| Wedding Anniversary gifts are given to the couple or | | | | the platinum year. |
| exchanged between the spouses of a couple and | | | | So depending on the year of their anniversary you |
| there really are no rules concerning who gets what | | | | can pick out a gift based on it. The fifth anniversary |
| and when. Sometimes the perfect anniversary gift is | | | | is the wood year. Perhaps you can buy a bonsai tree |
| that new dishwasher, other times it can be | | | | for the couple to care for together. The fifteenth |
| something that harkens back to the day the couple | | | | anniversary is the crystal year, so buy them some |
| got married, such as a new diamond anniversary ring. | | | | nice crystal stemware. |
| It really depends on the couple or the spouse in | | | | You aren't restricted by the traditional types of gifts |
| question. Some people aren't sure what to get and | | | | for each wedding year. The only true limit is your |
| prefer to see what kinds of gifts are traditional. | | | | creativity and imagination. If you want to give a |
| The first wedding anniversary starts with paper, | | | | diamond ring on the third year go ahead and do it. |
| traditionally a card or maybe some nice paper | | | | Your spouse will love it. If you want to use the |
| flowers. Then with each anniversary the gifts get | | | | traditional gift years as a starting point for something |
| better until you reach the golden year of your fiftieth | | | | else, have at it. For example, ivory is the traditional |
| anniversary. Some couples are living longer these | | | | gift for the fourteenth year but it's illegal to import |
| days though so the anniversary gifts have to keep | | | | and many find it undesirable to support the Ivory |
| getting better. The sixtieth anniversary is the | | | | industry. How about taking your spouse to see a real |
| diamond year and the seventy fifth anniversaries is | | | | live elephant, perhaps even pay for a ride on one? |