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I just celebrated my first wedding anniversary. In case you were wondering, the traditional gift for a first anniversary is paper. I’m not sure if this means you are supposed to give a single sheet of printer paper to your spouse or a stack of fancy monogrammed stationary or a lifetime supply of paper grocery bags. In any event, this got me curious about the traditional gifts for each anniversary year. The results were somewhat surprising.
(Source: the internet.)
TRADITIONAL ANNIVERSARY GIFTS (by year):
- Paper
- Cotton
- Leather
- Fruit or Flowers
- Wood
- Iron
- Wool or Copper
- Bronze
- Pottery
- Tin
- Steel
- Silk
- Lace
- Ivory
- Crystal
- Wax
- Shells
- Feathers
- Chili Peppers
- China
- Shampoo
- Coltan
- Peacocks
- Eyeglasses
- Silver
- Religion
- Cats
- Paprika
- Polyester
- Pearl
- Armchairs
- Karate Lessons
- Vasectomy
- Cognac
- Coral
- Amethyst
- Plastic
- Baklava
- Improved Real Estate
- Ruby
- Vinyl
- Turquoise
- Juicers
- Perishables
- Sapphire
- Telescopes
- Unmentionables
- Weaves
- Rollerblades
- Gold
- More Gold
- Gingivitis
- Ballistics
- Puppets
- Emerald
- Milwaukee Brewer-related sweatshirts
- Siberian Tiger
- Formica
- Bryan Adams
- Diamond
- Pine Tree
- Uranium
- Snake Penis
- Raisin Bran
- Blue Sapphire
- Trampolines
- Quartz
- Firearms
- Jade
- Platinum
- Vaseline
- The French New Wave
- Patience
- Electricity
- More Diamonds, More Gold
- Dental Floss
- Aluminum
- Baleen
- Rubber
- That’s some crazy shit. A Zeppelin? Macedonia?
