Twenty-five years of married life is a respectable term. Usually the family celebrates this date with a wide circle of relatives and friends. A significant date requires careful preparation and worthy gifts. Their choice should be treated with particular care. It is better if the guests agree among themselves so that the family couple does not receive several identical gifts.
Traditional silver gifts
Silver wedding is an important holiday in the history of every family. If you are invited to it, it means that they treat you in a special way, showing great trust and respect. Therefore, preparation for the event should be in advance. A hastily bought gift on occasion may not be in place and even offend anniversaries.
A present does not have to be expensive. But it should reflect your good taste and show attention to spouses. It must be supported by pleasant wishes from the heart. It is better if these are not rhymed phrases learned from the Internet, but simple words from a pure heart.
Despite the availability and wide selection of gifts, many often wonder what can be given to friends for a silver wedding. Such an event is infrequent and requires good preparation. For 25 years from the day of the wedding, the spouses themselves usually give each other silver rings. They are worn on the middle finger of the right hand. Originality and value will be added to them by commemorative engraving. The second such symbolic jewelry will not be in another pair. According to another tradition, spouses remove gold rings and leave them before the golden wedding, and in their place they wear silver.
Other traditional and symbolic gifts: a tray, a bowl, a jug, a horseshoe for happiness made of silver. Presenting them, you should talk about the history and purpose of these objects. So, a tray or bowl symbolizes wealth in the family and attract it to the house. The jug, which is used for symbolic washing, eliminates troubles and worries. The horseshoe should be correctly positioned above the door of the house. If you hang it upside down, it will become a family amulet from evil and envious people. If the top - will bring harmony to the house and strengthen the love between spouses and all family members living under one roof.
Most often, jubilees are presented with silver utensils: sweets, cup holders, sugar bowls, trays, piles. Despite the apparent commonplace, silver is a very valuable gift and will never be superfluous in the family. This noble metal gives health and longevity. Over time, it will become a family value, transmitted from generation to generation.
If finances allow, then you can buy a whole service or a set of cutlery. However, it is worth remembering at the same time that it is considered a bad sign to present pricking devices (knives, forks). So that among the gifts there aren’t several identical expensive silver sets, you should know in advance what other guests will buy for the holiday.
They also purchase individual interior items and silver souvenirs as a gift: figurines, caskets, candlesticks, horseshoes. Such presentations can be expensive for the budget. Better to buy one big thing than a bunch of little trinkets. To do this, you can pack up and give one worthwhile item from several guests.
If the heroes of the day are believers, an icon in a silver setting will be a good gift. Suitable for this is the choice of the image of Peter and Fevronia of Murom, intercessors of the spouses and a symbol of fidelity and love.
Money should not be given for the 25th wedding anniversary. But handing collectible silver coins will not be bad form.
They also give jewelry and silver or silver-plated accessories. For a man, it can be a tie clip, ring, cufflinks, chain, flask or watch, a silver pen or a key chain for car keys. The woman will be pleased with any tastefully selected jewelry: ring, earrings, brooch, bracelet, chain. They can be made of sparkling light metal, resembling more expensive platinum or artificially aged blackened silver.
Original and inexpensive gifts
There is also a huge list of inexpensive presentations. Ideas for them can be gleaned literally from everywhere. This gift option is suitable, for example, for children of anniversaries, if they are not yet independent enough and are in school.
A good and memorable gift would be a video sequence or presentation. The modern generation will easily and quickly cope with this task. You just need to pick and scan photos, apply sound or accompany text comments. Well, the most expensive words will be found in the heart of young congratulators themselves.
You can also give nice silver accessories with family symbols: paired nightlights, photo frames, photo album, vase, interesting interior figurine, candlesticks.
Often, a wedding tradition is repeated on an anniversary. “Newlyweds” are again presented with a bottle of wine or champagne with a unique label - a picture of the spouses and pleasant wishes. You can also order a table with a beautiful unusual cake or other designer sweets and delicacies.
If the couple have a great sense of humor, then give them medals for successes and achievements in married life. Ready-made solutions can be found in gift shops or order engraving yourself. Order a good friendly cartoon or portraits in the style of pop art, an advanced couple will like it. You can also make paired mugs or T-shirts with the corresponding inscriptions. Even if husband and wife only wear them at home, it will be a sweet gesture of attention.
