Popular gifts for a silver wedding made of 925 sterling silver
(To choose the right gift for a silver wedding, it is advisable to learn something about this family anniversary. After all, this is not a simple family holiday.)
Монета 25 лет вместе
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Наборы 6 серебряных чайных ложек
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Наборы серебряных приборов
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Икорница По щучьему велению
Набор ложек Конек Горбунок
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Gifts for a silver wedding – only made of silver
25 years or a pood of salt
Silver Wedding…
A quarter of a century, almost half of my life has been lived next to a loved one. Children are already adults, and maybe even grandchildren please the anniversaries. The spouses have experienced a lot of different things, both bad and good, over the years.
Scientists have calculated that a person eats 5-7 kg of salt a year, thus, over 25 years of living together, the anniversaries have eaten more than one pood of salt, and not even two or three, but not less than fifteen. And indeed, over the years the couple have passed hand in hand and fire, and water, and copper pipes and came to this significant anniversary – a silver wedding.
Why silver?
Why is the 25th anniversary of living together called a silver wedding?
Unlike the first five years of marriage, when the relationship is tender, but fragile and fragile (cotton, paper, leather, linen, wooden wedding), family relationships in the family become very strong, like metal.
But unlike the previous "durable" anniversaries (cast iron, zinc, copper, steel, nickel wedding), the silver wedding also has its own distinctive features:
Just as family relationships, while remaining strong enough, become softer over the years, since the spouses have already learned to give in to each other, so silver is a durable but soft metal.
Just as it takes time for a good wine to acquire a real taste and aroma, so family relationships over the years become not only strong, but also noble, and, of course, precious, since spouses become the most dear people in the world to each other. And silver is a durable, precious and noble metal, quite rightly embodying the beauty and significance of a 25-year union.
And, of course, gray hair, which covers the temples of married heads like silver for a silver wedding.
Traditions
Since the silver wedding, as we have already understood, is not an ordinary family holiday, it has certain traditions, both old and completely new:
1. Exchange of silver rings
A silver wedding ring has long been a symbol of the preservation of marital union. Silver wedding rings are a gift for a husband's silver wedding to his half. And it is at the silver wedding of the couple in a solemn atmosphere, as 25 years ago in the registry office, they put on each other's wedding silver rings. Currently, rings for a silver wedding are presented in all variety (as well as modern wedding rings), but in our opinion, silver wedding rings should be similar to classic wedding rings. After all, their task is not to emphasize another round of changeable jewelry fashion, but the beauty and strength of the marital union. Given the solemnity of the setting, silver rings can be presented on a beautiful silver heart-shaped tray.
There are several options for the future fate of wedding silver rings:
- Gold wedding rings are removed and the spouses put on silver wedding rings in their place. And only a year later, at the jade wedding, the gold wedding rings are returned to their place, the silver ones are put away for storage with other family heirlooms. Now a lot of silver wedding rings with gilding are being produced, which will allow you to safely change rings and isolate yourself from the need to answer various questions from outsiders.
- A silver wedding ring is put on top of a gold wedding ring on the same finger and worn with it for one year, and then, as in the first case, placed in the treasury.
- Silver rings are placed in a box immediately after the holiday. This, perhaps, is not a tradition, but rather a tribute to our fast life. But it seems that couples who have survived the 25-year ordeal of married life can afford to observe all the traditions and carry a silver wedding ring throughout the year.
2. Washing from a silver jug
The roots of this tradition go back to the distant past. Currently, there are several variants of this rite. Here is one of them.
In a solemn atmosphere, when all the guests are gathered, children, parents or any of the close friends of the anniversaries present the spouses with a silver jug of cold fresh water and a linen towel. A silver jug is usually a gift for a silver wedding to parents or close friends.
The wife picks up a silver jug and a towel and begins to wash her husband.
After each washing, the spouse wipes her husband's face with a towel. This procedure is repeated three times. Then the spouse does the same with the beloved half.
For the first time, water from a silver jug washes away the couple's years, and they become 25 years younger.
For the second time, all the worries and sorrows that the spouses have experienced over many years of living together are washed away.
Washing for the third time, the couple enter a new life filled with tranquility and happiness.
It is not so often nowadays that we have the opportunity to be washed with fresh water from a silver jug by a loved one, and even three times in a row. After this ceremony, the couple not only get a boost of energy for the rest of their lives, but also become even closer to each other.
If you have such an opportunity, be sure to perform this wonderful rite.
The silver jug after the performance of the rite should not be put away in the treasury, as described about the silver rings. This wonderful gift for a silver wedding will serve the spouses for a long time as a vessel with fresh, always "living" water. It is especially wonderful if one of the guests presents silver glasses to this silver jug to the anniversaries.
There are other beliefs: invitations to a silver wedding must be sent out no later than 25 days in advance, and no less than 25 people should be invited.
What to give?
So, we realized that a silver wedding is not just an anniversary and choosing a gift for a silver wedding should be approached very responsibly.
Probably, you should not pay special attention to the fact that it is best to give silverware for a silver wedding. There are other occasions and holidays for mobile phones, iPhones and household appliances, silver is given for a silver wedding, and it is best to give silverware and silverware. After all, it is silverware that most of us associate with family family traditions, with a home and a long happy family life. And after all, it is the union of two hearts that has passed through all the difficulties of a long 25-year journey and deserved a happy family life at home that we celebrate at the silver wedding. The children have grown up, the main professional feats, as a rule, have been accomplished, and you can relax, nursing your beloved grandchildren.
You can see the most interesting and popular gifts for a silver wedding here.
What you don't need to give
In conclusion, I would like to outline a list of gifts that, in our opinion, it is not desirable to give for a silver wedding:
Porcelain and earthenware sets and figurines, crystal vases, bronze figurines, stainless steel dishes, cotton, leather and linen clothes, wooden products, jewelry with agate, topaz, garnet and apal – these gifts have already passed the way of the anniversaries (these weddings have already been) and the time to give them has already gone together with the years passed.
Silver jewelry. Despite the fact that these products are made of precious precious metal, they belong to jewelry, which, on the one hand, are selected completely individually, taking into account the prevailing taste, and on the other hand, being relatively inexpensive (relative to gold) jewelry will not be appreciated if the donor does not please the taste of the donee.
Silver business accessories (business card holders, flash drives, money clips, etc.), as they are things of private use, and a silver wedding is a deeply family holiday
Silver accessories for smokers (cigarette cases, ashtrays, snuffboxes, etc.), since these are also individual things, and, moreover, are not at all healthy, and anniversaries always wish health and long years of life together first of all.
Silver scissors, mirrors, pillboxes, combs. In addition to the fact that these things are also intended for private use, when giving them to anyone, not quite the right associations may arise.
Jewelry made of gold, as well as with jade, pearls, amber, mother of pearl, ruby, sapphire, amethyst, emerald and diamonds, clothes made of velvet, flannel and cashmere, aluminum tableware and mahogany products – these gifts you can give on subsequent wedding anniversaries. The anniversaries will be very pleased that the guests have not forgotten about them
It should be noted that if you are sure that the anniversaries want to receive something from the above list, and even more so have expressed this desire themselves - in this case, do not even think - give what you are asked for. If you were not specifically asked, then it is better to refrain from gifts for a silver wedding from the above list.
Thus, considering that a silver wedding is one of the landmark events of any family, it is necessary to approach the choice of a gift very carefully. And if we discard all the things that, for one reason or another, it is not accepted to give for a silver wedding, to put it mildly, there is only one thing left and at the same time the right decision is to GIVE SILVERWARE FOR a SILVER WEDDING.
