50th Year Wedding Anniversary appropriate gift themes and present ideas

Golden wedding 50 year wedding anniversary

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.

50th year wedding anniversary gift ideas

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

50th year wedding anniversary under the spotlight

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!]