If you have enough skills and experience in any field, you can do the original thing with your own hands. Handmade, made individually with warmth of mind, will be very helpful. It can be pillow covers, a jewelry box, a still life in a silver frame, a toy amulet, a bonsai tree, an unusual panel, warm knitwear or a cookbook.
Practical options
For the twenty-fifth anniversary, practical gifts for the home and family life will also be good. It can be a refrigerator, an oven, an electric kettle, a camera, a crock-pot or any other equipment. If the design of the home of the heroes of the day allows, the technique is chosen in metallic color. Otherwise, you can simply arrange the box using silver wrapping paper.
A good option is a varied home style, made in silver color: high-quality plaid, silk bedding, designer set of tablecloths with napkins. Fresh decisions can be made to order, bought from a catalog or found in an online store.
The owners of the holiday will also appreciate if you carefully approach their holiday and remember about a hobby. A man can give an expensive spinning rod or cold steel to his collection. Woman needlewoman set of natural yarn, sewing machine.
Inveterate summer residents or living in their own home can be given gifts related to outdoor recreation. It can be picnic sets, barbecue or smokehouse, garden swings, decorative figures, mini-fountain. And also the spouses will be pleased with the equipment: a lawn mower, trimmer or motor cultivator.
You can give things to maintain health: fitness equipment, massage chair, luxury cosmetics for care. Recently, it has been very practical and convenient to give certificates for a certain amount. So you simultaneously pay attention to the needs and interests of the spouses and give them the opportunity to choose. It can be an interior salon or a furniture salon, household appliances. You can give a separate unit to each of the spouses, depending on his interests. The wife will appreciate the certificate at a jewelry or cosmetic store. The husband is at the tool center or hobby market.
In addition to material presents, you can give impressions. One gift for two will further strengthen the relationship, give new emotions and will be remembered for a long time. Naturally, the choice should take into account the characteristics and preferences of both spouses. It is not necessary, for example, to give a flight in a balloon, if one of them is panicky afraid of heights.
Now in almost every city there is a company that offers a whole range of gift-impressions. As part of their services, you can choose one impression or a whole set for a busy day out of three or more events. This can be a horse ride, relaxation in the spa, dance lesson, parachute jump or a helicopter sightseeing tour. If you have time and desire, you can independently consider such a gift.
Tickets to the theater for a fashionable performance or for a concert of a favorite artist, a short tour of interesting places in neighboring cities or a picnic for two at a local country club - there are plenty of options. Such an interesting event will be remembered for a long time. Before buying, carefully ask about the couple’s plans for a time close to the selected date so that the tickets are not wasted.
A table for two booked and paid for in a beautiful restaurant will also be an unexpected and pleasant surprise. For worries about children, and then about grandchildren, spouses often forget about themselves. To distract from household chores, to be just together, have a wonderful evening in a new place - a valuable gift for loving people.
Which flowers to choose?
Traditionally, roses are presented at such an event. It can be red or white buds. Usually make up a bouquet of twenty-five pieces. But giving a larger amount is not forbidden. The main thing is that it be odd.
The red color, as you know, symbolizes passion and love. Professional florists recommend choosing white roses for a twenty-five year date. This color symbolizes care, high feelings, tenderness, accompanying the relationship of spouses with such an experience of living together.
It is not necessary to give cut flowers, you can choose plants in the original pot: so it will delight those who are gifted longer. If a woman in a married couple prefers yellow or peach flowers, then it is better to choose a bouquet in accordance with the taste of the hostess of the holiday. It may not necessarily be roses, it can enjoy more lilies, tulips or gerberas in an interesting composition.
Whatever flowers you choose, they should be the freshest and tastefully packed. The latest trends in arranging bouquets are minimalism. Flowers are either stacked in one height and tied up with a ribbon (spikes are removed from the roses), or they are decorated with plain eco-paper in the form of a web of beige, green or white shades.
Remember the main rule of the donor: most importantly, not the price of the gift, but the care and attention shown to the person presented when choosing it. Consider all the little things and nuances when choosing. Remember what spouses love, what they dream about, what they truly value. The key to a successful decision can be memories, emotional moments, significant events, circumstances of acquaintance or funny moments at a wedding 25 years ago. Show a little creativity, an unconventional approach. Friends will appreciate your surprise and will remember it for a long time, and you will always be a welcome guest in their house.
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