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Themes for modern wedding anniversary gifts come from a list of materials that are associated with each specific marriage year. Each year may have different themes or materials associated with it. Here we are just referring to the Modern Anniversary List. Other popular lists include the the Traditional, Gemstone or Flower lists. The general idea behind this is so that you can select a gift with the theme of the material mentioned for the year thus making it easier to select an appropriate gift.

The Modern Anniversary Gifts List

The Modern wedding anniversary list was first launched in 1946 into the one shown below. What’s more some of the years have variations on the theme depending upon who has published the list .

In short, it’s called the modern anniversary list because at the time it was first published it included modern gift ideas designed to encourage and promote sales of those items at a time of austerity.

If you select the anniversary year you are interested in below you’ll be taken to a page with details on the anniversary. What’s more if you select the material/theme link we’ll give you ideas for gifts relevant to that theme.

The Modern Anniversary gift list has a theme for every year up to the 50th anniversary. There after it’s only every fifth year up till the 75th Wedding Anniversary that has a theme.

Modern Wedding Anniversary Material List

Gift List Variations

We’ve listed the most popular theme/material first in the list above. If there are other themes or materials it’s because we have found references to these in various influential publications. Certainly there is no one definitive list.

Important Modern anniversary gifts

The modern wedding anniversary gifts list are the same as the Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts List on what are viewed to be the major anniversaries e.g 25th Anniversary is Silver, 40th Anniversary Is Ruby and the 50th Anniversary is Gold on both lists.

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Congratulations on knowing someone or actually for reaching the 50th year wedding anniversary, it’s really something to celebrate. Spending half a century married is very, very special and you should both make the most of this momentous day and buy each other some wonderful wedding anniversary gifts to commemorate the event. As with most of the wedding anniversary celebrations there are certain symbols, items, flowers and themes that are connected to the celebration and as the 50th wedding anniversary is so important, the theme of Gold is certainly fitting.

Your Golden Wedding, to give it the traditional name used, is gold both for the traditional and the modern gift theme lists and as gold has such a stunning look and can be used in many ways you shouldn’t have difficulty finding the perfect 50th wedding anniversary gift for your spouse. Although the traditional theme for your 50th year as a married couple is gold the modern day equivalent has a slight variation and suggests gold jewellery and what better way to impress your loved one with some stunning earrings, a ring, or even matching watches for each other.

It’s obvious that the precious material that is associated with the 50th year wedding anniversary is gold but it also replaces the gemstones that are normally connected to the dates. This means that you can have a gold themed day and spend time together with gold being used throughout. As you can eat gold leaf, you could have a nice meal with gold leaf making an appearance or you could simply be content with some beautiful gold jewellery.

Whatever you buy that is gold as a 50th wedding anniversary gift you can be assured that your spouse will adore it and as we have a great range of wedding ideas and gifts to buy through our website you won’t have to spend too much time thinking about it. You might not opt for jewellery, as your spouse might collect coins and a gold coin for your 50th year together as a married couple would be perfect. There are literally thousands of ideas for wedding anniversary gifts that you could choose from.

As with other wedding anniversaries, there are flowers connected to the 50th year wedding anniversary and that means you can buy flowers online and have them delivered to your door. The flowers for the 50th wedding anniversary gift are usually violets, which are actually given as plants, but with their stunning colours and unique look, you can really impress your partner with a lovely array of violets.

As this date is so important to you both as it marks such a special occasion in your life and also celebrates so many years together you should really push the boat out and splash out on some fantastic golden gifts. Choose from our wonderful selection of products on our website and make the most of your special date together.

The 50th Year Wedding Anniversary Facts and Figures

• Traditional Gift Theme: Gold
• Modern Gift Theme: Gold
• Gemstone Gift Theme: Gold
• Appropriate Flower Theme: Violets

On the 50th anniversary of your marriage you would have been

• Married for 18,250 days or
• 438,000 hours or
• 26,280,000 minutes
• which is over 1,576 million seconds!

During this time you would have

• shared, on average, over 136,800 hours of snuggle time (sleeping!) or about 15 years, 8 months;

assuming you don’t work together

• you’ve been apart for over 105,720 hours which is about 12 years, 1 month.

You would have by now

• shared about 39,800 meals together which
• equates to approximately 2 years, 8 months of continuous eating!

Research by a Think-Tank that promotes Marriages in the UK, the Marriage Foundation, has produced research that shows that couples who reach their Golden Wedding are 150 times less likely to get divorced than a newly married couple, which if you are celebrating your 50th Anniversary is great news [Ed. or is it pretty obvious!]

50th Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas

Please see out 50th Anniversary Gifts page for our full range of gift ideas some are below;

Please see out 50th Anniversary Gifts page for our full range of gift ideas. Last year’s details are available here: 49th Anniversary Ideas