Rabu, 04 Juni 2014

Our Silver 25th Wedding Anniversary

 
The silver 25th anniversary is a milestone wedding anniversary. And rightly so! Spending a quarter of a century in love with one person is to be celebrated.
Thanks God,  .....الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين
 for giving us a blessing 25 years marriage and 3 proud lovely children .....

We married on June 3rd, 1989 and yesterday  June 3rd, 2014,  we have been sailing our boat  for 25 years, of course it is not easy facing many problems in our life, but we commit to face them by tawakkal 'alallah. We are sure Allah SWT always gives us good ways to solve our problems.
 Thanks for my children, Mely, fety and Rimal, who make us stronger, proud and high-spirited in working hard to support our life.

Talking about  Wedding Anniversary, I get information from Wikipedia like this ;

The historic origins of wedding anniversaries date back to the Holy Roman Empire, when husbands crowned their wives with a silver wreath on their twenty-fifth anniversary, or vicennalia, and a gold wreath on the fiftieth. Later, principally in the twentieth century, commercialism led to the addition of more anniversaries being represented by a named gift.[1]
In the Commonwealth realms, one can receive a message from the monarch for 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries, and any wedding anniversary after that.[2] This is done by applying to Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, or to the Governor-General's office in the other Commonwealth realms.[3]
In Canada, one can also receive a message from the Governor General for the 50th anniversary, and every 5th anniversary after that.[4]
The situation is similar in Australia, where one can receive a letter of congratulations from the Governor-General on the 50th and all subsequent wedding anniversaries; the Prime Minister, the federal Opposition leader, local members of parliament (both state and federal), and state Governors may also send salutations for the same anniversaries.[5]
In the United States, one can receive a greeting from the President for any wedding anniversary on or after the 50th.[6]
Roman Catholics may apply for a Papal blessing through their local diocese for wedding anniversaries of a special nature (25th, 50th, 60th, etc.).[7]

Celebration and gifts

The names of some anniversaries provide guidance for appropriate or traditional gifts for the spouses to give each other; if there is a party these can be brought by the guests or influence the theme or decoration. These gifts vary in different countries, but some years have well-established connections now common to most nations: 5th Wooden, 10th Tin, 15th Crystal, 20th China, 25th Silver, 30th Pearl, 40th Ruby, 50th Gold, 60th Diamond. In English speaking countries the first, wooden, gift was cut on the day of celebration and then presented to the wife as a finished article before the next two Quarter Days had passed. The tradition may have originated in medieval Germany where, if a married couple lived to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their wedding, the wife was presented by her friends and neighbours with a silver wreath to congratulate them for the good fortune that had prolonged the lives of the couple for so many years. On celebration of the 50th, the wife received a wreath of gold. Over time the number of symbols expanded and the German tradition came to assign gifts that had direct connections with each stage of married life. The symbols have changed over time. For example in the United Kingdom, diamond was a well known symbol for the 75th anniversary, but this changed to the now more common 60th anniversary after Queen Victoria's 60 years on the throne was widely marked as her Diamond Jubilee.[citation needed]
The origins of the current gift conventions date to 1937. Before that, only the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 50th, and 75th anniversaries had an associated gift. In 1937, the American National Retail Jeweler Association (now known as Jewelers of America as a result of an organizational merger) introduced an expanded list of gifts. The revamped list gave a gift for each year up to the 25th, and then for every fifth anniversary after that.[8]

Traditional and modern anniversary gifts

Lists of wedding anniversary gifts vary by country. The traditional and modern U.S. versions were compiled by librarians at the Chicago Public Library.[9][10][11][12]


Year Traditional (U.S.) Traditional (UK)[13] Suggested modern gift list created by librarians at Chicago Public Library
1st Paper Cotton Clock
2nd Cotton Paper China
3rd Leather Crystal, glass
4th Linen, silk Fruit and flowers Appliances (electrical)
5th Wood Silverware
6th Iron Sugar Wood objects
7th Wool, copper Woollen Desk sets/pen and pencil sets
8th Bronze Salt Linens, lace
9th Pottery Copper Leather goods
10th Tin, Aluminium Tin Diamond jewelry
11th Steel
Fashion jewelry, accessories
12th Silk Silk and fine linen Pearls, colored gems
13th Lace
Textiles, furs
14th Ivory
Gold jewelry
15th Crystal Watches
16th

Silver holloware
17th

Furniture
18th

Porcelain
19th

Bronze
20th China Platinum
21st

Brass, Nickel
22nd

Copper
23rd

Silver plate
24th Opal
Musical instruments
25th Silver
30th Pearl Diamond
35th Coral, jade Coral Jade
40th Ruby
45th Sapphire
Sapphire
50th Gold
55th Emerald
Emerald
60th Diamond (yellow) Diamond
65th
Blue sapphire
70th
Platinum[14][15][16]
75th Diamond, gold
Diamond, gold
80th
Oak[17][18] Diamond, pearl
85th Moonstone Wine Wife's birthstone
90th
Stone Engraved marble, Granite [19]

Flower gifts

Year Flower
1st Carnation
2nd Lily of the Valley
3rd Sunflower
4th Hydrangea
5th Daisy
6th Calla
7th Freesia
8th Lilac
9th Bird of paradise
10th Daffodil
11th Tulip
12th Peony
13th Chrysanthemum
14th Dahlia
15th Rose
20th Aster
25th Iris
28th Orchid
30th Lily
40th Gladiolus
50th Yellow rose, violet

Gemstone gifts

Year Gemstone
1st Mother of Pearl
2nd Garnet
3rd Moonstone
4th Blue Topaz
5th Rose Quartz
6th Amethyst
7th Onyx
8th Tourmaline
9th Lapis Lazuli
10th Crystal
11th Turquoise
12th Jade
13th Citrine
14th Opal
15th Rhodolite
20th Emerald
25th Tsavorite
30th Pearl
40th Ruby
50th Gold
65th Sapphire
 

1 komentar:

M Mursyid PW mengatakan...

Congratulations!
May Allah always bless you and your family.