Diamond Wedding: Value and Ideas for Celebration

Not every family can boast that it is going to celebrate a diamond wedding. However, if you or your loved ones are exactly the “newlyweds of the diamond”, you should carefully prepare for the celebration. What is significant diamond wedding, what to give the "young" and how to celebrate the event?

The 60th anniversary of the marriage is called a "diamond" wedding. The name is not accidental, because the diamond is famous not only for its beauty and high cost, but also for its durability, beauty and brilliance, which has not faded over the years.

At the beginning of the joint life's journey, the spouses receive a diamond as a gift - their relationship, family, love for each other. A diamond is a beautiful stone, but not yet so valuable and strong. Making daily efforts, working on themselves and relationships, the spouses together seem to give this diamond a cut. So there is a diamond.

In Europe, the tradition of celebrating a diamond wedding in a big way is just beginning to emerge, but in our country it has been known since the times of Russia. Previously, the 60th anniversary of the marriage was celebrated as an ordinary wedding — the “bride and groom” were dressing up, setting a rich table. Guests also came smart, with gifts, songs and greetings. The celebration could last for several days, it was considered a great contempt to refuse to attend such a holiday.

A little later, the tradition has changed somewhat, enriched by new custom. A few days before the diamond wedding, the spouses are the heroes of the occasion, wrote letters to their children, young relatives. In these messages, they shared the secrets of family life, passed on the accumulated wisdom.

On the day of the celebration, having heard the congratulations, the “newlyweds” took the response. They thanked the guests for the kind words and gifts, the presence at their celebration and handed the letters to the addressees. In more prosperous families, the mother usually gave the family heirloom, a jewel, to her daughter or daughter-in-law. It was important to keep it, pass on to their descendants.

A gift in honor of the anniversary should symbolize long love, strength of family ties and target both spouses. The name of the holiday itself indicates what gifts should be - rings with engraving and diamonds, pendants, pendants. A woman can be presented with diamond earrings, and a man can be given matching cufflinks.

If jewels with diamonds are expensive for you, then you can, first, make them a collective gift, and second, choose options with cubic zirconias (the same diamonds, however, artificial).

It also happens that the hero of the occasion is rather indifferent to jewelry. They simply have no place to "walk" diamond earrings or expensive cufflinks. In this case, it is better to replace the gift with a more practical one. Older people, however, as well as young people, will be happy with household appliances and other helpers who make life easier.

A donated washing machine, if it is really needed on the premises (the existing one is broken or outdated) will seem more expensive and a pleasant gift than the same cufflinks. These gifts include a microwave oven, electric kettle, coffee maker, a slow cooker, a refrigerator, a TV.

The next group of gifts - the so-called family, memorable.The best gift for grandparents, as they themselves admit, is one that reminds of children and grandchildren. You can order a beautiful frame for photos, including many portraits. Of course, donating it should not be empty, be sure to fill in the photos.

In a large family, a genealogical tree compiled with his own hands will be appropriate. Younger family members can prepare a large postcard with congratulations from all present. For this you can use drawing paper, asking guests to write congratulations on it. Such a postcard will be re-read by the bride and groom for a long time after the holiday, recalling pleasant events.

Always appropriate gifts for a married couple are the dinner service, bed linen and blankets, a pair of terry robes.

Be sure to accompany the gift with a bouquet of flowers, cake, sweets. As a rule, all this is meant for a woman; therefore, it will be useful for a man to present a collection wine, a good cognac. If, due to the peculiarities of health, the newlyweds do not consume sweets and alcohol, collect a beautiful bouquet or a set of several varieties of good tea, coffee, dried fruits, honey and jam.

However, even if the spouses do not use the cake, it should still be ordered as one of the attributes of the celebration. Cakes for parents or grandparents celebrating a diamond wedding should be appropriate. Choose wedding multi-tiered options. As a decor, you can stop the choice of live or confectionery colors, transparent drops and a decor reminiscent of diamonds. Figures of the bride and groom will also be appropriate.

It is convenient to replace one large cake with a smaller one. It is located on the upper tier of a special dish for the cake. The bottom and middle ones are filled with cupcakes or other small cakes, to taste and design resembling a cake. The last "newlyweds" can take home and treat themselves the next day. A cupcakes convenient to regale guests.

There are a lot of controversies about flowers. On the one hand, adult women (and the “bride”, on average, 70-80 years old) are given flowers of darker shades (burgundy, dark red, purple). On the other hand, the character of the festival implies tenderness, airiness.

In general, most specialists in etiquette, like florists, speak of a variant with a light bouquet. However, it should not be pink, but powdery, pastel shades. Red and noble burgundy (but not too dark) are also favorites of wedding florists.

