Traditional Anniversary Gift Guide

 

In 1922, Emily Post, the queen of proper etiquette, wrote that only eight anniversaries required traditional gifts. However, records from the mid-1800s show the anniversary gift list with the first fifteen years and every five years after that from the 20th to the 60th, and the 75th. Today, the most commonly followed gift list is the traditional anniversary gift list, approved by Mrs. Emily Post.

	Traditional Anniversary Gifts
1st	Paper
2nd	Cotton
3rd	Leather
4th	Fruit or Flowers
5th	Wood
6th	Candy or Iron
7th	Wool or Copper
8th	Bronze or Pottery
9th	Pottery or Willow
10th	Tin or Aluminum
11th	Steel
12th	Silk or Linen
13th	Lace
14th	Ivory
15th	Crystal
20th	China
25th	Silver
30th	Pearl
35th	Coral
40th	Ruby
45th	Sapphire
50th	Gold
55th	Emerald
60th	Diamond

I enjoy this list rather than the modern, gemstone, or flower lists. I like to be creative with gifts for my honey. While anniversary gift-giving has become a somewhat mandatory practice, it doesn't mean that you have to follow the gift lists. While anniversary gift lists are helpful for sparking ideas, it's more important to give a gift that expresses your love for your partner and comes from the heart.

EMILY POST AND ANNIVERSARY GIFTS GUIDE

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29 Years In Love

The first snow of the season fell as we celebrated our wedding in the Sky Room restaurant that overlooked the tarmac and runways of Tri City Airport (now MBS International Airport). After all, Flyboy proposed to me at the FBO part of the airport.

That snowy night was November 2, 1991. Here are a few of my favorite pix of the night.

Surrounded by friends and family,
we married at First Presbyterian Church. 
My parents were married in the same spot we stood.

Just the beginning.

We goofed around in the car rental area;
joking that "Love Hertz".

Flyboy's brother-in-law who's also a flyboy,
got permission for us to board a DC-9 for some unique pix.

Perhaps, my all-time favorite photos of Flyboy and me.

Flyboy and I at our son's wedding this summer.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY LOVING HUSBAND!

I LOVE MY FLYBOY!