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19 JANV 2018

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The main wedding anniversaries and their meaning

The day of your wedding anniversary will be the opportunity, every year, to remember the moment when you said “yes” life. And each year is associated with something. Cotton wedding, crystal wedding, golden wedding… You surely know these terms, but do you know the meaning? Mevengreen explains you everything!

 

  • 1st wedding anniversary: cotton wedding

The cotton wedding is your first year of marriage. Why cotton? It’s a light and delicate material, but at the same time, it’s durable. The intertwined filaments, once bonded to each other are more resistant. Like your union.

 

  • 5th wedding anniversary: wooden wedding

 

Five years of marriage is an important step. The characteristics of wood are: hardness, density, rigidity Terms like your union because these five years of marriage helped consolidate your love.

 

  • 7th wedding anniversary: wool wedding

It seems like if your couple survives the first 7 years of your marriage, it will last for life. Why wool to represent that? Because these 7 years allowed you to knit your relationship little by little.

 

  • 10th wedding anniversary: tin wedding

The 10th wedding anniversary is symbolic because it represents a decade spent together. Tin is a malleable but strong material. It’s chosen to strengthen your love even more that it already is and thus allow you to face the next ten years.

 

  • 15th wedding anniversary: crystal wedding

Known for its brilliance and the delicacy of its sound, crystal represents the purity and the preciousness of your relationship.

 

  • 20th wedding anniversary: porcelain wedding

Its resistance to shock and heat makes porcelain a solid material with a long life. Just like your union after 20 years of marriage

 

  • 30th wedding anniversary: pearl wedding

After 30 years of marriage, the couple is beautiful ad rare like a pearl. You know that you found your rare pearl.

 

  • 40th wedding anniversary: emerald wedding

The emerald is a precious stone symbolizing loyalty, inspiration but also patience and wisdom. That terms characterizing your love and your union after 40 years spent with each other.

  • 50th wedding anniversary: Golden wedding

It’s been half a century since you said “yes”, which is really impressive! Gold represents light but it’s also a symbol of energy. It’s a noble and pure metal. It’s the most famous and the most valued of precious metals.

 

  • 60th wedding anniversary: diamond wedding

Diamond is compared to perfection, purity, life… 60 years that you are united and this union still lasts. Few married couples reach this anniversary. It’s almost the feat! This means that after 60 years of marriage, your love is precious and true.

 

Each association has a particular symbolism and is specific to the year it represents.

 

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