Creating a theme is fun and it can include any other element such as romance with
breakfast in bed, a trip to a fictitious small town, dinner at a fancy restaurant improvised in
your own dinning room or any other using pop culture like movies or concerts among all what your
mind can suggest. The following is a list of the different anniversaries, some traditional, others added in modern times but all of them a must-keep as a valuable guide to theme the next party:
Anniversary typeYear
PAPER 1st
COTTON2nd
LEATHER3rd:
LINEN4th
WOOD5th
IRON 6th
WOOL7th
BRONZE8th
POTTERY9th
TIN10th
STEEL11th
SILK12th
LACE13th
IVORY14th
CRYSTAL15th
TOPAZ16th
AMETHYST17th
GARNET18th
AQUAMARINE19th
CHINA20th
BRASS21st
COPPER22nd
SILVER PLATE23rd
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS24th
SILVER 25th
ORIGINAL PICTURES26th
SCULPTURE 27th
ORCHIDS28th
NEW FURNITURE29th
PEARL30th
TIMEPIECES31st
CONVEYANCES/VEHICLES32nd
AMETHYST33rd
OPAL34th
CORAL35th
BONE CHINA36th
ALABASTER37th
BERYL38th
LACE39th
RUBY40th
LAND41st
REAL STATE42nd
TRAVEL43rd
GROCERIES44th
SAPPHIRE45th
POETRY46th
BOOKS47th
OPTICAL GOODS48th
LUXURIES49th
GOLD50th
EMERALD55th
DIAMOND60th
PLATINUM70th
DIAMOND75th
10-CARAT DIAMOND100th
Record anniversary celebration:
Diamond anniversaries will probably join generations of family and friends; the Guinness Book of World Records talks about a Taiwanese couple near to the 10-Carat Diamond Anniversary: 86-year marriage ended when wife Liu Yang-wan died aged 103.
Good news for UK citizens:
If you are British citizen the Queen will send you a congratulatory message, at home or abroad, tradition set by the Sovereign in 1917. Further information can be found at the British Monarchy Official page: http://www.royalinsight.gov.uk just search for The Anniversaries Office and apply not sooner than three weeks prior to your anniversary.