6th Year Wedding Anniversary

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As you journey through married life, the 6th year wedding anniversary marks a significant milestone, bringing you closer to a decade of shared love and cherished memories. This celebration offers a unique opportunity to express your enduring commitment through thoughtful gifts that embody the traditional or contemporary themes associated with the 6-year mark.

Traditional 6th Year Anniversary Gift Symbol

For the 6th anniversary, the traditional gifts are centred around Sugar (candy) and iron, symbolising the sweetness and strength of your marriage respectively. Treat your partner with confections to savour or choose an iron-based gift, a tangible representation of the solidity and resilience of your bond. The options are vast, from functional iron décor to visually captivating art pieces.

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Modern Anniversary Gift List 6th Year Symbol

Wood forms the modern theme for the 6th Year wedding anniversary. Reflecting the robustness and versatility of your love, wooden gifts can be personalised or chosen for their natural rustic charm. Just like your unique relationship, a wooden gift is bound to stand apart while bearing echoes of familiar warmth and love.

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6th Year Appropriate Flower Symbol

In addition to traditional and modern themes, beautiful calla lilies comprise the signature flowers for the 6th anniversary. Famous for their heart-shaped petals, they make for a sophisticated and delightful gift. Express your love with a bouquet of these elegant lilies; a gift that’s as unique as it’s special.

6th Year Anniversary Gemstones

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Garnet and amethyst are the gemstones linked to the 6th wedding anniversary. Garnet’s striking versatility, mirrored in its wide colour spectrum, and the enchanting purple hues of amethyst, signify the splendour and magic that your love encompasses. They make great gifts, especially in the form of jewellery.

The 6th Year Wedding Anniversary Facts and Figures

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This year (2024) to be celebrating your 6th Anniversary you would have married in 2018.

On the 6th wedding anniversary, a couple will have been wed for

  • 2,192 days or
  • 52,608 hours or
  • 3,156,480 minutes. That is over
  • 189 million seconds!

Check out our Marriage Calculator to see how long you’ve be married today.

During this time you would have shared, on average, over 16,400 hours of snuggle time (sleeping!) That’s about 1 year 11 months; assuming you don’t work together you’ve been apart for over 12,686 hours which is about one year, five months. You would have by now shared about 4,700 meals together which equates to approximately 115 days of continuous eating!.

As you select your 6th-anniversary gift, remember the importance of aligning your choice with the traditional, contemporary, or gemstone themes that embody this special occasion. Whether it’s an iron centrepiece, a tailor-made wooden keepsake, a bouquet of calla lilies, or jewellery studded with garnets or amethysts, choose something that speaks volumes about your shared journey leading into the seventh year of marriage.

6th Anniversary Greeting Cards

We’ve a great range of 6th Anniversary greeting cards all with free standard UK delivery. Next Day delivery is also available on stock items.

Things to Say in a Sixth Anniversary greeting Card

The following salutations will hopefully inspire you to write the perfect message in your greeting card. If the card is for your spouse, we’ve more in our Romantic and sweet things to write in a greeting card blog post.

Sixth Anniversary Salutation Messages (Iron Theme)

  1. Your dedication to each other is as strong and as solid as iron. Happy Sixth Anniversary!
  2. Celebrating a love as durable and resilient as iron on your sixth beautiful year of togetherness. Happy Anniversary!
  3. On this Iron Anniversary, may your bond remain as sturdy and lasting as the metal itself. Happy 6th Anniversary!
  4. As iron stands the test of time, so does your bond. Wishing you a joyous Sixth Anniversary!
  5. Six years of forging a relationship as strong as iron. Here’s to many more years of shared strength. Happy Iron Anniversary!
  6. Celebrating six years of an iron-strong connection. Wishing you a beautiful 6th Anniversary!
  7. Your love, much like iron, has proven its resilience and strength over these six incredible years. Happy Iron Anniversary!
  8. On your Iron Anniversary, here’s celebrating the solid, enduring love that you’ve built over six years. Happy 6th Anniversary!
  9. Through the six years of your journey together, your bond has been as infallible and strong as iron. Happy Anniversary!
  10. Six years of strengthening a bond that is as strong and enduring as iron. Wishing you a vibrant and memorable Sixth Anniversary!
  11. Your bond, exhibiting the strength and reliability of iron, commemorates six enlightening years of unity. All felicitations upon your Sixth Anniversary!
  12. As iron stands the test of time, so has your remarkable love story over these six impressive years. Heartiest congratulations upon your Sixth Anniversary!
  13. Your companionship, much akin to iron, lays testimony to a toughness encased with grace. A joyful Sixth Anniversary to you!
  14. On this occasion of your Sixth Anniversary, your bond beautifully mirrors the endurance and strength of iron. Happy Anniversary!
  15. As we celebrate six years of your amiable connection, may it continue to be as formidable and unfaltering as iron. A delightful Sixth Anniversary to you!
  16. Much like iron that forges in the test of fire, your love has grown stronger over six fulfilling years. Jubilant Sixth Anniversary to you!
  17. Just as iron remains unwavering in the face of time, so does your love over six delightful years. All the best on your Sixth Anniversary!
  18. Six years of harmonious unity that symbolises the resilience and strength of iron. Heartfelt wishes on your Iron Anniversary!
  19. Your shared journey over these six years denotes the firmness and strength embodied by iron. Delightful wishes for your Sixth Anniversary!
  20. As you celebrate your Sixth Anniversary, may your love story continue to be as everlasting and solid as iron. Cheers on your journey together!

6th Year Wedding Anniversary Salutation Messages (Sugar Theme)

  1. Like sugar adds sweetness to life, your love has added sweetness to your journey of six delightful years. Happy Sugar Anniversary!
  2. Congratulating you on six years of a love that keeps life sweet, just like sugar. Happy Sixth Anniversary!
  3. May the sweetness of sugar continue to symbolise the love that binds you two. Wishing you a delightful Sixth Anniversary!
  4. Here’s to a love that’s as sweet as sugar and has brought a decade of joy. Happy 6th Anniversary!
  5. Your love, as honeyed as sugar, adds an extra taste of happiness to life. Congratulations on your Sixth Anniversary!
  6. Celebrate six years of living a life that’s as sweet as sugar due to your unwavering love. Happy Sugar Anniversary!
  7. On this Sugar Anniversary, celebrate the love that adds sweetness to your life. Happy Sixth Anniversary!
  8. Marking six sweet years of togetherness! Your love story is as delightful as a spoonful of sugar. Happy Anniversary!
  9. Six years of crafting sweet memories and sharing love. Sugar couldn’t better symbolise your journey. Happy Anniversary!
  10. As you mark your Sugar Anniversary, may your lives continue to overflow with sweetness. Happy Sixth Anniversary!

Sixth Year Wedding anniversary Gift Ideas

What is the 6th Wedding Anniversary Called?

While the 6th wedding anniversary is traditionally known as the “Sugar Anniversary,” our 6th Anniversary Gifts page offers a wider range of gift options. For more inspiration, you might want to check out the details from the previous year (5th Anniversary Ideas) or look ahead to what’s coming next (7th Anniversary Ideas).

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