Monday, 29 September 2008

Wedding Anniversaries


Did you know these wedding anniversary representations?

Notice how the naming system jumps from annually for the first 20 years, to every 5 years.






First ten years
1st Paper
2nd Cotton
3rd Leather
4th Linen
5th Wood
6th Iron
7th Wool/Copper
8th Bronze
9th Pottery
10th Tin

Over ten years
11th Steel
12th Silk
13th Lace
14th Ivory
15th Crystal
20th China

Over 20 years
25th Silver
30th Pearl
35th Coral
40th Ruby
45th Sapphire
50th Gold
55th Emerald
60th Diamond
70th Platinum
75th Diamond (USA)
80th Oak


Does it mean we ran out of proper names, or simply because we can't be bothered to celebrate every year when you get a certain age?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Umm.....very useful stuff...now I have to decide if I want to employ that system!!!!!

Debbie T said...

Might not be laziness. It could be because the first 10 years are the hardest to survive, so it's worth making a song and dance about it once every year. Once you hit a decade, well, who cares? Oh. Wait. No, you're right. It is laziness.