If you know about the favorite flowers of the bride, be guided exclusively by it, give such flowers. If not, stop the choice on the classics - roses, gerberas, chrysanthemums. If possible, you can repeat the bridal bouquet, which was in her hands on the wedding day.

Do not give quickly withering and delicate flowers (violets, orchids), as well as flowers with a strong aroma (lilies). It is also worth giving up on too large and heavy bouquets.

If the health of the “spouses” allows, then you can, following the old Russian traditions, arrange a magnificent celebration. Traditionally, a solemn banquet is organized on this day. To accommodate numerous guests and to save the bride and her relatives from the fuss in the kitchen will help rent a restaurant hall and order the appropriate menu.

Pay due attention not only to the variety of the menu, but also to the design of the hall. It is better to opt for a classic style with elements of luxury and nobility. This will best suit the spirit of the celebration.

A good idea is to fully embody the events of 60 years ago. To do this in the morning you should go to the registry office, but not to formalize the relationship, but to receive congratulations in the circle of relatives and authorized representatives of the registry office.Many institutions agree to hold such ceremonies with pleasure, and for free. For them, this is a good advertisement and an extra information guide in the media.

Do not forget to invite a photographer, order musicians, and take care that, having come out of the registry office, the “young ones” let doves fly into the sky.

Suit the festive mood will help the appropriate costumes. If the bride and the groom do not mind, you can rent a wedding dress and buy a suit or tuxedo for the "young". And if there is an opportunity and desire - to sew costumes that are as close as possible to those that were on them on the wedding day more than half a century ago.

After visiting the registry office, it is logical to make a trip around the city, stopping at your favorite places for photographing. A good idea is to make a route through places dear to the newlyweds (place of acquaintance, favorite streets for dates, the maternity hospital where the firstborn appeared, the first house, etc.). Mini-quizzes for guests will help to diversify such trips - let them guess, than this or that place is dear to the heroes of the occasion. Finish the evening should be in the banquet hall.

If the state of “marrying” does not allow them to make similar trips, but there is a desire to embody, once again survive the wedding day, it is more logical to organize an exit registration of the marriage. We can recommend renting a country house where the newlyweds will be able to dress up slowly, and then listen to the solemn congratulations from the presenter and guests.

A similar option is good and the fact that, given the age of the "newlyweds" and some of their guests, they can get tired during the holiday day. If you rent a country house with rooms for rest, the "newlyweds" and guests can relax there, put themselves in order.

Younger guests at this time can enjoy a barbecue, nature walks, arrange a photo session. In the evening, the whole family will gather at the festive table. Beautifully look such holidays under the tents. In this case, you should make sure that there is enough lighting, and the equipment used does not produce echo.

Older “youngsters” can refuse a magnificent celebration because of their age, limited funds, and natural modesty. However, sincere congratulations from relatives on this day - a prerequisite for a happy mood. If they didn’t plan a celebration, you can make a surprise by unexpectedly visiting or renting a small cafe. In the first case, do not forget to bring along not only the cake and fruit, but also snacks, drinks, so as not to put the hostess in an uncomfortable position and not to force to rush between the kitchen and the living room.

As a gift, including a collective one, you can present a trip to a sanatorium, and for more active bride and groom - to the resort. The main thing is that the date of departure or arrival to the sanatorium should be no earlier than one and a half to two weeks. Still, with age, people become more conservative, so the prospect of “breaking off” in the exciting journey of the elderly people is unlikely to please.

Another option for a family holiday is to arrange a home show. It is better to write the play yourself, devoting her life to brilliant "newlyweds". No need to chase the attributes, hiring professional actors and spending money on real equipment for theaters.

The holiday will turn out to be much warmer and more familial if you assign the roles to the younger generation - grandchildren, nephews. Older relatives will be pleased to look at young people, and those will better learn about their grandparents, get a "portion" of useful lessons about true feelings, the importance of family relationships, respect, patience.

Regardless of the option chosen, you should adhere to the following recommendations so that the holiday brings as much positive emotions as possible.

• Carefully plan even a small celebration, distribute duties between the guests.
• If the wedding to a greater extent all the organizational issues take on the bride and groom, then when celebrating the anniversary of the wedding day, guests and "young" should switch roles. The task of children, grandchildren and close relatives is to organize a holiday for the “newlyweds”.
• Do not forget that the “young” are still people of advanced age with well-established views on life, a habitual way of life. Do not overload the "wedding" day with events, remember that for some of the actions older people need more time than the young.
• Keep on hand water, disposable cups and a mini-first aid kit. The "young" can have chronic diseases, and even the joy of emotions can "jump" the pressure or rapid pulse.

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