if it is really needed in the household (the existing one is broken or outdated), will seem a more expensive and pleasant gift than the same cufflinks. Such gifts include a microwave oven, electric kettle, coffee maker, slow cooker, refrigerator, TV.

The next group of gifts is the so-called family, commemorative. The best gift for grandparents, as they themselves admit, is one that recalls children and grandchildren. You can order a beautiful photo frame, including many portraits. Of course, you should not give it empty, be sure to fill it with photos.

In a large family, the family tree compiled by hand will be appropriate. Younger family members can prepare a large greeting card from everyone present. To do this, you can use whatman, asking guests to write congratulations on it. Such a postcard will be reread by the bride and groom for a long time after the holiday, recalling pleasant events.

Always appropriate presents for a married couple are table service, bed linen and rugs, a pair of terry bathrobes.

Be sure to accompany the gift with a bouquet of flowers, cake, sweets. As a rule, all this is intended for a woman, so it will be useful for a man to present collection wine, good cognac. If, due to the nature of their health, the newlyweds do not consume sweets and alcohol, collect a beautiful bouquet or a set of several varieties of good tea, coffee, dried fruit, honey and jam.

However, even if the couple does not use the cake, it should still be ordered as one of the attributes of the celebration. Cake to parents or grandparents celebrating a diamond wedding should be appropriate. Choose wedding tiered options. As a decor, you can opt for live or confectionery colors, transparent drops and a decor that resembles diamonds. Figures of the bride and groom will also be appropriate.

It’s convenient to replace one large cake with a smaller one. It is located on the upper tier of a special cake dish. The lower and middle ones are filled with cupcakes or other small cakes, to the taste and design resembling a cake. The last "newlyweds" can be taken home and treated to the next day. And it’s convenient to treat guests with cupcakes.

There is much debate about flowers.On the one hand, adult women (and the “bride” on average 70-80 years old) are usually given flowers of darker shades (burgundy, dark red, purple). On the other hand, the character of the festival implies tenderness, airiness.

In general, most etiquette specialists, like florists, talk about the option with a light bouquet. However, it should not be pink, but powdery, pastel shades. Red and noble burgundy (but not too dark) are also favorites of wedding florists.

If you know about the bride’s favorite flowers, focus solely on this, give just such flowers. If not, opt for the classics - roses, gerberas, chrysanthemums. If possible, you can repeat the bride's bouquet, which was in her hands on the wedding day.

Do not give flowers quickly fading and tender (violets, orchids), as well as flowers with a strong aroma (lilies). It is also worth giving up too large and heavy bouquets.

If the health of the “spouses” allows, then it is possible, following old Russian traditions, to arrange a magnificent celebration. Traditionally, a banquet is organized on this day. To accommodate numerous guests and save the bride and her relatives from fuss in the kitchen will help rent a restaurant hall and order an appropriate menu.

Pay due attention not only to the variety of the menu, but also to the design of the hall. It is better to opt for a classic style with elements of luxury and nobility. This will best suit the spirit of celebration.

A good idea is to fully realize the events of 60 years ago. To do this, you should go to the registry office in the morning, but not to formalize the relationship, but to receive congratulations in the circle of relatives and relatives and authorized representatives of the registry office. Many institutions gladly agree to hold such ceremonies, and for free. For them, this is a good advertisement and an extra media guide in the media.

Do not forget to invite a photographer, order musicians, make sure that when leaving the registry office, "young" released pigeons into the sky.

The appropriate costumes will help to give a festive mood. If the bride and groom do not mind, you can rent a wedding dress and purchase a suit or tuxedo for the "young". And if there is an opportunity and desire - to sew costumes that are as similar as possible to those that were on them on their wedding day more than half a century ago.

After visiting the registry office, it is logical to travel around the city, stopping at your favorite places for photographing. A good idea is to make a route through places dear to the heart of the newlyweds (a place of acquaintance, favorite streets for dates, a maternity hospital where the first-born appeared, the first house, etc.). To diversify such trips, mini-quizzes for guests will help - let them guess how expensive this or that place is for the heroes of the occasion. End the evening at the banquet hall.

If the condition of the “spouses” does not allow them to make such trips, but there is a desire to realize, once again survive the wedding day, it is more logical to organize exit registration of marriage. We can recommend renting a country house, where the newlyweds can slowly dress up, and then listen to the solemn congratulations from the host and guests.

This option is also good because, given the age of the "newlyweds" and some of their guests, they can tire out during the holiday. If you rent a country house with lounges, the "newlyweds" and guests will be able to relax there, put themselves in order.

Younger guests at this time can enjoy a barbecue, walks in nature, arrange a photo shoot. In the evening, the whole family will gather at the festive table. Such holidays look beautiful under the tents. In this case, you should make sure that there is enough lighting, and the equipment used does not give an echo.

Elderly "young" can refuse a magnificent celebration due to age, limited money, natural modesty. However, sincere congratulations from relatives on this day - a prerequisite for a happy mood. If they did not plan a celebration, you can make a surprise by unexpectedly visiting or renting a small cafe. In the first case, do not forget to bring not only cake and fruits, but also light snacks, drinks, so as not to put the hostess of the house in an uncomfortable position and not make you rush between the kitchen and the living room.

As a gift, including a collective one, you can present a trip to the sanatorium, and for more active bride and groom - to the resort. The main thing is that the date of departure or arrival at the sanatorium should be no earlier than one and a half to two weeks. Still, with age, people become more conservative, so the prospect of "falling into" an exciting journey of people of advanced age is unlikely to please.

Another option for a family holiday is to arrange a home performance. It is better to write the play on your own, devoting it to the joint life of diamond "newlyweds". No need to chase attributes, hiring professional actors and spending money on real theater equipment.

The holiday will turn out to be much warmer and family, if you assign the role to the younger generation - grandchildren, nephews. It will be pleasant for elderly relatives to look at young people, and they will learn more about their grandparents and will receive a “portion” of useful lessons about true feelings, the importance of family relationships, respect, patience.

Regardless of the option chosen, you should adhere to the following recommendations so that the holiday brings as many positive emotions as possible.

• Carefully plan even a small celebration, distribute responsibilities among the guests.
• If the bridegroom and the bridegroom take on all organizational issues to a greater extent, then guests and “young” people should switch roles when celebrating the anniversary of the wedding. The task of children, grandchildren and close relatives is to organize a holiday for the “newlyweds”.
• Do not forget that the “young” are still people of old age with well-established outlooks on life, a familiar way of life. Do not overload the “wedding” day with events, remember that some actions require more time for older people than young people.
• Keep water, disposable cups and a first aid kit on hand. The "young" can have chronic diseases, and from joyful emotions the pressure can "jump" or the pulse quickens.

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