Wedding Anniversaries

Each wedding anniversary has an associated traditional gift as shown in the table below. Some people choose to give gifts to their spouse according to the table below instead of an arbitrary gift. It can be quite fun and creative actually! For gift ideas, check out Mary Jane N. Shroyer's list of anniversary gift ideas.

1st - paper
2nd - cotton
3rd - leather
4th - books
5th - Wood or Clocks
6th - Iron
7th - Copper, Bronze or Brass
8th - Electrical Appliances
9th - Pottery
10th- Tin, Aluminum
11th- Steel
12th- silk or linen
13th- lace
14th- Ivory
15th- Crystal
20th - China
25th - Silver
30th - pearl
35th - Coral, Jade
40th - Ruby
45th - Sapphire
50th - Gold
55th - Emerald
60th - Diamond